AMERICA LOST

America Lost is a feature documentary that explores life in three “forgotten American cities”—Youngstown, Ohio, Memphis, Tennessee, and Stockton, California.

The film reveals the dramatic decline of the American interior through a combination of emotional personal stories and thoughtful conservative commentary. Filmmaker Christopher F. Rufo spent five years gathering these intimate portraits of Americans on the edge, including an ex-steelworker scrapping abandoned homes to survive, a recently incarcerated father trying to rebuild his life, and a single mother dreaming of escaping her blighted urban neighborhood.

Ultimately, despite these grave challenges, the film offers a glimpse of hope for rebuilding America’s families and communities from the bottom up.

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Yankees, White Sox to play at Field of Dreams

The New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox will play a game at the famed Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, on Aug. 13, 2020, the teams announced Thursday.

"Field of Dreams is an iconic, generational baseball story built upon a deep love of the game that transcends even the most impossible of circumstances," White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement. "The filmmakers tell a beautiful story that resonates to this day. It is an incredible honor for the White Sox franchise to be the home team against the Yankees in a special setting that will capture everyone's imagination just like the movie does. It seems very fitting that 30 years after the film's debut, MLB will build a ballfield in an Iowa cornfield where we will come to play a game so that baseball fans can create their own memories to be cherished for decades."

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Newsmax's Top 25 Conservative Documentaries of All Time

While conservative documentaries are often panned by Hollywood critics and seldom garner film festival awards, many draw impressive crowds to theaters, rack up eye-popping box office totals, and have exerted a significant impact on American culture and politics.

For instance, film industry experts say “2016: Obama’s America,” “The Clinton Chronicles,” and “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party” helped lay the groundwork for the election of Donald Trump as president and other conservatives.

“Some of these movies have actually changed the political landscape,” says Dr. Ted Baehr, a media critic and publisher and editor-in-chief of Movieguide, a website and journal that evaluates films and television programs from a conservative Christian perspective.

New York Times best-selling author Dinesh D’Souza says his 2012 film “2016: Obama’s America” didn’t keep voters from electing Barack Obama as president, but his 2016 film “Hillary’s America” seemed to have more of an impact.

“Arguably my later film ‘Hillary’s America’ had more impact in actually shaping the narrative and the outcome of an election,” D’Souza told Newsmax. “'2016' was my first documentary. I’ve now done three of them. In fact, I have a new one (tentatively titled ‘Death of a Nation’) coming out this summer, but I think the Hillary movie may have had more electoral impact, although the Obama movie I think has had a greater impact in shaping how Obama is seen by the population at large and perhaps also by history.”

Now, to help readers choose some of the best conservative documentaries, Newsmax has compiled a list of the top 25 conservative documentaries of all time. The criteria followed were simple: The films that generated the highest box office totals and made a “significant impact.”

In selecting the films, Newsmax sought to pick the documentaries by cross-referencing data on Box Office Mojo with the Internet Movie Database as well as information provided by filmmakers and film industry experts.

The second criterion — films that made a “significant impact” — is a more subjective one based on knowledge of conservative documentaries and the film industry.

Given thousands of documentary films made over the decades, undoubtedly some fine films were left out, but this list will give Newsmax readers a discerning guide to the highest-grossing and most impactful conservative documentaries.

Without further ado, here’s how Newsmax, in collaboration with author Troy Anderson, ranked the top 25 conservative documentaries of all time:

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This Mashup Of Golden Age Movie Dance Scenes Set To 'Uptown Funk' Will Make Your Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzpBCr8P4WA

"Michael Binder is what you would call a “movie aficionado” through and through. He’s probably watched just about every single movie you’ve ever heard of, twice. In fact, Binder loves movies so much that he’s managed to make a career writing about them and talking about them for his hundreds of followers.

But when he saw the mega viral hit that featured a bunch of dance scenes from popular movies matched up to the incredibly popular song, “Uptown Funk,” he was instantly inspired to do a similar mashup, only he wanted to use dance scenes from movies that only came out of the Golden Age of cinema.

It took him a long while to find the perfect clips which properly conveyed the energy and passion, but after he scanned through hundreds and hundreds of movies from 1953 and earlier, he finally edited together an absolutely stunning video featuring some of our favorite dancers and singers.

It’s pretty amazing to watch legends like, Gene Kelly, Shirley Temple, Judy Garland, and Fred Astaire dance to one of the catchiest songs ever!

The amount of time it must have taken to edit this whole piece together is truly astounding. Not only did Binder have to be aware of the dance sequence in his head, but he had to time it properly with the music without speeding up or slowing down the original footage.

