Kirby Dick’s provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization’s underhanded efforts to control culture.Continue 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
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 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
Michael Moore stirred up plenty of controversy with Bowling for Columbine in 2002. Critics chided the director for playing fast and loose with the facts and being creative with the editing of certain interviews and situations. Others lauded the film’s take on the question of why guns are such aContinue Reading