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Michael Medved (born October 3, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host, film critic and author. Michael Medved is married to Dr. Diane Medved and they have three children. Medved describes himself as an “Observant Jew.”

Contents
1 Early life
2 Movie reviews
2.1 Pro– and anti–Judeo-Christian films
3 Talk radio and political commentary
4 Books
5 Trivia
6 External links
7 Notes

Early life
Medved was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in San Diego, California,
where his father worked as a scientist for the defense contractor, Convair.
Michael entered Yale as an undergraduate at age 16, graduating with honors in 1969,
and then went on to Yale Law School.
After his first year at Yale Law, he took time off to serve as a campaign consultant
on Democratic senatorial races, and never returned to finish his degree.
Medved reviewed movies for CNN, and later for the New York Post.
He also served for twelve years as co-host of Sneak Previews, a nationally televised
weekly movie review show on PBS public television. [1] Medved is currently on the board
of contributors to USA Today and occasionally writes op-ed pieces
for the Wall Street Journal and the King County Journal.

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Movie reviews
The neutrality of this section is disputed.
Please see the discussion on the talk page.

Medved gained attention for the books he co-authored deriding Hollywood
mainstream and B Movie productions, The Fifty Worst Films of All Time,
The Golden Turkey Awards and The Hollywood Hall of Shame.
Following those publications, Medved became a popular chat show guest on
British television and presented a series for Channel 4 The Worst of Hollywood.
Medved is partly to credit for the film Plan 9 from Outer Space being described
as the worst film ever and its effect of renewing interest in the film
and earning its director a cult following.

He was one of the Jewish voices in America that praised Mel Gibson’s
controversial movie, The Passion of the Christ (2004).
Even after Mel Gibson’s DUI arrest in July 2006, Medved continued to support
both Gibson personally, and the Passion, though he condemned Gibson’s
particular comments.

Pro– and anti–Judeo-Christian films
Medved was criticized by some for (from their viewpoint) giving away the
ending of Million Dollar Baby. Medved countered that the movie promotions
were very misleading to the dark subject matter of that film.
He wrote that, rather than a Rocky-esque film about boxing, it was essentially
a film arguing in favor for a right to die.
Medved asserted that he did not disclose the entire plot, just enough information
that his listeners could make an informed choice about that movie.
Roger Ebert criticized him in an article in the Chicago Sun-Times called
“Critics Have No Right To Play Spoiler” and also claimed that now Medved is a
political commentator and no longer a film critic.

Medved has suggested this focus on dark and depressing subject matter is
contributing to lower box office turnouts, and particularly the failure
of films such as King David. At the same time, Medved has also noted that
just being a “family” or “values” oriented movie will not necessarily mean
it is any good.
He has also praised movies for their artistic value even though he disagrees
with the underlying political message (e.g. the gay-themed romance
Brokeback Mountain,
and The Motorcycle Diaries about the early life of Che Guevara).
Additionally, he has criticized Sean Penn and Tim Robbins’ politics,
while praising their works as actors and directors.

He has also long been an especially outspoken critic of what he characterizes
as inappropriate entertainment for or about children, including
The Simpsons, Beavis and Butt-head and South Park.
He has criticized Disney movies such as Pocahontas for
“dark and politically correct preaching about persecution of Native Americans”,
and Mulan for promoting “the liberating impact of cross-dressing”

Talk radio and political commentary
Medved does a daily three-hour talk radio program based out of Seattle,
Washington. [4] The show reaches more than 2 million listeners in 140
markets, coast to coast.
Medved has been listed by Talkers Magazine as one of their “Heavy Hundred”
most important American talk show hosts. Medved started his radio show in 1996
after a series of guest hostings on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show.
Medved credits Limbaugh for giving him his start in talk radio.

Medved describes himself as a “cultural crusader on politics and pop culture”
and the show focuses on that intersection between current events, politics,
and the entertainment industry. Medved’s radio show also deals with issues
involving the film industry and recent movies he has reviewed.
Medved’s radio show often focuses on listeners calling in and debating issues
with its host, welcoming in particular callers who strongly disagree with the host.
The show welcomes dissenting voices as guests to debate with Medved and he has
had on Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, John Shelby Spong, George Galloway,
and Al Franken, among many others. Medved also has guests who he agrees with
on certain subjects (i.e., Robert Spencer, Christopher Hitchens, etc.)
and conservative voices from politics and pop culture.
Medved has supported other conservatives when they have been criticized such
as Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlessinger.

Another common theme of Medved’s political and cultural commentary is the
labeling of certain social or political forces, political candidates,
and movies with insulting nicknames. Examples of these nicknames include:

Wesley Clark as “Weaselly” Clark
John Edwards as John “Shyster”
Libertarian Party as the “Losertarians”
Constitution Party the “Constipation Party”
Green Party the “Spleen Party”
“turd parties,” in reference to all third parties in general
“Alexander the Gay,” in reference to the 2004 motion picture Alexander.
Hollywood as “Hollyweird”
Islamic terrorists as “Islamonazis”