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Pop Friday – Screw Tibet: Hollywood Embraces China’s Censorship

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An interesting article over at Breitbart.com yesterday: ‘Hollywood’s not “threatened” by “creeping Chinese Censorship.” Hollywood is an accomplice in allowing itself to be censored in exchange for money. The same Hollywood that has crybabied for going on six decades now … Continue reading

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Rebel of the Week: The Producers and Fans of “Iron Sky”

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Iron Sky, the “historical,” sci-fi, comedy about Nazis hiding out on the Moon since 1945 and invading the Earth in the near future, has scored a major victory for independent film audiences in the UK where their distributor has bended … Continue reading

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#MovieMonday – Why Independent Films Are Better Than Hollywood Films

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The difference between independent films and Hollywood films is essentially the same as the difference between the products created by any big, publicly-traded corporation and any upstart, risk-taking, entrepreneurial small business. A publicly-traded corporation (like the ones Hollywood film studios … Continue reading

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#MovieMonday – Libertarian Themes in Cinema

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Despite the widespread perception of Hollywood as dominated by progressive “liberals,” there are many recurring themes in Hollywood movies that are extremely anti-government and libertarian. There is certainly some truth to the characterization of Hollywood as “left wing,” insofar as … Continue reading

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#MovieMonday – Why Super Hero Comics Keep Dominating Cinema

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The emergence of epic, multimillion dollar, blockbuster films produced by major studios based off of comic book super heroes happened to occur just during my early teenage and high school years, and it’s an artistic and cultural trend that has … Continue reading

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#MovieMonday – Hollywood Eyes Record Summer Box Office

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The Wrap reports: For Hollywood, summer is Prozac, Propecia and Viagra rolled into one. With Spider-Man, Batman and the Men in Black all hitting theaters over the next four months, exhibitors and studios are feeling downright cocky these days. “It … Continue reading

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#MovieMonday – Awesome Floating Movie Theater in Thailand

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Wouldn’t it be awesome if we screened our upcoming film on a floating theater like this one, which was built for a festival in Thailand?? The seating looks incredibly comfortable too! Sigh. And don’t forget to visit our official website … Continue reading

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Washington D.C. Goes Medicinal: Six companies now eligible to cultivate medical marijuana in the District

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In our upcoming animated dystopian film, Silver Circle, the government has cracked down on economic liberty and severely curtailed many freedoms by 2019, but there’s one small consolation: pot’s legal. Looks like the movie might be startlingly accurate, because even … Continue reading

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Fed News Friday: How to feed the hungry people of the world in one easy step

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  At the level of production humanity is now capable of in the world today, there is absolutely no reason why anyone should go hungry, and yet so many still do. Why? The answer is no great mystery. The proximate … Continue reading

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Man Fined $525 for Hunting Bigfoot without Permit

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No, this isn’t an Onion article: A man who led tour groups on a hunt for Bigfoot met up with the long arm of the law instead, and got fined for doing business on federal lands without a permit. Matt … Continue reading

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