Truth movie: Cate Blanchett “flawless” as 60 Minutes’ Mary Mapes. Truth movie: Gripping and well-acted drama can’t hide 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes’ role in the ‘devolution of TV journalism’…
Wikileaks cables focusing on Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 have raised eyebrows, much like Britney Spears’ appearance in that 2004 nonfiction blockbuster. In Moore’s own words, these latest Wikileaks cables…
Michael Jackson kids and friends at singer’s Holmby Hills mansion. Michael Jackson kids & friends Provided by real estate developer Mohamed Hadid (via image.net), the above photo shows Hadid (left)…
Lasso of Truth: Lynda Carter Woman Woman vs. George W. Bush Liar Man. Lynda Carter & Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth vs. George W. Bush & Lying cronies Lynda Carter,…
The Dixie Chicks vs. U.S. President George W. Bush: Shut Up and Sing. Curiously, the Southeast Film Critics Association selected Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck’s political documentary Shut Up and…
Bush documentary The World According to Bush. George W. Bush documentary producers’ lawsuit vs. Google: ‘The World According to Bush’ The French movie production company Flach Film has taken legal…
Harold Pinter. Nobel Prize in Literature winner delivers controversial acceptance speech fulminating against the U.S. government, the Iraq War, and war hawks George W. Bush and Tony Blair. Harold Pinter…
Fahrenheit 9/11 movie: In one of the posters for Michael Moore’s 2004 blockbuster documentary, the invariably contentious filmmaker is seen holding hands with U.S. President George W. Bush, a key…
El Chupacabra Michael Moore: The Sicko and Fahrenheit 9/11 filmmaker has been turned into an urban legend. According to an executive at a U.S.-based pharmaceutical company, there have been various…
Offering a peek into the controversial – and influential – Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera, Jehane Noujaim’s Al Jazeera documentary Control Room elicited strong reactions at this year’s inaugural Dubai…
Dynasty actress Joan Collins, in show business for more than six decades, contributes the first of seven quotes in this post. Other quotables include Lauren Bacall, Nicole Kidman, Michael Moore,…
Gay Republicans: How can a(n even moderately) sane person be both openly gay and a member of the United States’ openly anti-gay Republican party? Wash Westmoreland’s Gay Republicans attempts to…
Alexander the Great movie review: Possibly because of the haphazard, wishy-washy depiction of the Macedonian prince – gay? questioning? heroic? psychotic? – Colin Farrell looks utterly discomfited in Oliver Stone’s…
Gael García Bernal & Pedro Almodóvar Bad Education quotes: The Mexican actor (Y Tu Mamá También) reveals his “inner transvestite” while the Spanish filmmaker (All About My Mother) takes on…
Claiming federal election law concerns, Warner Bros. has refused to handle the U.S. release of the Iraq War documentary Soldiers Pay. Warners is following in the footsteps of the Walt…
Fahrenheit 9/11 movie review: Filmmaker Michael Moore’s indictment of the disastrous U.S.-led Iraq War; the hawkish George W. Bush administration; its unscrupulous corporate backers; and the craven, conglomerate-controlled U.S. media.…
Shooter movie: A graduate of the George W. Bush School of Peace and Democracy, Mark Wahlberg gives a demonstration of his skills as global peacemaker. When former marine corps scout sniper…
Amu movie (2005) review: The connection between an adoption and the bloody anti-Sikh Delhi riots of 1984 forms the personal and political core of Shonali Bose’s family drama.
Is there a Jesus Christ & George W. Bush connection? “Hollywood observers” purportedly claim that the United States’ presidential election is somehow reflected in the Academy Awards’ Best Picture category.…
Oscar contenders: The Academy has announced the list of semifinalists for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar; included are several high-profile titles, but, somewhat surprisingly, Iraq War-themed films have been thoroughly…