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This Memorial Day Weekend, Where’s the Movie Magic?
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This Memorial Day Weekend, Where’s the Movie Magic?

Culture This Memorial Day Weekend, Where’s the Movie Magic? Hollywood’s churning out blockbusters, but for filmgoers, the summer season isn’t what it used to be. As Mark Twain might put it, the reports of the death of the American moviegoing public seem to have been greatly exaggerated.  The recently flailing Warner Bros. Pictures found its footing these past couple months with the box-office success of A Minecraft Movie, Sinners, and (of all things) Final Destination: Bloodlines. Meanwhile, I am certain that a sizable portion of Earth’s eight billion inhabitants have already surrendered over three hours of their lives (including trailers) to Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning, which, with its opening this Memorial Day weekend, will undoubtedly provide a vigorous launch to the summer movie season. Is Hollywood’s comeback permanent, or is it the cinematic equivalent of an election night map that for a few hours suggests victory but ultimately ends in defeat? I tend to think the latter. Yes, the aforementioned flicks had the advantage of not being tethered to the comic book universes, but how long will audiences reward the studios simply on those feeble grounds? To make a movie superior to Madame Web or Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is an awfully low bar to clear. Are we really to believe that the movie industry will find lasting salvation in such forthcoming aspirant blockbusters as Smurfs, or in the reboots Jurassic World Rebirth, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Naked Gun, and Freakier Friday? Oh, and that thing about comic book movies being played out—well, someone forgot to tell the people who greenlit Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. To paraphrase another American literary giant, so we beat on, borne back ceaselessly into the superheroic past. Some may call me churlish, contrarian, or simply cynical, but I prefer to think of myself as simply old—old enough, anyway, to remember with clarity the summer movie season of twenty-five years ago, which was considerably more dynamic, entertaining, and occasionally artful than the present one promises to be.  Let us consider, then, some of the movies released in the summer of 2000. One of the highlights of the season was Woody Allen’s Small Time Crooks, which opened ten nights before Memorial Day but which, by every other measure, embodied what summer moviegoing represented at its best: uncomplicated, unadulterated diversion. Its pleasures were small-scale but tangible. Allen starred as the incompetent impresario of a cadre of cons who set their sights on robbing a bank. They intend to tunnel into the vault by way of their nearby cookie shop, but even their ostentatiously obtuse employee May (played by Elaine May, never funnier) questions the believability of the cover story. Told that the tunnel represents the cookie shop’s expansion into a restaurant and tea shop, she says, “So where are they going to drink the tea—in the tunnel?” One measure of the decline of summer movies is that Small Time Crooks was a modest box-office success a quarter-century ago, but this summer Woody Allen, officially canceled from mainstream film production, will not be seen on movie screens at all.  Lest you assume that my tastes ran exclusively toward the wittily piquant, I also saw and enjoyed Mission: Impossible 2, which at least had the advantage of being fresher—and closer in time to the original film—than the forthcoming eighth entrant in the series. I remember being riveted by the sea-based disaster movie The Perfect Storm, which was directed by action pro Wolfgang Petersen and starred George Clooney when he was merely an OK actor rather than the self-appointed Democratic power broker and conscience of his nation. That summer, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator was still playing in theaters, too—the thought of pulling that audience favorite in favor of a premature home video release was then unimaginable.  Meanwhile, the ghost story What Lies Beneath showed off the incomparable cinematic skillset of director Robert Zemeckis and revealed the surprising capacity for playing an evil character in leading man Harrison Ford. Like What Lies Beneath, Clint Eastwood’s Space Cowboys has stood the test of time: this admirable admixture of comedy and adventure centered on a quartet of put-out-to-pasture test pilots (Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner) who are propelled into outer space. Space Cowboys was arguably made two decades too early: Eastwood and Jones are still kicking, and Sutherland died just last year. Given the industry’s hunger for sequels, I must ask why no studio has seen fit to greenlight Space Cowboys 2?  Each of these motion pictures was not only profitable but creditable: well-made, agreeable, diverting in the best tradition of Hollywood showmanship and spectacle. Was the public subjected to junk in the summer of 2000? Of course. That summer saw the release of Scary Movie and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, which proves that some things never change. But that summer also saw the release of niche titles that would not even be produced, let alone dispatched to a handful of theaters, in 2025, including Raul Ruiz’s imaginative abridgement of Proust, Time Regained; Alan Rudolph’s way-out ensemble mystery, Trixie; Kenneth Branagh’s gleamingly filmed, gorgeously scored musical rendition of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost. I caught some of these only upon video release, but the fact remains that each was playing in a theater somewhere during the magical cinematic summer of 2000—a circumstance unimaginable in the present environment. As I said, my perspective is informed by my age. As a sentient being who went to the movies twenty-five years ago, I can attest to the relative quality of the filmic offerings that summer. I can also certify the existence of more, better, and larger newspapers, affirm the fun of the Regis Philbin-hosted Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and confirm the peaceable normalcy of a pre-9/11, pre-Iraq War, pre-George W. Bush America. For my liberal friends, consider: Donald Trump was neither on reality TV nor in the White House back then—he was merely managing real estate from Trump Tower. Perhaps now you can see why I greet the coming movie season with blasé indifference. I’m sure Hollywood would trade the eighth Mission: Impossible movie for this former, better world—wouldn’t you?  I do not claim that the summer of 2000 gave us any movie masterpieces, but to the extent that the releases that season stand as emblems of a vanished epoch, I will continue to cling to them—their ticket stubs a Proustian reminder of all we have lost. The post This Memorial Day Weekend, Where’s the Movie Magic? appeared first on The American Conservative.
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They're making the cost of living crisis WORSE on purpose! (it's all planned...)
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They're making the cost of living crisis WORSE on purpose! (it's all planned...)

