New Movies You Will Definitely Want To Miss
Thursday, August 11th, 2005Guest columnist Jason Apuzzo writing for Town Hall yesterday, (HT to Power Line) describes for us, Hollywood’s New War Effort: Terrorism Chic. This is a portion:
“Slow to awaken after the 9/11 attacks, Hollywood has finally come around to contributing what it can in the War on Terror: namely, glossy, star-studded movies that sympathize with the enemy. (emphasis mine)
Hard to believe? Here’s the pitch: with box-office numbers trending down, studio executives are suddenly greenlighting movies they can describe to shareholders as ‘controversial’ or ‘timely.’ Whether the films are anti-American or otherwise demoralizing to the war effort is apparently immaterial. Its appetite whetted by “Fahrenheit 9/11″’s $222 million worldwide gross, Hollywood thinks it’s found a formula for both financial security and critical plaudits: noxious anti-American storylines, bathed in the warm glow of star power.”
The following are the films he lists which are (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)
Tags: film philosophy, revisionist history, movie politics, Hollywood leftists, conservative movie megalopolis




