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Jonathan Kim

ReThink Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats -- the First Earth Battalion Wants You!

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, Yoga, Ewan McGregor, The First Earth Battalion, Jim Channon, Jon Ronson, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Environment, Meditation, Rethink Reviews, Jonathan Kim, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Movie Reviews, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Simultaneously a dark, sometimes surreal examination of the US military's foray into psychic warfare, and a comedy with some nuggets of alleged truth.

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ReThink Review: The Yes Men Fix the World -- Speaking Truth by Faking Power

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bhopal, Rethink Reviews, Union Carbide, Chamber of Commerce, Jonathan Kim, Dow Chemical, The Yes Men Fix the World, The Yes Men, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Armed only with cheap suits, fake websites, a few props and nuts the size of Survivaballs, the Yes Men have become infamous for infiltrating corporate events pretending to be spokesmen for government agencies or some of the world's most powerful companies.

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ReThink Review: Outrage -- One Reason Why the Bird/Shepard Hate Crimes Act Took So Long

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hate Crimes, Homosexual, Rethink Reviews, Matthew Shepard, Gay, Charlie Crist, Jonathan Kim, Larry Craig, Barney Frank, Movie Reviews, Ken Mehlman, Louie Gohmert, Mike Huckabee, Michael Steele, Outrage, Homophobia, Documentary, James Byrd Jr., Glenn Beck, Kirby Dick, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

And the main reason is because hatred/fear of gays is running neck-and-neck with hatred/fear of government for the most defining, unifying characteristic of the "modern" republican party.

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ReThink Review: Where the Wild Things Are -- the Wild Within

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Children, Cenk Uygur, Rethink Reviews, The Young Turks, Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Jonathan Kim, Childhood, Spike Jonze, Kenneth Turan, Manohla Dargis, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Making a fantasy movie about a 9-year-old learning to understand his emotions and empathize with others seems like an almost impossible task, and Jonze pulled it off in a way I could have never imagined.

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ReThink Interview: Daniel Ellsberg -- the Most Dangerous Man in America Speaks, Part Two

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Battle of Algiers, Nationalism, Henry Kissinger, Afghanistan, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Rethink Reviews, Daniel Ellsberg, Film, Jonathan Kim, Movies, Paul Wolfowitz, Movie Reviews, Insurgency, Whistleblowers, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith, Richard Nixon, Occupation, Vietnam War, Documentary, Movie Critic, Counterinsurgency, Pentagon Papers, Machiavelli, Torture, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

The second part of my interview with Daniel Ellsberg, the true American hero who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

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ReThink Interview with Daniel Ellsberg: The Most Dangerous Man in America Speaks (Part One)

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nationalism, Henry Kissinger, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Rethink Reviews, Daniel Ellsberg, Jonathan Kim, Film, Movies, Movie Reviews, Insurgency, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith, Richard Nixon, Occupation, Vietnam War, Documentary, Afghanistan, Movie Critic, Pentagon Papers, Counterinsurgency, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

I was enthralled by The Most Dangerous Man in America, and when I was told that Ellsberg would be in Los Angeles for a week in late September and would be available for an interview, I jumped at the chance.

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ReThink Review: Capitalism: A Love Story -- A Must-See Subversion

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Greed, Dead Peasant, Dead Peasant Life Insurance, Rethink Reviews, Documentaries, Capitalism, Jonathan Kim, Film, Movies, Movie Reviews, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Janitors Insurance Policy, Michael Moore, Documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, Plutonomy, Movie Critic, Life Insurance, Citigroup, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

An excoriating critique of America's economic ideology, Capitalism may go down as one of the most timely and subversive films in movie history

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ReThink Review: American Casino -- Gambling on Timebomb Loans

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Subprime Crisis, Wells Fargo, Cenk Uygur, Rethink Reviews, American Casino, Credit Default Swaps, Jonathan Kim, Housing Crisis, Movie Reviews, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Reverse Redlining, The Young Turks, Alan Greenspan, Subprime Loans, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

When you hear terms that sound very technical like "credit default swap" and "reverse redlining", it's easy for part of your brain to shut off. I was guilty of this myself.

