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Often enough I hear my pro-RKBA, libertarian, and conservative/patriot friends complaining that Hollywood doesn't make movies for us and that the movies they do make are hostile to our core values.Here's your chance to turn that tide by supporting some new movies made by friends who do share our values.First up is the new comedy Witless Protection, starring Larry the Cable Guy, Jenny McCarthy, and Yaphet Kotto, released this past weekend by LionsGate. (This is the same studio that is producing Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.) The writer/director of Witless Protection is Charles Carner, a friend I met through our...

2005 is set to be an interesting year in terms of movie releases. Of course, the big story of '05 will be the release of the third and final 'prequel' to the Star Wars dynasty, "Revenge of the Sith", and you can bet I'll be there. But aside from that blockbuster, there are sure to be some hits, and HUGE misses, with the following releases: 1. "Son of the Mask" (Jamie Kennedy, Ben Stein) - The plot: Aspiring cartoonist Tim Avery (Kennedy) finds himself in a predicament when his infant son finds the mask of Loki. Let's face a fact...

Neo (Keanu Reeves) fights Matrix henchmen. | Jasin Boland, Warner Bros. The Matrix's Buddhist Jesus 'The Matrix Reloaded' is a field day for Joseph Campbell types. Does all the religious imagery work? By Laura Sheahen Religion scholar Huston Smith tells the story of the Buddha being asked, "What are you?" The Buddha replies "I am awake." Centuries later, so is Keanu Reeves. Human beings who, like Buddha, see beyond the illusory--who are enlightened--are the rock stars of "The Matrix Reloaded," the sequel to 1999's technoclassic "The Matrix." They wear robes. They intone meditative speeches. They know that what we...