Patriotic

Toby Keith, who injected Nineties and 2000s country music with an unapologetic dose of patriotism and an unrelenting swagger in songs like “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” “How Do You Like Me Now?!” and “Who’s Your Daddy?”, has died at 62 following a diagnosis of stomach cancer. Keith’s family confirmed the death on social media, writing that the musician “passed peacefully” on Feb. 5 and was “surrounded by his family.” “He fought his fight with grace and courage,” they wrote. The…

Fresh off the megahit Pathaan, director Siddharth Anand is back with yet another star vehicle, this time pairing Indian superstars Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone on screen for the first time. Aiming to valorise the tribulations and triumphs of the Indian air force, Fighter inevitably invites comparisons to the Top Gun franchise. The parallel extends to more than mere visual similarities: these films are all made with the approval and support of the military in their countries.While the recent Top Gun update Maverick…

George Clooney has been a charming and dapper Anglophile presence on the awards circuit this season while promoting the new movie he’s directed, some of which was shot not far from where he lives near Henley-on-Thames. So it’s sad to report that his film clunks harder than redwood. It is a stodgy and sententious varsity-sports underdog drama from the Depression era, a bit like his 1920s American football film Leatherheads, from 2008, but minus the comedy. Weirdly, it is as if this earnest but perfunctorily imagined film…

NASA’s X-59, set to undergo painting, is an experimental aircraft designed to lessen sonic booms. It is a key part of the Quesst mission, which aims to change perceptions of supersonic travel and influence regulations on commercial supersonic flight over land. Credit: Lockheed MartinThe X-59, part of NASA’s Quesst mission, is undergoing painting at Lockheed Martin. This aircraft aims to make supersonic flight quieter and more acceptable for overland travel.NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress,…

After your July 4 re-watch of Independence Day, your next move should be to stream 1996's other patriotically themed release: Uncle Sam, a movie so up-front about its intentions as a satirical horror comedy that its poster, a ghoulish parody of a military-recruiting ad, has the tag line “I Want You... Dead.”Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdUncle Sam might be low-budget, but it comes with some horror bona fides. It’s directed by William Lustig (Maniac and the Maniac Cop films) and written by the late, great Larry Cohen (It’s…

ABCS 4.0 slabbed copy of Pep Comics #7 from 1940 featuring The Shield on the cover is up for auction from Heritage Auctions today.Pep Comics was a comic book anthology published by MLJ Comics – later known as Archie Comics – and ran from 1939 to 1987. While it is best known as the comic book series that introduced Archie Andrews, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and the town of Riverdale to America, that only came along a couple of years in. Originally the comic book was best known for introducing the first patriotic superhero…

via 20th Century Fox In the least surprising news you’ll read all day, blockbuster sci-fi classic Independence Day has returned to prominence on streaming. On July 4, no less. Can you believe it? Yes, of course you can, because it’s essential viewing in households all across the world today, not just in the United States. Obviously, it’s proving the most popular in America, with FlixPatrol revealing that the 1996 battle against invaders from beyond the stars has become the sixth most-watched title on Prime…

Throwing a big bash for the Fourth of July and need a themed playlist? The Hollywood Reporter has rounded up a list of song about the good ole U.S.A., from Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” However, not all of them are exactly patriotic or positive in their view of American and its citizens. Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” is often misunderstood as a nationalistic anthem (it actually was intended to attention to the negative effects of the Vietnam War),…