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ReThinking Norma Rae: A Union Icon Falls Fighting the Healthcare Industry

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Employee Free Choice Act, Crystal Lee Sutton, Health Care Reform, Rethink Reviews, Norma Rae, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Jonathan Kim, Health Care, Labor Unions, Unions, Movie Critic, Healthcare, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

We should be thankful that Crystal Lee Sutton's struggle to help the working poor has been immortalized in a film as great as Norma Rae for generations to enjoy and be inspired by.

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Rethinking Taxi to the Dark Side: On Torture and the Mystery of Cheney Not Being in Jail

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Bagram, Dilawar, Bagram Detainees, Alex Gibney, Enhanced Interrogations, Rethink Reviews, Documentary, John Yoo, Jonathan Kim, Taxi to the Dark Side, Dick Cheney, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, Bagram Air Base, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

I can't for the life of me figure out why Dick Cheney is still walking around free and -- even worse -- continues to get airtime so he can spew lies about the utter awesomeness of American torture.

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ReThinking Standard Operating Procedure: Yes, Virginia, We Really Do Torture

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Movie Review, Standard Operating Procedure, George W. Bush, Rethink Reviews, Documentaries, John Yoo, Film, Jonathan Kim, Movies, Abu Ghraib, The Young Turks, Movie Reviews, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, Lynndie England, Charles Graner, Film Critic, Errol Morris, Documentary, Iraq, Torture, Sabrina Harman, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

In light of a new report set to be released today from the CIA, I want to take another look at Standard Operating Procedure, Errol Morris' documentary about torture at Abu Ghraib.

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ReThink Review: District 9 -- Earthlings Aren't Easy

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, South Africa, Rethink Reviews, Neill Blomkamp, District 9, Jonathan Kim, Film Critic, Immigration, Apartheid, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Movie Critic, Refugees, Movies, Johannesburg, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

My ReThink Review of Neill Blomkamp's excellent film, District 9, and why its creativity and social/political commentary make it a modern classic.

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ReThinking Charlie Wilson's War: the Afghan War that Keeps On Taking

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson, Jonathan Kim, War on Terror, Obama War in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Julia Roberts, Brave New Films, Charlie Wilson's War, Charlie Wilson's War Reviews, Rethink Afghanistan, Soviet Afghan War, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mujahideen, Afghanistan War, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

The US will spend more on the war in Afghanistan next year than it will in Iraq. So I thought it would be interesting to take another look at Charlie Wilson's War.

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ReThinking The Times of Harvey Milk: You Earned Your Medal, and a Lot More

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, Lgbt, Doma, The Times of Harvey Milk, Lesbian, Harvey Milk, Gays and Lesbians, Rethink Reviews, Gay, Defense of Marriage Act, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Jonathan Kim, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Dadt, Film Critic, Prop 8, LGBT Rights, Tom Ammiano, Gays, Movie Critic, Medal of Freedom, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Obama is awarding a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to Harvey Milk.

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ReThink Review: Food, Inc. -- Food as Political Unified Theory

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Organic, Locavore, Sustainable, Movie Reviews, Michael Pollan, Jonathan Kim, Politics of Food, Food Inc., Cooking, Fast Food, Food Safety, Documentary, Rethink Reviews, Diabetes, Health Care, Movie Critic, Eric Schlosser, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

I'm sure most Americans have no idea how truly screwed up our food system is, and when they find out, they'll start looking for alternatives.

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ReThinking The Iron Giant: Cold War Anti-Gun Fun...For Kids!

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Children, War, Gun Control, Militarism, The Iron Giant, Cold War, Movie Reviews, Rethink Reviews, Jonathan Kim, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Brad Bird, Kids, Film Critic, Kids Movies, Anti-Gun, Movie Critic, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

What's an anti-violence parent/babysitter to do? Isn't there a kids' movie out there that's fun and adventurous while advocating non-violence?

