Movie Review: Citizenfour
The NSA scandal is one of the great faults of the Obama presidency, and one of the defining debates of the internet age. Citizenfour is …
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Movie Review: Life Itself
There is no way I can write objectively about Roger Ebert. As a slightly larger bespectacled cinephile Chicagoan, I tended to resonate with the man …
Movie Review: Fed Up
Ronald McDonald never looked so sinister. Fed Up takes aim at the obesity epidemic, attempting to inform the public about how systemic the problem is …
Movie Review: The Act of Killing
What happens to brutal dictators like Stalin or Castro in the aftermath of their atrocities? The Act of Killing suggests that it stays with you …
Movie Review: Blackfish
The days of Free Willy and Sea World will never be the same. Blackfish represents a strong indictment against the use of whales for human …
Movie Review: How to Survive a Plague
AIDS was a plague for the gay community. When you are infected with a plague, you become ostracized, victimized, and isolated by the general populous …
Movie Review: The House I Live In
The “war on drugs” is a term that I can remember since I was a kid, mostly from the “this is your brain on drugs” …
Movie Review: The Gatekeepers
The war between Israel and Palestine has been going on for thousands of years now. Many millions of people have died during this conflict, and …
Movie Review: Bully
Bully wants to highlight a serious problem for kids in the world today. Bully showcases in as broad of strokes as possible the effect it …
Movie Review: The Queen of Versailles
Documentarians have to have some sense of flexibility with their subjects, depending on current events. The more general the subject, the less worry you can …