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Conclave (2024)

Kevin Chan #AntiWoke #Christian #PaleoCon

May 5th 2025

Invocations of Catholicism

A docket of films that offer a view, whether it be a thematic look or minor glimpses, at Catholicism through a display of a protagonist’s faith or the minuscule appearance of a Church or even just a sacramental. It might be silent or blatant, maybe even merely ornamental or largely crucial. But the involvement of it, still adds a depth to the whole piece. No subversive jargon like Conclave. Not...

A Man for All Seasons (1988)

The American Conservative Staff #CenterRight #PaleoCon

Apr 27th 2025

When Garden Centers Ruled the Earth

Politics
When Garden Centers Ruled the Earth The strangeness of Covid-era social engineering is still fresh.

Credit: Bearfotos/Shutterstock
Can man live by garden centers alone?
That question was implicit...

The Flood (2023)

The American Conservative Staff #CenterRight #PaleoCon

Apr 25th 2025

The Scramble for Oceania

Foreign Affairs
The Scramble for Oceania Start building artificial ocean platforms for fun and profit—and geopolitics.

Credit: Marcus Mainka/Shutterstock
News item: On April 17, an X feed called SkyFi...

Crying Freeman (1988)

Kevin Chan #AntiWoke #Christian #PaleoCon

Apr 24th 2025

Crying Freeman, 1995 - ★★½

What’s up, peeps? Get ready! The Searchers have PART II of our “Philosophical Hitman” series ready for you. After Chris’ pick, Looper, to kick things off, we move onto Ben’s pick: Crying Freeman. From 1995, directed by Christophe Gans and starring husband and wife team, Mark Dacascos and Julie Condra. An interesting foray into the “Manchurian Candidate” idea — but keeping in line...

Self Reliance (2023)

The American Conservative Staff #CenterRight #PaleoCon

Apr 22nd 2025

Ending the China Paradox

Foreign Affairs
Ending the China Paradox JD Vance is right about American economic dependence.

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Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, America has been the undisputed global hegemon....

Theodore Roosevelt (2022)

The American Conservative Staff #CenterRight #PaleoCon

Apr 18th 2025

Trump Should Just Set a Ukraine Ceasefire Date

Foreign Affairs
Trump Should Just Set a Ukraine Ceasefire Date The president is apparently frustrated that European states are sabotaging his peace process with Russia. There is a simple solution to that.

Immediately prior to the...

The Breakfast Club (1985)

American Renaissance #DissidentRight #PaleoCon

Apr 16th 2025

Molly Ringwald Calls ‘The Breakfast Club’ ‘Very White’

Molly Ringwald wants fans to forget about a remake of “The Breakfast Club.”
The actress, 57, dismissed the possibility of remaking the 1985 teen comedy-drama about five high school students in detention during a panel, “Don’t You Forget About Me: ‘The Breakfast Club’ 40th Anniversary Reunion,” at the C2E2 pop culture convention in Chicago on Saturday.
“I personally don’t believe...

Warfare (2025)

Kevin Chan #AntiWoke #Christian #PaleoCon

Apr 16th 2025

Warfare, 2025 - ★★★★½

Originally watched on April 12th
With a slate of a mere six films to Alex Garland’s repertoire, the thoughts have generally remained the same after watching Ex Machina: his “work remains a sort of blind spot in my movie viewing history and frankly… it just might remain that way…” However, once upon a stumble on YouTube, A24’s featurette of Warfare popped up, and then an engrossment...

The Browns (2020)

The American Conservative Staff #CenterRight #PaleoCon

Apr 13th 2025

The Highlights Habit

Culture
The Highlights Habit Politics or sports—we’re all here for the exciting moments.

As a watcher of live sporting events, I plead guilty to preferring the miracle finish to the long slog that precedes the miracle finish.
I...

The Miracle Maker (1999)

Kevin Chan #AntiWoke #Christian #PaleoCon

Apr 12th 2025

The King of Kings, 2025

One can only talk so much about another retelling of Christ’s life on earth, but the cause for the existence of Angel Studios’ The King of Kings — based on Charles Dickens’s novel The Life of Our Lord — reaches farther back. On June 2nd, 1780, the streets of London began to see many days of tumult, caused by a crowd of 50,000 people led by Lord George Gordon. Making himself leader of the...

Top Secret! (1984)

Kevin Chan #AntiWoke #Christian #PaleoCon

Apr 8th 2025

Top Secret!, 1984 - ★★★½

“Subversive” would be just one of many adjectives to describe the state of modern film, but another suitable one would be “bizarre.” Bizarre in style, propagation, messaging, principles or lack thereof, etc. Bizarre in how full of themselves films have turned out. The time wasted on such prevalent schlock (not the good kind) has been too long already that it’s been considered normal to...

