We’re taking a small break from social relevance this week, considering I was actually able to get to a real in-theater movie this week. It’s not easy, when you consider most of my funds and time are going towards post-college education, but I was able to make an exception for James Wan’s latest horror flick,…
Put yourself in Southern Texas, in the shoes of an average Joe retired welder who stumbles across millions of dollars in a bag after a drug exchange goes wrong. Sounds like a pretty good place to be, right? Well, now take off those shoes and slip in a crazed psychopathic killer with an uncanny tracking…
From the ridiculous to the absurd, sometimes a film needs a comical premise to provide the sugar for the medicine of an important social message. Fans of Dan Coscarelli’s Bubba Ho-Tep might think that I’m taking the movie a bit too seriously as it is, and I certainly understand that. It’s one of the reasons…
One of the big tricks when finding an interesting film with social implications is to be able to differentiate between an agenda and an objective analysis. Of course, no one can claim to have absolutely no bias, but there is a big gap between the propaganda films like Reefer Madness and one like Trainspotting, which…
When it comes to propaganda, presentation and a strong message are always emphasized over the facts. Modest contemplation gives way to grandiose presentations, usually about the virtue of one route versus the evil of another. Reefer Madness is an incredibly important film, not because of its direct impact, but because of what it represents. Its…
It is often the case that television viewers have to look beyond the major networks to find the best entertainment experience, and the return of AMC’s Breaking Bad; a show which started to mixed reviews five years ago after failing to be picked up by FX, is an exceptional example of how both writers and…
Guy Ritchie’s first real attempt to try to combine his signature gangster film with a somewhat more purposeful meaning was met with severe backlash from many critics, many of whom considered the final product to be “disjointed” or “pretentious.” It received a dismal 17% on rotten tomatoes. Ironically, big name film critics are some of…
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