The Island President Movie Review
Title: The Island President Director: Jon Shenk A socially engaged documentary with more heart than head, “The Island President” takes as its central figure the charismatic, crusading (and now ex-)…
Exclusive: Morgan Spurlock Talks Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope
Since bursting onto the scene (and out of his jeans) with the self-torturing “Super Size Me,” for which he ate nothing but McDonalds for an entire month, documentary filmmaker Morgan…
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye Movie Review
Title: The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye Director: Marie Losier An outre nonfiction offering from director Marie Losier, this lively and most assuredly provocative document details — in arty,…
DVD Review: The Sitter, The Killing, In The Garden of Sounds, The Dead and Decision
Alongside the recent “21 Jump Street,” when Jonah Hill’s film canon is reflected upon in a generation hence, perhaps the other movie that will be cited as most reflective of…
Nothing Like Chocolate Movie Review
Title: Nothing Like Chocolate Director: Kum-Kum Bhavnani With the lead-up to Valentine’s Day comes the requisite flood of commercials for teddy bears and flowers, yes, but especially Whitman’s Samplers and…
Undefeated Movie Review
Title: Undefeated Director: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin Featuring: Bill Courtney, O.C. Brown, Montrail “Money” Brown, Chavis Daniels Undefeated shows a human being – Coach Bill Courtney – who encompasses and…
Exclusive: Wim Wenders Talks Oscar-Nominated Pina, and the Future of 3-D
While many directors are all too content to mine a seam, German-born filmmaker Wim Wenders (“Wings of Desire,” “The Buena Vista Social Club,” “Paris, Texas,” the ambitious “Until the End…
DVD Review: Fright Night, Catch .44, Carjacker and Maniac Cop
A pumped-up remake of the same-named 1984 vampire horror-comedy, “Fright Night” represents a well oiled machine of goosed senses that unfortunately has no clearly defined motivating purposes, even within genre…
DVD Review: Mr. Popper's Penguins, Great Directors, The Perfect Gift, The Art of Getting By and Alleged
Movies like “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” aren’t necessarily made for critics, who are frequently presumed to have it in for live-action family films, with their primary colors and jokey, obvious set-ups…