Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay is not only a hilarious stoner comedy, it’s also one of a long line of comedies that offer a defense of American ideals of liberty.
Latest Articles by Brian Knapp
September 6, 2008
“A businessman carries a ballpoint, a teacher carries a pencil, but a lawyer, a successful lawyer, carries a pen like it’s a goddamn samurai sword.”
September 5, 2008
The fifth article examining the AFI Ten Top Tens shoots up the Western genre and hangs it high.
August 29, 2008
The fourth article in our examination of AFI’s Ten Top Tens investigates the mystery genre.
August 23, 2008
“The meek shall inherit the Earth,” he whispered. “Then sell it for profit.”
August 22, 2008
As the Olympics draw to a close, we continue our series examining the AFI Ten Top Tens by looking at the genre of sports movies.
August 15, 2008
The second article in our examination of AFI’s Ten Top Tens is about every man’s favorite genre: Romantic Comedy.
August 10, 2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor continues the proud tradition of Spider-Man 3 and X-Men 3 in ruining perfectly good movie franchises.
August 8, 2008
The first article in our exploration of AFI’s Ten Top Tens tackles the animation genre.
August 6, 2008
The Last King of Scotland is an impressive movie about the attraction of powerful, charismatic, evil men.
August 3, 2008
The American Film Institute has recently released its ten best films in ten genres. This is the introduction to our ten-part series examining the AFI’s lists.
July 31, 2008
Will Ferrell’s latest movie is childish, vulgar, cruel, and “lowers the civility of our civilization.” It’s also pretty funny.
July 27, 2008
The Dark Knight is the cinematic great American novel of the 21st Century in its exploration of the ideals and pitfalls of modern civilization.