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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (2005): The White Witch runs a godless, oppressive, paranoid regime that hates Santa Claus. She's a cross between Burgermeister Meisterburger and Kim Jong Il. The good guys, meanwhile, recognize that some throats will need cutting: ...
nrd.nationalreview.com - 2/13/2009
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books arts & manners The Best Conservative Movies
Once in a blue moon, Hollywood releases a conservative...
movie, or at least a film that resonates with conservatives in a particular way. Because conservatives love movies and especially debates about ...
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The Best Conservative Movies on National Review / Digital
corner.nationalreview.com - 2/10/2009
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Brazil (1985): Vividly depicting the miserable results of
elitist utopian schemes, Terry Gilliam's Brazil portrays a darkly...
comic dystopia of malfunctioning high-tech equipment and the dreary living conditions common to all totalitarian regimes. ...
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# 22: The Best Conservative Movies of the Last 25 Years
bighollywood.breitbart.com - 2/11/2009
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With National Review’s John J. Miller counting down
the 25 best conservative movies of the last 25...
years, it got me to thinking about conservative “moments” on film. This is not a preview of any upcoming films on the NRO list. ...
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Top 5: Favorite Conservative Moments
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OH SWEET JESUS YES: National Review Chronicles ‘The Best Conservative Movies of the Last 25 Years’
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... All of these entries are great, though. The Chronicles of Narnia entry is another extra special one. Does it mention “Kim Jong Il” within the first two sentences? Take a guess. ...
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... is underwritten by custom and every man knows his duty and his place. I would not have been surprised to see Edmund Burke’s name in the credits.”
I suppose - I’ve never seen the movie, as I haven’t liked Russell Crowe since Gladiator. But if it is a conservative movie, it flopped domestically just like In the Valley of Elah, which must mean that America hates conservative ideas. And/or boats.
17.) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
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corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — Master and Commander (2003): This naval-adventure film starring Russell Crowe is based on the books of Patrick O'Brian, and here's what A. O. Scott of the New York Times said in his review: "The Napoleonic wars that followed the French Revolution gave ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — Blast from the Past (1999): Revolutionary Road is only the latest big-screen portrayal of 1950s America as boring, conformist, repressive, and soul-destroying. A decade ago, Hugh Wilson's Blast from the Past defied the party line, seeing the values, ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — Gran Torino (2008): Clint Eastwood directs and stars in the ultimate family movie unsuitable for the family. He plays Walt Kowalski, a caricature of an old-school, dying-breed, Polish-American racist male, replete with post-traumatic stress disorder ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — Gattaca (1997): In this science-fiction drama, Vincent (Ethan Hawke) can't become an astronaut because he's genetically unenhanced. So he purchases the identity of a disabled athlete (Jude Law), with calamitous results. The movie is a cautionary tale ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — Juno (2007): The best pro-life movies reach beyond the church choirs and influence the wider public. Juno was a critical and commercial success. It didn't set out to deliver a message on abortion, but much of its audience discovered one anyway. The ...
# 6: The Best Conservative Movies of the Last 25 Years
corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — Groundhog Day (1993): This putatively wacky comedy about Bill Murray as an obnoxious weatherman cursed to relive the same day over and over in a small Pennsylvania town, perhaps for eternity, is in fact a sophisticated commentary on the good and true. ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — The Edge (1997): Screenwriter David Mamet uses a wilderness survival story about friendship, betrayal, and forgiveness to present a few truths rarely seen in movies: Knowledge has its limits, fortitude is a weapon against hardship, and honor can ...
# 4: The Best Conservative Movies of the Last 25 Years
corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — Forrest Gump (1994): It won an Oscar for best picture--beating Pulp Fiction, a movie that's far more expressive of Hollywood's worldview. Tom Hanks plays the title character, an amiable dunce who is far too smart to embrace the lethal values of the ...
# 7: The Best Conservative Movies of the Last 25 Years
corner.nationalreview.com 2/13/2009 — The Pursuit of Happyness (2006): Based on the life of self-made millionaire Chris Gardner (Will Smith), this film provides the perfect antidote to Wall Street and other Hollywood diatribes depicting the world of finance as filled with nothing but ...
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