David Denman
The new comedy Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?… doesn’t present anything new. Whether you’re a gun rights advocate or a gun control advocate, there’s plenty in this politically-even-handed film that will, by turns, either make you laugh or enrage you. Not even its story is new – it’s based on Lysistrata, a comedy […]
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With non-fiction-based films like Lone Survivor and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, I often wonder what the point of these films are. Is it to show the courage and bravery of the American soldier under extreme duress? Is it to give the American public a glimpse into the lives of the people paying […]
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Somewhere along the campaign trail, Paramount decided to give Michael Bay’s new Benghazi chronicle a relatively quiet mid-January dump-off among the likes of Universal’s “Ride Along 2” and next week’s “Dirty Grandpa” from Lionsgate. I ask: If the studio was so frugal about marketing because they’re afraid the film is going to alienate Clinton supporters—a sizable demographic–then […]
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