movies
What’s More Dangerous to Your Health?
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008The New York Department of Health last week spent $800,000 for full-page advertisements in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal calling on the CEOs of major movie companies to quit showing characters smoking cigarettes in youth-oriented films. Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines urged the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to assign […]
Better Than “No Country for Old Men”
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008For those who aren’t really excited about seeing all the R-rated depressing dramas that are bound to snare Oscar gold on Sunday, I have a suggestion: watch a classic comedy from Hollywood’s golden era.
Comedy today, whether in motion pictures, television or theaters, tends to reflect the crude and sexualized culture around us. But back in […]