The Karate Kid Part III (1989)

Kevin Chan #AntiWoke #Christian #PaleoCon

Apr 2nd 2025

The Karate Kid Part III, 1989 - ★★★

In 2018, Ralph Macchio related to Sports Illustrated, and three years later in a podcast interview with Sway, his disgruntlement with the final installment of The Karate Kid trilogy:
“Part three is NOT my favorite movie. All they did was make the first one over again, without any of the good stuff… I just felt for the LaRusso character, he never went forward. It felt like we were redoing the...

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

The American Conservative Staff #CenterRight #PaleoCon

Mar 30th 2025

The Fall of the House of Tenenbaum

Culture
The Fall of the House of Tenenbaum Are the stars of the Wes Anderson classic cursed?

Credit: Ramsay de Give-Pool/Getty Images
What have become of my Royal Tenenbaums?
Over the last few years,...

Adolescence (2025)

American Renaissance #DissidentRight #PaleoCon

Mar 28th 2025

‘Adolescence’ and the Invented Racial Enemy

Credit: It’s All Made Up Productions / Plan B Entertainment / Warp Films / Album
Everything is political under mass democracy. In a large, diverse democracy, perhaps everything becomes anti-white. This seems especially true in the media, and perhaps no country’s press is quite as hysterical as the United Kingdom’s. Currently, what right-wingers despairingly call the “Yookay” is undergoing...

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

The American Conservative Staff #CenterRight #PaleoCon

Mar 28th 2025

Everything’s Ghibli!

Culture
Everything’s Ghibli! The internet goes gaga for Ghibli.

Sam Altman’s OpenAI had only just released its latest image generation technology as part of Chat-GPT4o when everything in Elon Musk’s pain palace suddenly turned...

The Signal (2014)

The American Conservative Staff #CenterRight #PaleoCon

Mar 27th 2025

The Signal Group Chat Reveals Confusion about Yemen Strikes

Foreign Affairs
The Signal Group Chat Reveals Confusion about Yemen Strikes The military campaign against the Houthis likely won’t deter the group—and may boost its popularity.

Even the most intense, red-blooded MAGA supporter...

The Vanishing (2018)

American Renaissance #DissidentRight #PaleoCon

Mar 25th 2025

The Vanishing White Male Writer

It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list. In 2012 the Times included seven white American men under the age of 43 (the cut-off for a millennial today); in 2013 there were six, in 2014 there were six.And then the doors shut.
By 2021, there was not one white male millennial on the “Notable...

The Sacrifice (1986)

Bryant Tyler #AntiWoke #Christian #PaleoCon

Mar 24th 2025

The Sacrifice, 1986 - ★★★★★

”Tarkovsky for me is the greatest (of us all), the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream.” Ingmar Bergman
Across his filmography, Andrei Tarkovsky explored the emptiness of desacralized modernity to awaken a longing for pursuit of God and the spiritual life in the viewer. The Sacrifice was Tarkovsky’s second film...

Shanghai Knights (2003)

Kevin Chan #AntiWoke #Christian #PaleoCon

Mar 19th 2025

Shanghai Knights, 2003 - ★★★½

Just a little reminder that in the minds and hearts of us Searchers and our listeners that Chanuary in March ain’t over yet! In the meantime, we give you our last (for now) ride into Jackie’s filmography. From 2000, Shanghai Noon, directed by Tom Dey. And from 2003, Shanghai Knights, directed by David Dobkin.
So after you put on a duster, don a Gambler and hope for the best in the Wild Wild...

Shanghai Noon (2000)

Kevin Chan #AntiWoke #Christian #PaleoCon

Mar 18th 2025

Shanghai Noon, 2000 - ★★★★

Folks, did you think Chanuary in another month that ain’t January was over? Were we to end our lauds and laughs over Chan cinema after Part III of our coverage of two films, Police Story 4: First Strike and Mr. Nice Guy? If you thought yes, think again! Here comes our supposedly final foray into Jackie’s filmography, moving right into the beginning of Jackie’s 21st Century Hollywood excursions....

Invocations of Catholicism

When Garden Centers Ruled the Earth

The Scramble for Oceania

Crying Freeman, 1995 - ★★½

Ending the China Paradox

Trump Should Just Set a Ukraine Ceasefire Date

Molly Ringwald Calls ‘The Breakfast Club’ ‘Very White’

Warfare, 2025 - ★★★★½

The Highlights Habit

The King of Kings, 2025

Top Secret!, 1984 - ★★★½

The Karate Kid Part III, 1989 - ★★★

The Fall of the House of Tenenbaum

‘Adolescence’ and the Invented Racial Enemy

Everything’s Ghibli!

The Signal Group Chat Reveals Confusion about Yemen Strikes

The Vanishing White Male Writer

The Sacrifice, 1986 - ★★★★★

Shanghai Knights, 2003 - ★★★½

Shanghai Noon, 2000 - ★★★★

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