Commentary How often do you read someone’s bio and wonder whether important chapters in his story have been omitted? Many people today are in important positions because of nothing more than one particular qualification, but their beliefs and values often aren’t taken into consideration. No matter how qualified a person may be for a job,…

Commentary If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you value The Epoch Times’s commitment to truth and tradition. It’s almost as hard today to find reliable, honest news sources as it is to find decent entertainment. Thankfully, just as The Epoch Times offers an alternative to the mainstream media for truth-seekers, movies made during Hollywood’s…

Commentary As a businessman and a father, I contend that the most important step on the road to success is the act of becoming virtuous. You may well respond, What, then, is virtue? This question has been asked for over 3,000 years by philosophers from Socrates to Aquinas. Men like Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Virgil…

Commentary Some movies are very inspiring and uplifting, obviously full of good messages. We expect Frank Capra movies to teach valuable moral lessons. However, many less serious movies can contain inspiring scenes. Even comedies may include one or two moments of movie wisdom which can be applied to our lives today. Today’s moment of movie…

Commentary Warfare is about imposing one’s will on another or resisting the imposition of another’s will. So warfare has always been decided primarily in military “information dominance,” which specialists call “the cognitive domain.” It is true now more than ever when the most effective tools of warfare are there in instant social media to undermine…

Commentary The Regency Era of England was named thus because it was when the future King George IV ruled as Prince Regent of the United Kingdom while his father, King George III, suffered declining sanity. Although this period only officially lasted from 1811 to 1820, the Regency Era is often categorized as the longer period…

Commentary If you’ve read any of my classic movie reviews here at The Epoch Times, you probably know that I focus on a particular 20-year period, 1934-1954. As I often explain, these two decades were Hollywood’s Golden Era because that was the Motion Picture Production Code’s heyday. The Code is a set of guidelines for…

Commentary The Cold War is generally associated with the 1960s or the late 50s. However, some movies from years earlier prove that Americans began to suspect Russia’s interest in democracy and peace as soon as World War II ended. As the Allies tried to rebuild Europe after the damage the Nazis had done, they quickly…

Commentary This article’s headline seems like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Since when has there been integrity in advertising, let alone honesty? When one sees print ads, commercials, and other promotional materials from the 1940s or 50s, they look refreshingly wholesome, clean, and patriotic compared to today’s foolish and often filthy advertising. Celebrity endorsements from Hollywood’s…

Commentary Most classic movies star young, glamorous actresses as their leading ladies. “The Model and the Marriage Broker” from 1951 is a rare exception, since it focuses on a middle-aged female character played by veteran supporting actress Thelma Ritter. Although Jeanne Crain, who plays a young model, could be considered the leading lady because she…