Sergei Polunin Dances to “Take Me to Church” by Hozier, Directed by David LaChapelle
Posted on February 13, 2015 at 7:49 am
This stunning ballet was choreographed by Jade Hale-Christofi
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Posted on February 12, 2015 at 5:55 pm
“James Bond? Jason Bourne?” Our hero is being asked for the inspiration for naming his dog JB. “No,” he explains, “Jack Bauer.” This is a cheeky, nasty, meta, po-mo update of the spy genre, self-aware enough to name-check not just Bond, Bourne, and “24,” but also “Nikita,” “Trading Places,” “Pretty Woman,” and “My Fair Lady.” …
Fifty Shades of Grey
Posted on February 12, 2015 at 5:50 pm
The Fifty Shades of Gray trilogy by E.L. James became an international blockbuster best-seller because it satisfies the deepest, most passionate, most secret longing of the female spirit. It has nothing to do with being tied up or spanked, but it is about domination. I am not referring to the domination in the bedroom — …
For Lincoln’s Birthday: A New Tribute to the Gettysburg Address
Posted on February 12, 2015 at 12:00 pm
I am very proud to be included along with Presidents, judges, historians, filmmakers, poets, actors, and, best of all, my dad, Newton Minow, in a new book called Gettysburg Replies: The World Responds to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, from The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation. Almost five months after the Civil War’s deadliest clash, President Abraham …
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Trailer: The Man from UNCLE
Posted on February 12, 2015 at 9:37 am
Oh, how I loved The Man from U.N.C.L.E. when I was a kid. And this trailer for the new Guy Ritchie movie with “Superman’s” Henry Cavill and “The Social Network’s” Armie Hammer (plus Hugh Grant in the Leo G. Carroll role of Mr. Waverly) looks very tasty, doesn’t it? Just a reminder of the original, …