Teens. Ed writing in my i started publishing an American Spectator when i was 18 years old. , and fromin manhattan the age of 11 or 12, i would Wander Around to movie theaters and see stuff after school and on weekends. Inot fundamentally literate movies that i could write about them. That was over 37 years ago. Now, if you are 18 or 19 years yearsou have another 37 that you have something to be responsible about it i dont know if it is as easy as it was then. Fores had only been around 5060 years then, and now they have been around for 90 years, so there are more movies to take account of. Reviews,ou reach her you see politics sometime. How influential have movies been on what our political culture is . Its the quake question about whether they reflected or lead it. I think for the most part, movies reflect our political culture, and they are an effort to gain the largest possible audience by being the most capacious they can possibly be not to offend the people as much as possible. T
Including lincoln, spotlight, and Straight Outta Compton. Brian John Podhoretz, we would normally ask you here to Talk Straight politics. But, for years, you have been a movie critic. John 37 years i have been a movie critic. Brian when did you get interested in movies . John i started publishing in the American Spectator when i was 18 years old. I grew up in manhattan, and from the age of 11 or 12, i would Wander Around to movie theaters and revival houses and see stuff after school and on weekends. I got fundamentally literate in movies enough that i could write about them. That was over 37 years ago. So now, if you are 18 or 19 years old, you have another 37 years that you have something to be responsible for knowing something about, i dont know if it is as easy as it was then. Movies had only been around for 50 to 60 years then, and now they have been around for 90. And so there are a lot more movies to take account of. Brian when you read your reviews, you see politics in your rev
Interested in movies . John i started publishing in the American Spectator when i was 18 years old. I grew up in manhattan, and from the age of 11 or 12, i would Wander Around to movie theaters and see stuff after school and on weekends. I got fundamentally literate in movies enough that i could write about them. That was over 37 years ago. Now, if you are 18 or 19 years old, you have another 37 years that you have something to be responsible for knowing something about, i dont know if it is as easy as it was then. Movies had only been around for 50 to 60 years then, and now they have been around for 90. So there are more movies to take account of. Brian when you read your reviews, you see politics in your reviews sometime. How influential have movies been on what our political culture is . John it is always a great question about whether they reflect it or lead it or guide it. I think for the most part, movies reflect our political culture, and they are an effort to gain the largest p
Attached to the locally based uss Harry S Truman Carrier Strike group searched the area for the crew. Iran said the boats had illegally crossed into iranian waters near farsi island and were picked up. Nine men and one woman are said to be involved. We have done stories with locally based riverine squadrons in the past. Youre looking at some video right now. They are small, heavily armed, fast boats with about five people onboard. Top us officials continue to say the issue will be resolved soon. Take a listen to White House Press secretary josh earnest. Nn01t 55 03 us authories have been in touch with iranian officials who have confirmed for us a couple of things, first theyve confirmed that our sailors are safe. And they have assured us that our sailors will be allowed to resume their journey. According to the associated press, the sailors are part of riverine squadron one out of san diego. And, were deployed to the us navys fifth fleet in bahrain. The sailors are expected released to
Good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check traffic now. A quick reminder for parents in newport news. The brittinghammidtown today for hilton Elementary Students who are out of school today. Crews are still cleaning lead paint in the school. The newport news parks and Rec Youth Program is providing daycare from 8 in the morning until 5 30 this evening. Now to developing news out of the middle east. The Iran Revolutionary guard corps is questioning 10 american sailors thats according to Iranian State owned tv. Overnight, iran held the sailors at a base on farsi island. Iran seized the sailors and two boats after they drifted into iranian waters in the persian gulf yesterday afternoon. Iranian authorities accused the sailors of trespassing and snooping. Rico bush has been keeping an eye on the developments very closely. Rico, us authorities may be close to resolving the crisis yea, katie. Lex. According to us defense officials, iran has assured them that the crew and their boats would be re