Outside the Beltway

The cruelty isn’t the point.

The legendary star of stage and screen is gone at 93.

Restored versions of the original movies are now available in 4K. They’re likely not legal.

Disney is making some unwelcome moves.

A pending lawsuit seeks to settle those questions.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Mild spoilers ahead.

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

A post that’s only tangentially related to cancel culture.

Thomas gets the ball rolling, and I take off from there.

The days of one-stop media shopping are long gone.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

South Park mocked Chinese censorship so, of course, they were censored in China.

This past weekend, Avengers: Endgame passed Avatar as the biggest-grossing movie of all-time, but there are several caveats.

Avengers: Endgame earned $1 billion worldwide in its first weekend, but it will take a lot more to become the biggest grossing movie of all time.

I sense a great disturbance in the Force. As if a billion voices are crying out “No, not Chewie!!!!”

The legendary figure was in charge of strategic forecasting at the Pentagon for decades.

Three and a half years after its flyby of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft has reached the furthest distant object ever visited by a man-made craft.

While most Hollywood blockbusters have male leads, films starring women actually do better on the aggregate.

Forty years ago tonight, the Star Wars universe came to television in a production so bad that it makes Jar Jar Binks seem positively Shakespearean by comparison.

The tough guy actor best known for the “Smokey And The Bandit” movies has passed away at the age of 82.

As much as we hate paying $200 a month for television, the future is likely going to be worse.

Harlan Ellison, who had a reputation for being as cantankerous as he was a great writer, has died at the age of 84.

For the second time in three years, we have a Triple Crown winner.

It may be my favorite Star Wars film since ‘Empire Strikes Back.’

The Marvel superhero film passed ‘Titanic’ in US ticket sales. Unless we adjust for inflation. Which we absolutely should.

The Plaid Is The New Black Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Rest in Peace, Princess. May the Force be with you.

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

The Who Moved My Cheese? Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Knights Who Say Ni Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

You’ll be happy, Star Wars fans. And, don’t worry, no spoilers here.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the newest film in the Star Wars saga is breaking all kinds of records.

A debate schedule that seems designed to limit the ability of viewers to see candidates, and other incidents, has led Hillary Clinton’s opponents to allege that the D.N.C. is favoring Hillary Clinton.

A pseudonymous government relations professional examines “The Radicalization of Luke Skywalker: A Jedi’s Path to Jihad.”

A thirty-seven year long drought is over.

“Chewie, we’re rich.”

Opening crawl of 1977 version