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ReThinking Thank You for Smoking: Tobacco's Last Action Hero?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Thank You for Smoking, Movie Review, Rethink Reviews, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Jonathan Kim, Jason Reitman, Smoking, Cigarettes, Lobbyists, Aaron Eckhart, Philip Morris, Tobacco, Health Care, Movie Critic, Big Tobacco, Chris Rock, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

The Obama administration just passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. So Will the Nick Naylors of the world soon become extinct? Not by a long shot.

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Rethinking Who Killed the Electric Car?: How GM Doubled Down on Dinosaurs

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Movie Review, Jonathan Kim, Who Killed the Electric Car, General Motors, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, Electric Cars, Rethink Reviews, Documentary, Chris Paine, Labor Unions, Business News
Jonathan Kim

Instead of embracing the inevitable future of the auto industry, GM decided to be the #1 producer of dinosaurs.

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ReThink Review: Bruno -- Das Ist Offendzen You, Yah?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Sacha Baron Cohen, Bruno, Rethink Reviews, Borat, Jonathan Kim, Film, Movies, BrüNo, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Is the character of Bruno, an ultra-flamboyant gay fashion reporter, offensive or damaging to gay people? (Maybe).

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Rethinking the Fog of War: McNamara, the Movie, the Monster

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, The Fog of War, Nuclear Weapons, Vietnam War, Bob Herbert, Errol Morris, Rethink Reviews, World War II, Robert McNamara, Jonathan Kim, Film, Cold War, Movie Critic, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Most of The Fog of War "lessons" reflect the powerful and painful humility of a man who knows he has made grave mistakes with graver consequences.

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Rethinking Wall Street: Why Bernie Madoff Makes Gordon Gekko Look Like Zac Efron

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oliver Stone, Gordon Gekko, Michael Douglas, Economy, Jonathan Kim, Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Financial Meltdown, Martha Stewart, Economic Crisis, Bernard Madoff, Corporate Greed, Economic Meltdown, Zac Efron, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

But as the sordid details of the economic meltdown are revealed, it's clear that Gordon Gekko has nothing on the real corporate supervillains walking freely among us today.

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ReThinking 12 Angry Men: On Sotomayor and Empathy in Our Justice System

Jonathan Kim | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Reviews, 12 Angry Men, Sonia Sotomayor, Rethink Reviews, Henry Fonda, Film, Jonathan Kim, Movies, Sidney Lumet, George Lakoff, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

It's empathy, the ability to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes, that protects us from the kind of simplistic, closed-minded caricaturing that leads to racism, classism and sexism.

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Meet the Bloggers: Henry Rollins and Paul Waldman Spurn the Media's Love for McCain

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Leadership, St. Paul, Brave New Foundation, Paul Waldman, Minnesota, Daily Show, Experience, Meet the Bloggers, Media Matters, Media, Jonathan Kim, 2008 Election, Foreign Policy, Henry Rollins, Liliana Segura, Sarah Palin, Robert Greenwald, Fox Attacks, Larry King, Gop, Fox News, Tucker Bounds, Alaska, Campbell Brown, John McCain, Alternet, Republicans, Media News
Robert Greenwald

2008-09-07-meetblogg.jpg Make no mistake, FOX is willing to do whatever it takes to advance their conservative agenda. They will lie, smear, and distort to their hearts' content.

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Harry Reid Knows How to End the Energy Crisis

ZP Heller | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Anwr, John McCain, Elizabeth Dole, Meet the Bloggers, Oil, Gas, Cenk Uygur, Harry Reid, Jonathan Kim, Nico Pitney, Matt Stoller, Kevin Grandia, Offshore Drilling, Oil Politics, Oil Prices, Politics News
ZP Heller

2008-07-28-cenkreid.jpgReid emphasized the need to cut off government subsidies for oil companies in this week's Meet the Bloggers.

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