A million laughs: Go Seth, young man!
Seth MacFarlane's R-rated "A Million Ways to Die in the West" serves up a heaping pile of humor with a million mirthful movie moments.
"Trust Me": Nice agents finish last?
Clark Gregg is one of those actors whose name audiences may not know but whose face they will recognize. Especially for his recurring role as Marvel's Agent Phil Coulson.
Entrapment, food wars, and capitalism in three films
A film that debuted at the recent Tribeca Film Festival offers compelling evidence that our government has gone too far in "protecting" its citizens.
"Belle": young love in shadow of the slave trade
This historical drama takes up Belle's first encounters with young love, the stratified class system of the times, and disgusting forms of chauvinism.
"The Galapagos Affair, Satan Came to Eden" film review
The atavistic impulse to "get away from it all" and "return to nature" has been a literary theme since Robinson Crusoe and the Swiss Family Robinson cast away on desert islands.
"Alphaville" totalitarian fears still relevant decades later
Almost 50 years later, the prescient Godard's sci fi classic takes on a whole new dimension as a parable of the NSA national security surveillance state.
Oscar and Progies: view of movies from left side of the aisle
Join People's World film critic Bill Meyer tonight via Google+ for a conversation on movies and social change.
Black-themed films lead Progie nominations
Riding a wave of black-themed films, movies about slavery, apartheid, and police repression dominate this year's nominations for best progressive films.
"American Hustle" is not a masterpiece, it's just a lot of fun
"American Hustle" isn't an art experience; it isn't a universal story and it won't change your life or your attitude. It's only what movies are made to be: fun.
Start the year with some great labor films
Let me quickly recommend some lesser known labor films worth your attention.