In the end he created a video that is really fun to watch. He really put a lot of thought into this whole project, and just about everyone loves the final result!

Please SHARE this fantastic video if you love the old classics and wish they made movies like they used to!"

Peggy Breckenridge1 year ago

1. Red-Headed Women (1932) 2. The Littlest Rebel (1935) 3. The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) 4. Sensations of 1945 5. Broadway Melody of 1940 6. Honolulu (1939) 7. Lady Be Good (1941) 8. Girl Crazy (1941) 9. You Were Never Lovelier (1942) 10. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) 11. Colleen (1936) 12. Gilda (1946) 13. It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) 14. Animal Crackers (1930) 15. For Me and My Gal (1942) 16. Summer Stock (1950) 17. The Little Princess (1939) w/ Shirley Temple 18. Easter Parade (1948) 19. Second Chorus (1940) 20. Footlight Parade (1933) 21. Kiss Me Kate (1953) 22. The Pirate (1948) 23. Carefree (1938) 24. On The Town (1949) 25. Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) 26. The Gay Divorcee (1934) 27. A Day at the Races (1937) 28. Go Into Your Dance (1935) 29. Stormy Weather (1943) 30. Babes on Broadway (1941) 31. Ship Ahoy (1942) 32. The Sky's the Limit (1943) 33. Small Town Girl (1953) 34. Anchors Aweigh (1945) 35. Show Boat (1936) 36. Top Hat (1935) 37. Broadway Melody of 1938 38. Roberta (1935) 39. Love 'em and Leave 'em (1926) 40. Singin' in the Rain (1952) 41. Babes in Arms (1939) 42. 42nd Street (1933) 43. Till The Clouds Roll By (1946) 44. The Band Wagon (1953) 45. Born To Dance (1936) 46. Broadway Melody of 1936 47. Rosalie (1937) 48. Swing Tim (1936) 49. Ziegfeld Follies (1945) 50. Follow The Fleet (1936) 51. Cover Girl (1944) 52. Thousands Cheer (1943) 53. Royal Wedding (1951) 54. Way Out West (1937) 55. The Red Shoes (1948) 56. Blue Skies (1946) 57. Boarding House Blues (1948) 58. Panama Hattie (1942) 59. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) 60. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 61. An American in Paris (1951) 62. Stormy Weather (1943) 63. Shall We Dance? (1937) 64. Easter Parade (1948) 65. On The Avenue (1937) 66. Hellzapoppin' (1941) 67. That's Entertainment, Part 2 (1976)

New movie added

Top right (at the moment) is a category that started out as "Full Length Documentaries" and has now been changed to "Full Length Documentaries/Movies".

The movie I just added is a hysterically politically-incorrect film that could NEVER be made today. But you will die laughing. You may wonder why people are trying to suck all the humor out of life and why people are excoriated for saying something like "All Lives Matter".

Marxism, Maoism, socialism, statism, totalitarianism, and false religions all engage in stifling humor and joy from life because that is how they exercise control over their subjects. And besides, while they are torturing, beheading, demeaning everyone and stealing the fruits of your labor, you won't feel like laughing anyway.

So please, if you can--and while you can--still laugh, please do watch our newest edition BLAZING SADDLES!

13 Most Patriotic Movies Ever: ‘Rocky IV,’ ‘Independence Day’ and More

From 1942’s Yankee Doodle Dandy to Tom Cruise’s Top Gun to the Will Smith blockbuster Independence Day. (A friend's husband made #5: Invasion U.S.A.!)

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Which film contains the most famous striptease in the history of the movies?

From Sam Kashner’s Vanity Fair interview with Sophia Loren, 3/2012:

Their incredible electricity is perhaps most charged in the wonderful 1963 film, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow —De Sica, again, who had a genius for bringing out his actors’ comedic gifts. “My mother, Marcello, and De Sica were all from the South,” Edoardo explains. “In Italy, Sophia Loren was known as a comic actress; before Two Women, there were many comedies. De Sica saw that and brought it out of her. Let’s not forget my mother is Neapolitan, and Neapolitans have comedy in their blood. The taxi drivers of Naples are comic geniuses! They are amazing, the way they perceive the world.”

The film contains the most famous striptease in the history of the movies, and the sweetest.

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From my romantic, sentimental husband

This youtube vid shows Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth dancing to a song called "Midnight, The Stars And You", one of my favorite songs of the 1930's.

The song is performed by The Ray Noble Orchestra featuring Al Bowlly (one of the great Brit singers from that period). Dance scenes from the Motion Picture "You Were Never Lovelier". Not sure if this is the original music from that film or if someone overlaid it later, but it works.

