Never mind Hollywood’s perpetual fascination with the end of the world motif.  Humankind has always been curious about how we got here and how it will all eventually end.  This writer wonders if it’s at all a coincidence that 2012 will be this nation’s next presidential election year. (more…)

A must-see documentary about the Ecuadorian people fighting back against Texaco.

“This American Life,” is one of the best shows on television. If you have not seen “This American Life,” I recommend that you watch it immediately. You can watch it on Showtime, Netflix.com, or get a taste of it on Hulu.com.

When I first watched “Big Trouble in Little China” (1986) as a little kid it had everything I needed: ninjas, magic, fighting, good vs. evil…I must have watched this movie 100 times. Fast foward many years later and what comes on the TV? You guessed it. (more…)

When I first got this movie I had never heard of it or seen any previews. I thought it would be some low budget flick, but I popped it in anyway and started watching.  From the first scene I was glued to the screen. (more…)

If you didn’t feel like wasting money to watch this movie, let me offer a cheap alternative: flip on a strobe light and stare at it for an hour. (more…)

Lurgan Northern Ireland, 1975. A low level civil war has been underway, with the IRA targeting British loyalists and the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force exacting revenge on Catholics they claim are militant republicans. Alistair Little, 16 is the leader of a UVF cell, eager to be blooded. (more…)

With the departure of the Bush Administration and the arrival of an “era of transparency,” opportunities are arising for the disclosure of new information that may shed more light on the events that took place before and after 9/11/2001. (more…)

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is what happens when you try and take a piece of each successful movie from the last couple years and squeeze them into one gigantic pile of s***. (more…)

The only thing funny about Judd Apatow’s third film, Funny People, is everything. Well, when I say everything, I actually mean the jokes that are in the movie. There are certain parts of this movie that are funny and certain parts that are not funny. The parts that are supposed to be funny are hilarious. The parts that are supposed to be serious are not funny, but actually serious. (more…)