Movies
Americans love individualism. So why does Hollywood demonize it?
Many popular movies make a constructive point: If you work hard enough and push through tough times, you can achieve your dreams. In The Pursuit of Happyness, a struggling father tells his son, "Don't let anyone…
Trump Should Seize This Opportunity to Correct His Unforced Error
I voted for Donald Trump for president three times, and would again, but his social media post about Rob Reiner after the recent killing of the leftist Hollywood actor-director was unpresidential and, to say the least,…
The haters are wrong. Netflix’s glut of Christmas movies is good, actually.
I'm not afraid to admit it: I love Christmas movies. The cheesy ones, the sentimental ones, the ones where the girl from the big city goes home for the holidays, rediscovers the true meaning of something vaguely defined,…
Fire and Ash’ is part spectacle, part retread
There are moments in Avatar: Fire and Ash when it plays like a propaganda reel for Greenpeace. Like its predecessor, Avatar: The Way of Water, the film is an eco-action flick, an environmental revenge film, in which the…
Review: Tron: Ares Reminds Us That Artificial Intelligence Is Not the Enemy
Will a hyperadvanced AI be a danger to humanity? That's nothing compared to the threat posed by military contractors. That's the implicit conclusion of Tron: Ares, the third installment in the series that began with…
Reason’s 2025 Libertarian Gift Guide
Hello! Welcome to my Hallmark movie casting call. My vision is as follows. You: a busy careerist or parent or homemaker. The specifics aren't important, other than your main personality trait, which is "busy."…
The Woman Behind Chester Arthur’s Redemption
The new Netflix series “Death by Lightning” (based on the fantastic book, “Destiny of the Republic”) tells the true story of President James Garfield’s assassination in 1881 and portrays the beginning of Chester Arthur’s…
Here are the Top 5 Movies to Watch This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is an opportunity for some leisure time with family and friends, and after a satisfying meal, some may no doubt be drawn to the couch for some quality home entertainment. Here are five movies you should consider…
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ comes close to opposing human flourishing
It's hardly surprising that Guillermo del Toro, the Oscar-winning director behind such monster-friendly films as The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth, and Hellboy, would eventually take on Frankenstein. Nor is it any…
Edgar Wright’s ‘The Running Man’ is a shallow, socialist action fantasy
The biggest twist in The Running Man comes when the credits roll: The screenplay is credited to director Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall. I was shocked. No Zohran Mamdani? Even without his name, the movie plays like a…
TRENDING
