Unca Darrell

MAY 4 / Lapidary sentences

FROM AN ESSAY on how ripped today's male movie stars are:

It wasn't always this way. The silent-movie star Rudolph Valentino had the body of . . .

FEBRUARY 26 / On Michelle Obama's star turn at the Academy Awards

HOLLYWOOD has enough of a reputation for being in the pocket of the Democratic Party, but now they are not only in the pocket, they're in the . . . 

DECEMBER 7 / "Killing Them Softly" is . . .

. . . a sick movie. Don't go.

SEPTEMBER 15 / "The No. 1 Christian movie in America" . . .

. . . is neither Christian nor much of a movie. I'm referring, of course, to . . .  

SEPTEMBER 7 / Before he was Sheriff Andy Taylor, before . . .

 

. . . he was Matlock, before he started shilling for the con artists at AARP, Andy Griffith was . . .

SEPTEMBER 6 / A fine film about civilization and barbarism

IT'S HARRY BROWN, a 2009 British action film that came and went without much notice. It stars . . .  

FEBRUARY 6 / You may have noticed . . .

. . . that Unca D has dialed back on his blogging. For those who care, Unc's most-read posting was not about politics or journalism. It was about a movie. 

OCTOBER 13 / Liveblogging: At this exact moment (1:08 p.m.), Rush is talking about . . .

. . . Secretariat. Stand by for Rush to play, "Oh, Happy Day!"

Paraphrase of his comments: 

OCTOBER 9 / Secretariat and God: "Oh Happy Day!"

HERE ARE the opening lines of Secretariat, the fine new Disney movie now at a mall near you:

"Do you give the horse his strength . . . 

SEPTEMBER 5 / Garrison's last picture show

Jo Ann Barton, "Footprints: The end of an era," Garrison in the News, July 22, 2010: