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The Film The Critics Dare Not Touch: Review of Matt Walsh’s What Is A Woman
When liberals stream en masse from the woodwork to condemn something, you can be sure they dislike it. It's when…
Roe v. Wade Movie Shows Where Good Intentions Can Lead
"Pawns are the soul of the game." So says the young, woefully naive Bernard Nathanson to his father during a…
Movie Review: ‘Forbidden God’
What would you do if they came for you? It's a question religious people sometimes ask themselves, hoping they'…
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This Lent: Pray, Fast, and Watch Movies
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Lawmakers, not lawbreakers: director Sarah Gavron on ‘Suffragette’
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See allWhy You Should Go See Matt Walsh’s Am I Racist?
Conservatives made a movie, and not only is it compelling and funny, but it's doing relatively well at the box…
The Film The Critics Dare Not Touch: Review of Matt Walsh’s What Is A Woman
When liberals stream en masse from the woodwork to condemn something, you can be sure they dislike it. It's when…
Roe v. Wade Movie Shows Where Good Intentions Can Lead
"Pawns are the soul of the game." So says the young, woefully naive Bernard Nathanson to his father during a…
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