Movie review: Avatar is a winner
We arrived early to get seats for Avatar, because it's been breaking box-office records and we didn't want to have to sit in the front row.
George Clooney and we go flying
George Clooney and "Up In The Air" may leave you dangling, with a lot to talk about.
Does ‘Avatar’ deal with U.S. role in Iraq and Afghanistan?
The world premiere of James Cameron's new movie "Avatar" is being called brilliant and unlike anything ever seen before that satisfies all the hype.
‘Precious’ is outstanding — and controversial
Film producer and promoter Lee Daniels returned to the director's chair, after his 2005 film effort, "Shadowboxer," by taking the book by Sapphire, called "Push" and making an outstanding film: "Precious."
Few happy endings, but much food for thought
From troubled teens to murders in a maquiladora town, new films reflect the growing pressures of surviving in today's economic climate.
Rock and roll, the BBC and dictatorship: a movie review
Governments, especially repressive ones that are worried about their people getting out of hand, tend to repress art, especially that which may be considered "subversive."
Yip Harburg, ‘Wizard of Oz’ songwriter & socialist
There is much to be told about the message of the holiday classic, "Wizard of Oz," beginning with its Oscar-winning lyricist Edgar Yipsel Harburg.
16 workers killed per day, thoughts on Ft. Hood, ‘Precious’ and other letters to the editor
It is time to change the feeble and antiquated rules that fail to protect workers on the job. Sixteen workers are killed a day in the United States because of reckless negligence on the part of their employers.
Religion rocked?
Is 2009 the year for questioning religion? My movie buddy and I, still full of questions from having seen "Religulous" earlier this year, saw "The Invention of Lying" and "A Serious Man" in early October.
‘Good Hair’: About us but not for us
Documentary films are often powerful in doing what typical mainstream media outfits can't: accidentally reveal truths.