I first heard this song when Stanley Kubrick used it at the end of his 1980 movie "The Shining" (book by Steven King).

And...Rita Hayworth is hot hot hot!!!

5 Famous Actors Who Hate Their Most Iconic Roles

The Star of The Sound of Music Called It "The Sound of Mucus"!

I was surprised by #1:

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What ‘The Butler’ gets wrong about Ronald Reagan and race

Ronald Reagan historians Steven F. Hayward, Paul Kengor, Craig Shirley and Kiron K. Skinner: Two particular incidents in the film concern us...

MIND BLOW: New documentary about environmentalists who have changed their mind and are now pro-nuclear power!

...and the perfect antidote to Matt Damon’s Promised Land.

A true Christmas story

Please see my post from Christmas Eve last year (2011) and please DO NOT miss listening to the incredibly beautiful song from the movie Joyeux Noel!

Sorry this is a bit late for Christmas, but we had an electrical fire in the oven in our kitchen and had to deal with returning the ham and other groceries (which Gelsen's so generously agreed to allow) and then finding a place to take our Christmas Eve guests for dinner last night.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

NEW: THE LONE RANGER (Disney)

Watch the trailer here.

We're just a bunch of killers

Always have been, always will be according to far Left filmmaker Michael Moore.

THREE MOVIES - UPDATES

Three conservative films you DO NOT want to miss!

2016 Obama's America

The Hope and The Change

Occupy Unmasked

UPDATE:

Here's yet another film!

“Dreams from My Real Father”

is the alternative Barack Obama “autobiography,” offering a divergent theory of what may have shaped the 44th president’s life and politics.

UPDATE #2:

Thanks to Zilla of the Resistance for the heads up!

And here's the link from Gateway Pundit:

The first screening of “Hating Breitbart” was held outside of the RNC Convention today.

The ending takes your breath away.

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER EXCLUSIVE

Patriotism and traditional values, like those displayed in "Thor," "The Artist," "Soul Surfer" and "Hugo," are what moviegoers want, says a group that will honor such films at an awards gala Friday.

Study: 'Conservative' Movies Make More Money Than 'Liberal' Movies (Exclusive)

Man-made flu virus with potential to wipe out many millions if it ever escaped is created in research lab

Read the actual news story here.

I just started watching Stephen King's The Stand last night.

The product review starts out: "After a government-spawned "superflu" wipes out more than 90 percent of the earth's population..."

If you watch The Stand and then read the actual news story below, you'll be even more freaked out:

NEWS STORY.

So synch your watches and then take bets on how long it'll be before all this falls into "the wrong hands"...

BATTLE FOR AMERICA: THE MOVIE

Citizens United Productions Presents:

A call to action by Dick Morris to take back our country, "Battle for America" is a searing look at the ongoing conflict between "Constitutional Conservatives" and an out-of-touch, arrogant, and ever-expanding central government. This film stars Ann Coulter, Lou Dobbs, Fred Barnes, Arthur Brooks, Newt Gingrich, Tony Blankley, Mike Flynn, Eric Singer, U.S. Representatives Thaddeus McCotter, Sue Myrick, and Dan Lungren, and U.S. Senators Christopher Bond and Tom Coburn. This controversial documentary goes beyond today's headlines to provide a comprehensive look at how the Obama Administration and the Democratic majority in Congress have failed the American people.

"Battle for America" is a no-holds-barred examination of an Administration and Congress that set out to "transform" America but ended up reenergizing grassroots Conservatives and lighting the fuse for a populist rebellion called "The Tea Party" movement. More than an indictment against the elitist governing class, this film's inspiring message is also a call-to-action for every citizen to take back our country and return it to its core principles based upon a limited federal government.

Produced in the style of "Generation Zero" and "Fire from the Heartland", this film is the third in a series to look at America at the crossroads of one of the most consequential and dangerous times in her history. "Battle for America" will leave you energized for the seminal fight to save our beloved country.

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Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely, (Ret.): “THE PATRIOTIC REVOLUTION…IS HAPPENING NOW”

Celebrity Republicans and Famous Conservatives

UPDATE: Most Conservative Members Of Congress

THE LIST

I did think that Lara Flynn Boyle would've made a great Dagny Taggart...

Oh, and here's some of the "historical" ones too: Famous Conservatives and Republicans
in History

CONTROVERSIAL NEW FILM "I WANT YOUR MONEY!"

"I Want Your Money" Official HD Movie Trailer