Category: Film & TV

‘Mister Scoutmaster’ (1953): A Tribute to the Boy Scouts of America

Commentary How can a childless, middle-aged intellectual writer relate to children enough to find out why they aren’t watching the television show for which he writes? The answer is to become a scoutmaster for a rowdy Boy Scout troop! Clifton Webb faces this dilemma in “Mister Scoutmaster” from 1953. It costars Frances Dee, Edmund Glenn,…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’

1950 | R | 1h 26m | Comedy, Drama, Family Compared to contemporary times, the 1950s almost seem as if it took place in a completely different universe or dimension. Although there were some things that weren’t too kosher about that period of time, overall, it seemed like a dreamy era when the post-war boom…


Bad Boys | I Married Joan Season 1, Ep.8

Joan and Judge Bradley try to reform a young juvenile delinquent whose father recently received a stiff prison sentence. …


Rajasthan to Mumbai | Tough Rides Season 2 Ep3

Colin and Ryan Pyle are in Rajasthan, famous for brightly painted palace hotels. The first stop in the heat of the Indian desert is the world-famous rat temple in Bikaner. …


Film Review: ‘Kubrick by Kubrick’: The Enigmatic Auteur in His Own Words

NR | 1h 1min | Documentary, Biography, Film History | 21 March 2023 (USA) For those largely unfamiliar with the films of Stanley Kubrick, director Gregory Monro’s one-hour, one-minute movie, narrated mainly by Kubrick, might be considered a cheat, which is understandable. For Kubrick devotees, it could be viewed as suspect. In actuality, it is not a cheat nor is it…


Dreams | I Married Joan Season 1, Ep.6

Joan thinks she’ll impress her old schoolmates with the fact she married a judge until she finds out they have all achieved great personal success on their own. …


The Tuttle Twins: Countering Woke Propaganda With Family, Humor, and Freedom

To counter the blatant woke indoctrination of youth today, author Connor Boyack and writer and director Jonny Vance speak about the premiere of Season 2 of their animated kids series “Tuttle Twins.” The series teaches children fundamental concepts about the free market and personal liberty. The creators seek to listen to parents and provide family…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Spartacus’: Heroes Defend the Weak and Defy the Powerful

PG-13 | 3 h 17 min | Drama, Epic | 1960 The story’s simple enough, based loosely on real-life Roman-era figures. A gladiator-slave, Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) breaks free, rustles up a rebel army, and challenges the might of a crumbling Roman Empire. Through the loyalty and love of his men he grows to command, this…


Unabashed | Documentary

“Unabashed” is a compelling documentary from Xs in the Sky Films about Frank X. Panico and his journey from the gay lifestyle in Los Angeles to one of practicing abstinence and joy in Florida. Mr. Panico explains how he had a great childhood, growing up in Queens, New York, with two loving parents and four…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Places in the Heart’

PG | 1 h 51 min | Drama | 1984 Decades before the Depression, the southeastern states lost considerable cotton acreage under cultivation to boll weevil attacks or droughts or heat waves or storms. Until mechanized farming became commonplace, this economy depended on one person: the cotton picker. Bent at the hip, one arm picking,…