Money for Nothing is the latest documentary to cast a stone on the many culprits in bringing about the Great Recession. While it does a decent job of breaking down the convoluted calculus of the United States economy into rote concepts (printing lots of dollars decreases the value of the dollar and lowers interest rates, which in […]

 

 

Directed by Bill Siegel (The Weather Underground), The Trials of Muhammad Ali is a brief film that plays more like a precis of Ali’s life than a profound look at the transformative people’s champion. This is not to say that the film isn’t worthy of a watch. But, it is to suggest that the film does more […]

 

 

Among brilliant moments are those that we have seen many times before.

 

 

There is too much too familiar and too much lost in this precis of the porno chic era.

 

 

Matthew McConaughey turns in his third great performance in a row in a tale about our cultural anxieties over love.

 

 

From director Suri Krishnamma, Dark Tourist – also known as The Grief Tourist – is a psychological thriller that explores the heart of American ennui and intrigue. Jim Tahana (Michael Cudlitz) is a security guard, spending his nights keeping people out and his morning saying hello to folks as they pass through gates. The absolute monotony seems […]

 

 

If only they would stay retired…

 

 

Ryan Coogler can make people cry. And that’s a very good thing.

 

 

An antithetical horror story.

 

 

After a six year break, GoldenEye became the rebirth of the Bond franchise, this time featuring Pierce Brosnan as 007. While License to Kill marked the end of an era with Bond’s shift from Mi6 agent to rogue vigilante, GoldenEye marks another shift in the tone of Bond films. Perhaps entry into the 1990’s predicated a change […]