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Nolte: Defending ‘American Beauty’ (1999)

“American Beauty” isn’t saying the suburbs are bad or that chasing high school cheerleaders is okay—quite the opposite. The movie is looking to remind us of how blessed we are, what a miracle the American Dream is, that fathers matter, that family is everything, that men are created by God to protect women, and to appreciate what we have.

Kevin Spacey looks at Mena Suvari as she bathes in rose pedals in a scene from the film &#

George Hamilton’s Gloriously Inappropriate and Problematic and Gay Zorro Comedy Classics

Uptight, left-wing Hollywood has killed the movie comedy. So, for those of you who wish to see a “new” comedy, here are two classics, courtesy of George Hamilton, you might have overlooked. Love at First Bite (1979) and Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981) are, in my opinion, perfect comedies — hilarious, rewatchable, quotable, good-natured, filled with romance, and timeless. 

American actor George Hamilton (as Don Diego Vega/Zorro/Bunny Wigglesworth/The Gay Blade/R