Eric M. Blake analyzes Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven,” emphasizing its genre deconstruction, Western tropes, and underlying conservative themes, particularly gun control.
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The Greatest Conservative Films: The Green Berets (1968)
In the general category of “underrated films”, there’s a tragic subset of “misremembered”. The Green
The Greatest Conservative Films: Disclosure (1994)
Really, it’s eerie how well Disclosure conveys some all-too-legitimate fears men just may have in the workplace, today—even more so than back in the ‘90s. Back then, some critics—including legends Siskel & Ebert—flat-out scoffed at and dismissed the film’s premises as absurd and nonsensical. Maybe, back then, that was understandable…
The Greatest Conservative Films: Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice—Ultimate Edition (2016)
Well, dear readers, I knew I was going to tackle this baby sooner or later. Basically, I only put off the original writing of this piece because I’d already watched it twice, that year. And let me tell you, folks, it’s a “heavy” sort of film…
The Greatest Conservative Films: Captain America: Civil War (2016)
“There’s no decision-making process here. We need to be put in check! …If we can’t accept limitations—if we’re boundary-less—then we’re no better than the bad guys…”
The Greatest Conservative Films: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
I’ve been focusing on superhero films a lot, in this series—and will continue to, for the foreseeable future. With good reason, too…
The Greatest Conservative Films: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
I haven’t added a superhero film to the list for a while now. So in honor of the 4th of July, let’s go head-on to Capt. Steve Rogers!
The Greatest Conservative Films: Bridge Of Spies (2015)
One of the great fallacies of the “BOYCOTT HOLLYWIERD!!!” attitude is to assume that the politics of the filmmakers and/or cast of a movie/show is far more important than the actual politics of the end product…
The Greatest Conservative Films: The Enforcer (1976)
Sadly, screenwriter John Millius moved on from the Dirty Harry flicks after Magnum Force. However, the show must go on…
The Greatest Conservative Films: Magnum Force (1973)
Positive as the audience response was to the first film, there was at the same time an outcry—most notoriously expressed by Pauline Kael…