Tag: politics
group name: movies
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July 02, 2007 02:23 AM EDT --
Full disclosure: Michael Moore gave me a scholarship to college from his profits from the excellent but largely unknown film The Big One because I was born and raised and attended grade school in the Flint . . . more
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August 27, 2006 02:55 AM EDT --
Penis envy. Death wish. Oedipus complex.
He did have one good idea and modern therapists have succeeded in using it successfully: The Myth of the Golden Age.
It goes like this: . . . more
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July 03, 2007 05:12 PM EDT --
I must have been feeling pretty bored the other night, or "insomial". I felt like getting out, so I looked up the movies, and there at 10:30 was the last showing of the day ... but the . . . more
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August 09, 2006 11:03 PM EDT --
I first saw the World Trade Center in 1994. It was an ideal Sunday morning, the day before Labor Day, and my best friend and I drove in from Long Island where he still lives. . . . more
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April 13, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
When I was 15 a Senator from New York was running for President. The race for the Democratic nomination was tight with primaries splitting between two candidates. If he was to win the nomination the Senator . . . more
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February 17, 2007 04:40 AM EST --
Starring: Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Mark Ruffalo.
What happens when you put top notch actors into a hum-drum remake? Nothing. Which is how I felt after watching this flick.
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April 16, 2008 02:57 PM EDT --
April 16 2008
Many American conservatives are convinced that Hollywood has always been a stronghold of leftism, but this isn't true. During the history of American movies, the political tone of . . . more
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April 06, 2008 09:47 AM EDT --
I first learned about Charleton Heston's death via an article on gather this morning. I believe it was by Sheryl L. (excuse me if I've got the name wrong.)
I've never seen him as Moses . . . more
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May 08, 2007 04:27 PM EDT --
I heard a friend of mine say something the other day that got my gears turning. She was talking about history, and how even though she is an Asian studies major, when she studies any well-known event . . . more
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July 27, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
Now that it is safe to openly criticize the Bush administration about Iraq, critics with perfect 20/20 hindsight are pouring out of the woodwork to show how Bush blew it with this infamous war.
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May 04, 2007 08:18 PM EDT --
If you want to listen to this yourself check this URL:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&g=&p=hotvideo_m_debate_rep&t=c3684&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/&fg=
I . . . more
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May 10, 2007 05:25 PM EDT --
The news today, Thursday, May 10, 2007, prominently displayed the occurence of a fist-fight at the Boston Pops Symphony last night. Apparently one man began throwing punches at another man after . . . more
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December 26, 2006 05:52 PM EST --
Hello Film Lovers and others.
Chrstmas day went to see The Queen, this film got me thinking about democracy and forms of institutions here as well as in Britain. I . . . more
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June 20, 2006 02:58 PM EDT --
I don't go to documentaries unless I'm dragged to them. In my corner of the universe, movies are meant to be entertainment, or possibly art. They aren't meant to inform me and they . . . more
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October 03, 2007 05:09 PM EDT --
Watching Ken Burns masterful film series “The War” drove home, to me, the differences between our nation’s response to WW II and the current Iraqi conflict. The Second World War . . . more
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March 26, 2007 04:15 PM EDT --
Books, Food, Health, Money, Music, News, Politics, Travel.
They are essential parts of our lives... bringing us joy, knowledge and fulfillment.
Here at Gather, we simply call them "Essentials". . . . more
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April 03, 2007 05:09 PM EDT --
As many of you may know, An Inconvient Truth, has won many awards, including 2 Oscars.
In spite of that, many people still haven't heard the message the Al Gore has been sending about the importance . . . more
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January 08, 2008 12:58 AM EST --
Hot Topics :
Tuesday, January 8 , 2008 . . . more
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February 21, 2007 12:10 AM EST --
This past weekend, I rented the DVD, "Why We Fight," a documentary by filmmaker Eugene Jarecki that examines the military-industrial complex and why as a nation, the United States has become . . . more
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September 09, 2007 04:52 PM EDT --
The average release date for television shows to DVD is four months. On 9/11 the second season of Bones, the third season of Grey's Anatomy, and season four of Las Vegas are scheduled for release. . . . more
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