He's making the cost of living crisis worse, and that's the point. In 2025, Australians are waking up to a hard truth. The price of everything — from bread to rent, electricity to insurance — is rising, fast. But what's becoming increasingly clear is that this isn't just the result of bad luck or global economics. The decisions made by Australia's newly elected government are pouring fuel on an already raging fire. Before the election, we were told help was coming. Relief for renters. Support for families. Fairness for the average worker. But after the votes were counted and the promises packed away, the real agenda emerged — and it wasn't about relief. It was about restructuring the economy in a way that benefits the top end, while leaving the rest of us to carry the load. If you are an Aussie or someone living in Australia, it's time to take your personal finances, investments, money and future seriously. These absurd new legal tax laws, rising cost of house, living, rent, mortgage crisis is only the beginning. For Business Inquire, Questions Or Suggestions: info.official.contact925@gmail.com Note: This Video Is Made For A General Audience. DISCLAIMER: Any clips or images used belong to the respective copyright holders and are used under fair use rules for the purpose of criticism and review. WITH THANK TO OUTBACK CRISIS YT CHANNEL!! https://youtube.com/@outbackcrisis?si=aYx6fcMAwM8yo0vH
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The Council on Foreign Relations - Backed by Rockefellers, Ford, Carnegie, Kissinger, Warburg...
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The Council on Foreign Relations - Backed by Rockefellers, Ford, Carnegie, Kissinger, Warburg...

The Council on Foreign Relations created NATO - this is the New World Order https://www.cfr.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations#Board_members --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: "Smoke&Mirrors" https://old.bitchute.com/video/IBKm2EfMet7r/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Why is GenZ so Broke, Depressed, Hopeless, Can't Find Love or Jobs & Have no Future?
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Why is GenZ so Broke, Depressed, Hopeless, Can't Find Love or Jobs & Have no Future?

#genz #youth #chinese #genz #youth #chinese #china #finance #mentalhealth #white #chinesegirls #chineseculture #friends #economy #property #chinesehistory #asianculture #asianwoman #asian #relationship #marriage #divorce #usa #canada #immigration #refugees Topic is to be continued. Support me on Patreon for $5 USD/month. Early Access to all my videos will return this May! Become a channel member to view all of my videos, and gain access to special badges and emojis! ​ Patreon: / chinesehistorian Twitter: / davidsunravens TikTok: / theobeserunner Transcript
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Leaked Video Exposes Gates and CIA Bioengineering Viruses to Control People's Minds
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Leaked Video Exposes Gates and CIA Bioengineering Viruses to Control People's Minds

Bill Gates has spent billions carefully crafting a public image—as the benevolent billionaire, the sweater-wearing tech genius turned global health guru. The media tell us he’s just a harmless philanthropist, a forward-thinking visionary and virus whisperer who somehow manages to predict global pandemics with eerie precision. But what if I told you that behind that creepy rictus smile lies a decades-old agenda, one forged in secret meetings with shadowy government agencies—an agenda that strikes at the very core of what makes us human? At the center of this agenda is something scientists call the “God Gene.” Scientifically known as VMAT2, it’s understood to be a biological key—a genetic pathway that enables spiritual experience, higher consciousness, a connection to God… or whatever greater force governs the universe. UTL COMMENT:- I am not too sure about Gate's voice - possibly fake? Dr. Gundry exposes Big Food’s olive oil lie. Free video: https://GetOlive1.com/TPV - Join the TPV free speech community: https://soj.ooo/p/thepeoplesvoice - Visit https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/IPV6 to take back control of the Internet
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‘Pride and Joy’: The darkest song Brandi Carlile ever wrote
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‘Pride and Joy’: The darkest song Brandi Carlile ever wrote

"I was so hurt."
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The best My Bloody Valentine album, according to Ride
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The best My Bloody Valentine album, according to Ride

"I don’t think it’s ever been matched".
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‘Chaos and Creation in the Backyard’: The album that took Paul McCartney out of his safety zone
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‘Chaos and Creation in the Backyard’: The album that took Paul McCartney out of his safety zone

"There was some heated discussion."
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CBS Star Hijacks Graduation To Rant About Trump—Wake Forest Crowd Left Stunned! (VIDEO)
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CBS Star Hijacks Graduation To Rant About Trump—Wake Forest Crowd Left Stunned! (VIDEO)

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How Discernment Can Help Graduates Define Their Next Steps
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How Discernment Can Help Graduates Define Their Next Steps

How do I know what God wants me to do after graduation?
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