I wrote sometime ago about the pending release on DVD of the HBO documentary The Loving Story (2011), about Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple whose case led to the throwing out as unconstitutional all state laws banning inter-racial marriage. I just saw the documentary and I can strongly recommend it as a heartwarming story …
Category Archive: Films
May 19 2013
Film review: War on Whistleblowers
I just watched the latest work by guerilla filmmaker Robert Greenwald. He is developing a new form of journalism that makes documentaries on important issues that are timely because they are low-budget and filmed on a short schedule, and then sells them (or even gives them away free) directly to people, bypassing the usual channels …
May 07 2013
TV review: Veep
The HBO comedy series Veep is pretty funny. The first season of eight episodes is out on Netflix and I watched it over two weekends. The backstory is that Selina Meyer is a US senator who tried and failed to get her party’s nomination for the presidency, then accepted the role of running mate and …
May 05 2013
Film review: The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today
A few days ago I watched an excellent hour-long Peabody-winning documentary with the above title that tells the story of the lawsuit brought by Vashti McCollum. The daughter of freethinkers, she and her husband, who taught at the University of Illinois, were not religious and the family did not belong to any church or send …
Apr 29 2013
Honest trailers: Lord of the Rings
In a comment on my review of Skyfall, Daniel Schealler introduced me to the ‘Honest Trailers’ series, where people create their own trailers poking fun at the film. Of course, it is funnier if you have seen the film and I particularly liked this one.
Apr 23 2013
Last poker hand in Casino Royale
I was intrigued following my review of Skyfall when commenter Enkidum said that the implausibilties in this film pale “in comparison to the final poker hand in Casino Royale, which has never occurred in history and likely never would, even if people kept playing poker until the heat death of the universe.”
Apr 22 2013
Film review: Skyfall
Skyfall is the latest in the James Bond saga. It starts out with the obligatory very long chase sequence using multiple modes of transport and has the usual large quota of action scenes, but it also tries to make the characters of Bond and his boss M more complicated and develop her character and their …
Apr 22 2013
Documentary: War on Whistleblowers
I wrote earlier about guerilla film maker Robert Greenwald’s new documentary called War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State. The documentary has now been released and Greenwald is offering free copies to anyone, though of course it would be nice if people donated some money to help him produce more films and …
Apr 14 2013
Film review: The Master (2012)
I must say that this film was a huge disappointment. It had Philip Seymour Hoffman as one of its stars, and he usually does quality work. I had also heard that the story was based on L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology, and how that modern-day weird religion came to be and operates …
Apr 02 2013
The Loving Story
Kate Sheppard wrote last year about Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple whose 1967 case before the US Supreme Court ended forever the restrictions on inter-racial marriage in the US. Even as they changed America, the Lovings were never a household name. After getting married in Washington, DC, in June 1958, they simply returned to …
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