Oscar voting has officially opened, kicking off a five-day period that will determine nominations for another competitive ...
One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga, won best film, comedy or musical, at the 83rd ...
Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...
Political satire has been a longstanding theme in media. Recently, I read an LA Times article quoting a statement about political satire and free speech made in 2020 by Brendan Carr, the current ...
Idiocracy follows U.S. Army librarian Joe Bauers (Wilson) who, along with a sex worker named Rita (Rudolph) end up participants in a government experiment into suspended animation with Joe being ...
At its core, the First Amendment safeguards freedom of speech, including the right to critique public figures, government institutions, and societal norms, even when that speech takes the form of ...
Satire is and has always been a difficult media genre to write. If a film or TV show goes too subtle in its approach, it’s often criticized as toothless or not savage enough. But go too big and there ...
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr built his brand in part by warning against government meddling in “free speech” — now it appears he’s using his office to do just that. For years, ...