The divisions in America are so severe, we’re told, that we’re heading for civil war. It’s a sentiment one hears frequently. Never have we as a nation been so polarized. Democrat and Republican. Left and right. Blue and red. Liberal…
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire opened in theaters on March 22 and, despite mixed reviews, quickly became that weekend’s box office champ with a $45 million profit. To date, it’s garnered $78.5 million domestically, bringing collective franchise revenue over the billion-dollar threshold…
Spectacle host Melissa Mackenzie is a die-hard Dune fan. She’s read the books, watched all the movies, and sat through the newly released Dune: Part Two multiple times. On today’s episode, Melissa and co-host Scott McKay discuss Denis Villeneuve’s latest…
The American Spectator’s founder and editor-in-chief, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., suggested that I review for these pages Michael Mann’s latest film, Ferrari. Given that the film is based on Brock Yates’ excellent 1991 biography Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars,…
Netflix’s latest hit, American Nightmare, is everything you’ve ever wanted from true crime — mystery, intrigue, and a bizarre story that may very well destroy any remaining faith you had in America’s law enforcement. On today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast,…
There’s an old Russian proverb ostensibly about a dancing bear: “The marvel is not that the bear dances well, but that the bear dances at all.” By this logic, The Boys in the Boat should not exist as a new…
Tár was released on Oct. 7, 2022, and for a while afterwards, I did everything I could, short of getting on an airplane, to see it. A big part of the reason was Cate Blanchett. I first saw her in…
Asked in an interview recently to name my favorite Christmas movie, I went through the usual routine of naming several candidates — new and old, mostly black and white — before inevitably getting to the point, the undeniable, the obvious:…
“It’s Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive,” Miles (Jack Black) declares to Iris (Kate Winslet) in the delightful Christmas romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), which concerns two “unlucky in love” women, Iris…
