Posts Tagged ‘film’
Don’t Hate Me and My Ridiculously Good Luck
By Jessica Hillyard - Nov 5th, 2008 at 10:51 amGive it a second, but this adapted Zoolander scene, via Feministe, is a lighthearted take on the weight of the moment:
A Smart Critique of Religulous
By Jesse Singal - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 4:52 pmI saw and enjoyed Bill Maher’s Religulous, but it is far from a scholarly work of evenhanded inquiry. Seed has a good article up explaining…
Max Payne: At Least the Games Were Good
By Jesse Singal - Oct 24th, 2008 at 1:58 pmPerhaps not the most pressing issue to argue about, but I disagree with Jamelle’s negative take on the Max Payne video game series’ storyline. While…
Will Max Payne Be Another Terrible Video-game Movie?
By Jamelle Bouie - Oct 24th, 2008 at 11:59 amDoes anyone else plan to see Max Payne?
It’s not that I expect the movie to be good–I don’t–but it does seem like it could…
A New Watchmen Ending?
By Lisha Arino - Oct 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 pmAccording to Vulture, a lucky test audience in Portland, Oregon got a chance to see Watchmen, the highly anticipated film adaption of the Alan Moore…
Is Religion Ridiculous?
By Kay Steiger - Oct 17th, 2008 at 2:39 pmToday at Campus Progress, Sarah Dreier has a somewhat counterintuitive take on Bill Maher’s new movie Religulous. While most secular liberals loved the film, Dreier–though…
Teenage Boy Incarcerated for Writing About Interests of Teenage Boys
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 17th, 2008 at 2:22 pmVia Boing Boing, this is about as disturbing as an actual zombie attack:
Poole told LEX 18 that the whole incident is a big misunderstanding.…
A Random, Unsolicited Recommendation
By Jesse Singal - Oct 14th, 2008 at 10:10 amYou should try to get your hands on a copy of Monster Camp, a 2007 documentary about people who LARP (live action role play–imagine a…
The Tinfoil Director’s Cap
By L. Russell Allen - Oct 9th, 2008 at 9:30 amSomewhere down the line, progressives became known as the conspiracy theorists. The ones who were willing to believe anything if it meant that their shadowy…
I’m From Alaska, You Betcha
By Jessica Hillyard - Oct 2nd, 2008 at 10:27 amSlate has a fascinating analysis of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s, um, unique pattern of speech:
Since Sarah Palin was selected as the Republican…
In This Version, the Whale Fights Osama
By Jesse Singal - Sep 24th, 2008 at 4:38 pmIf you have an English teacher or professor you didn’t get along with and want to make his or her head explode, send along a…
Now on Campus Progress: Battling Protests in the Public Eye, and Community Organizing Does Good
By Kay Steiger - Sep 18th, 2008 at 5:30 pmOver at Campus Progress, Tim Fernholz has a review of the film Battle in Seattle. The film comes out this weekend, but Tim wants to…
Invisible
By Jessica Hillyard - Sep 15th, 2008 at 10:08 amInvisible is what Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem was at the Center for American Progress’s Washington, D.C. screening event of his seemingly ironically named documentary,…
Got Milk?
By Jessica Hillyard - Sep 4th, 2008 at 9:15 am‘Tis the season for political films. Swing Vote frankly just doesn’t do it for me, especially when the real-life election drama is so much more…
