Jirka's Blog Predator (1987 11 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time If the first 10 amendments to the Constitution went before today’s voters, how would they fare? Change of Heart About the Bill of Rights?… Is it possible that some of our constitutional rights aren’t the dreamboats we think they are? For example, the Supreme Court has ruled that rich knuckleheads have the constitutional right to make unlimited political contributions. We’re Having a Steamy Affair With Rights… President Obama, sworn defender of our constitutional rights, has said, “In the United States, health care is not a privilege for the fortunate few; it is a right.” And so far, Chief Justice John Roberts is backing him up. Meanwhile Duty Sits Home Waiting for Us to Text About Hooking Up Later, Maybe, if Nothing Else Is Going On… NARAL defends the constitutional right to abortion. NRA defends the constitutional right to something similar, ex post facto. Lefty pinko Center for Constitutional Rights embraces the Constitution—says it means government righting wrongs. And… The Bill of Rights… So…
Alien (1979 20th Century Fox Westworld (1973 9/11 movies: Four brilliant 9/11 films that get overlooked. - By Bill Wyman From the fall of Troy to the bombing of Hiroshima, the response of artists to tragedy and cataclysm has been wide and varied. In the years since 9/11, we've seen everyone from Bruce Springsteen (The Rising) to Don DeLillo (Falling Man) try to make sense of the senseless in one way or another. As the 10th anniversary looms, the New York Times has published an almost comically long list of 9/11-related arts events. I can't help wondering: Have these last 10 years helped us understand the tragedy any better? One of my former colleagues at NPR, Renee Montagne, explored the idea that we're expecting too much too soon in an interview with Kurt Vonnegut on an earlier 9/11 anniversary. In this way, the artistic responses we're looking for may just not be here yet; they may be hidden or suppressed. These four films were released around the same time. Right around the same time came a film called Donnie Darko, written and directed by a twentysomething filmmaker Richard Kelly.
The Lathe of Heaven Walt Disney Animation Studios Planet of the Apes (1968