Jesus Camp is the single scariest movie I’ve ever seen. It also works as hilarious comedy. The problem is that it’s a documentary and its subject is the brainwashing of children — and there’s no other way to put it — by Evangelical ministries to turn them into Christian warriors whoContinue Reading

There have been numerous documentaries about the assassination of John F. Kennedy that purport to contain “never before seen content” or information unavailable anywhere else. As someone who’s been fascinated with the controversial topic since I was in grade school, I’ve watched quite a few of these documentaries and haveContinue Reading

If you have any doubts about whether or not there is such a thing as “global warming”, I urge you to see An Inconvenient Truth, the new documentary by director Davis Guggenheim. You may not agree with the politics of Al Gore, but it’s hard to look at the factsContinue Reading

March of the Penguins documents the incredible journey that emperor penguins make in order to reproduce in the barren wasteland of Antarctica. The penguins leave their ocean home to walk the 70 miles to an area further inland to meet a potential mate and produce an egg. When the eggContinue Reading

What the Bleep Do We Know? (2004)

Have you ever thought about reality? What actually defines it? What makes you perceive things the way you do? If you have — or even if you haven’t — you’ll definitely be more aware after a viewing of What the Bleep Do We Know!?, a hybrid documentary/drama from Samuel GoldwynContinue Reading

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)

Metallica was my favorite group of all-time between 1985 and 1990. Once their “black album” — the eponymous Metallica of 1991 — was released, the band and I had gone separate ways musically. I occasionally would listen to whatever their newest release had to offer but always seemed to findContinue Reading