Movie Reviews

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

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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Is Paranormal Activity the Next Blair Witch?

Chris Willman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Telluride Film Festival, Paranormal, Demonization, Viral Marketing, Ghosts, Horror Movies, Paramount Pictures, Supernatural, Movies, Blair Witch, Entertainment News

Based on a scream-filled screening I caught at the Telluride Film Festival, Paramount's faith may not be misplaced, though it's anyone's guess whether lightning (or pesky demons) can strike the same public fancy twice.

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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

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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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is Great History

Alec Baldwin | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Movie Reviews, Movie Review, Film Review, Hamptons International Film Festival, Ned Lamont, Film Reviews, William Kunstler, Joe Lieberman, Alec Baldwin, New York News

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is a wonderful film and his daughters have done a remarkable job in presenting their famous father in an honest, critical light.

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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

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

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 12.01.2009 | 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

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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Movie Review: The Time Traveler's Wife

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Audrey Niffienegger, Marshall Fine, The Time Traveler's Wife, Journey Man, Time Travel, Rachel McAdams, Marshall Fine Movie Review, The Time Traveler's Wife Movie Review, Eric Bana, Movie Reviews, Reviews, Entertainment News

The TIme Traveler's Wife is the movie equivalent of an Oprah book -- full of feeling with just enough ideas to make you think about it (but not too hard).

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Huff Post Review - GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Review, Paramount, Entertainment, Marlon Wayans, Channing Tatum, Ray Parks, Stephen Summers, Scott Mendelson, Rachel Nichols, Movies, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid, Entertainment News

The film resembles what adventures you might create if you took your action figure playsets and gave them a $175 million budget to work with. And yes, I mean that as a compliment.

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Funny People: Once Again, We Learn that Sometimes Clowns Cry

Alex Remington | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler, Entertainment, Seth Rogen, Funny People, Mr. Staurday Night, The Comedian, The Aristocrats, Billy Crystal, Stand Up Comedy, Entertainment News

Funny People is a sort of message movie, a take on the classic story about a dying man trying to get his life right, told from stand-up comedy's backstage.

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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

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

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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The Real Ugly Truth

Tracey Jackson | Posted 08.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Critics, Entertainment, Film, Executive Power, The Ugly Truth, Screenwriters, Movie Reviews, Entertainment News

When I read Ms. Dargis and all the other critics who sight Nicole Eastman, and Lutz and Smith as being unfunny or not able to deliver or "peddle shamelessly," all I can do is yell.

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Movie Review: I Love You Beth Cooper

Zorianna Kit | Posted 08.10.2009 | Entertainment

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He may love you, Beth Cooper, but the audience likely won't. Marred by bad acting, an unoriginal premise and characters that are no more interesting than card-board cut-outs, Cooper feels like a spoof of the genre.

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

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

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

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Meditations on a Remake: The Taking Of Pelham 123

John Farr | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Denzel Washington, The Taking of Pelham 123, Movie Reviews, Michael Caine, Robert Shaw, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Luis Guzman, Roger Corman, Tony Scott, Movies, Movie Remakes, Walter Matthau, Entertainment News

I have to admit it: the new Taking Of Pelham 123 wasn't as bad as I thought it might be.

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

Jonathan Kim | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

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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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For Father's Day, A Few Cinematic Takes On Being A Dad

John Farr | Posted 07.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Movie Recommendations, Spencer Tracy, Akira Kurosawa, Vincente Minnelli, Robert Duvall, Vittorio De Sica, Movie Reviews, Emir Kusturica Best Movies, Meryl Streep, Fatherhood, Father's Day, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck, Fathers, Entertainment News

Prior to this Sunday, why not check out some first-rate DVD titles that examine the distinct challenges of fatherhood, and how we either rise to the occasion or, for a host of reasons, fall short.

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The Hangover: Proof Humor Is Dead. D'oh!

Lionel | Posted 07.11.2009 | Entertainment

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The Hangover is vacuous, insipid, vapid, at best. It was written for the mentally-challenged and pathologically-unimaginative. It blows chunks.

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Cannes 2009 Wrapup: Quick Movie Rundown and Sights & Sounds Of The Fest

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Ang Lee, Up, Film, Pixar, Cannes Film Festival, Sylvester Stallone, Cinema, Entertainment News

Since I can't sneak you into screenings of the films in competition, this is as close as you can get at the moment. Enjoy, thanks for reading and au revoir!

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It's Still All About the Hair

Candy Spelling | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Tom Hanks, Charlie's Angels, Hair, Farrah Fawcett, Angels & Demons, Aaron Spelling, Entertainment News

My husband Aaron and I used to get more questions about Farrah Fawcett's hair than any other subject. With Angels and Demons, it is still all about the hair.

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Movie Review: Angels And Demons -- A Satisfying Thriller With Some Messages

Rob Kall | Posted 06.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Antimatter, Movie Reviews, Angels & Demons, Tom Hanks, Cern, Entertainment News

For a thriller, Angels and Demons takes you on a more diverse emotional journey than most.

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Review of Don McKay

Dylan Eckman | Posted 06.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Jake Goldberger, Movie Review, Don McKay, Independent Film, Entertainment News

The weaknesses of Jake Goldberger's debut filmDon McKay are only apparent because of their proximity to its brilliance.

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Thoughts After Seeing Disneynature's Earth

Avital Binshtock | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Movie Reviews, James Earl Jones, Earth, Disney, Animals, Film, Disney Nature's Earth, Movies, Cinema, Wildlife, Green News

If it sounds like I'm gushing, that's because I am.

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Miss March: Worth Missing

Alex Remington | Posted 04.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Trevor Moore, Miss March, Whitest Kids U' Know, Zach Cregger, Movies, Entertainment News

Hardcore fans of the show The Whitest Kids U' Know may want to check it out, though not for full price. For everyone else: just rent Animal House.

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