By Alexander Zaitchik, Killing the Buddha. November 26, 2009. Movie Mix:Even by the popsicle-stick standards of its genre, the disaster movie 2012 is so dumb you actually want everyone to die.
By Lucy Komisar, IPS News. November 23, 2009. World:"The End of Poverty?", a documentary by Philippe Diaz, paints a lurid picture of globalization's role in the First World/Third World rift.
By Emily Wilson, DELETED. November 10, 2009. Gender:The success of this harrowing new movie undermines the conventional wisdom about what audiences want to watch.
By deleted, AlterNet. November 4, 2009. World:Critics have praised the film as a realistic, Academy Award-worthy piece of filmmaking. But is there really anything realistic about it?
By W. Scott Poole, Religion Dispatches. October 13, 2009. Sex & Relationships:Has a new horror film about a murderous cheerleader subverted the mythos of woman as the source of evil or just the opposite?
By Eileen Jones, eXiled Online. August 29, 2009. Movie Mix:It's all eye-poppingly impressive, and the relentlessness of it will still make you want it to stop as you head deep into hour three.
By Tara Lohan, AlterNet. August 6, 2009. Water:Suspenseful and shocking film exposes the slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins and the billion-dollar industry that profits from selling them.
By Michael Dudley, AlterNet. July 22, 2009. Movie Mix:Duncan Jones' new film raises profound questions about the nature of our identities, as well as our relationships to our institutions.
By Eileen Jones, eXiled Online. July 20, 2009. Movie Mix:So Harry Potter, the latest one. How many more to go? Only two? Well, good, that means they'll finish up before the kids turn 30.
By Bill Gibron, PopMatters. July 11, 2009. Ridiculing American rubes is like shooting fish in a barrel filled with Jell-O. The only "genius" involved is getting the public to buy it as scandal.
By Eileen Jones, eXiled Online. June 3, 2009. Movie Mix:Pixar, the inheritor of Disney's cheesy style, has been pushed to dangerously high glucose levels with their new animated film.
By Deborah Orr, Independent UK. May 28, 2009. Sex & Relationships:The new Lars von Trier movie "Antichrist" makes us face our unhealthy assumptions about motherhood and sexuality.
By Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. May 23, 2009. Sex & Relationships:Thankfully it's not a romantic comedy or sappy morality play in which the prostitute leaves the business to be with the guy.
By Steve Burgess, The Tyee. May 23, 2009. Movie Mix:Fourth in the killer robot series, the film takes place in a future controlled by machines. Could have used some more human movie-making skills.
By Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters. April 16, 2009. Sex & Relationships:A new film about Plato's Retreat shows how the swinger's club helped challenge gender stereotypes and regressive ideas about sex.
By Melissa Silverstein, Women's Media Center. March 23, 2009. Movie Mix:What's a film-loving feminist to do? Don't let the label deter. There are many films worth seeing that get pegged as chick flicks.
By Sean Pool, Climate Progress. March 19, 2009. Water:The central premise: We would be the first life form to knowingly wipe itself out. What does that say about us?
By Mitu Sengupta, AlterNet. February 23, 2009. Movie Mix:Despite all the hype, "Slumdog" delivers a patronizing and ultimately sham statement on social justice.
By Matt Budd, Huffington Post. November 26, 2008. Movie Mix:Harvey Milk inspired hundreds of thousands of people in his lifetime. The new film "Milk" will let him reach millions more.
By Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters. November 13, 2008. Movie Mix:A new documentary looks at the troubling -- and mystifying -- mix of religion and politics in America.
By Eileen Jones, eXiled Online. October 22, 2008. Media:You can practically feel Oilver Stone sitting behind you, breathing on the back of your neck and willing you to see the brilliance of his vision.
By Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. October 16, 2008. Movie Mix:A new documentary by Stefan Forbes shows the origins of the GOP's playbook -- the manual of scare tactics on which McCain's campaign is based.
By Allen McDuffee, AlterNet. October 3, 2008. World:A new documentary depicts the struggles of the abused, exploited, and invisible migrant workers employed by military contractors in Iraq.
By Kyle de Beausset, AlterNet. September 16, 2008. Immigration:A new documentary reveals the realities faced by millions of people in trans-national communities.
By Ariel Dougherty, On The Issues Magazine. September 5, 2008. Sex & Relationships:Is a film about prostitution made in 1986 relevant to the realities of sex work today?
By Wajahat Ali, Huffington Post. August 29, 2008. Movie Mix:"Traitor" tries to combine blockbuster plot mechanics with important, philosophical musings about our complex post 9-11 world: it fails.
By Jessica Mosby, The Wip. August 11, 2008. Movie Mix:If you're willing to shell out the cash to see I.O.U.S.A., you'll be surprised at how enjoyable a film about America's economy can be.
By Michael Dudley, City States. July 25, 2008. Movie Mix:"The Dark Knight" warns against what happens when a society abandons its principles out of fear.
By Eileen Jones, AlterNet. July 5, 2008. Movie Mix:"Hancock" is supposed to be a wry commentary on the pressure of being Will Smith, but the message gets lost in a big-budget Hollywood train wreck.
By Michael Dudley, City States. July 1, 2008. Movie Mix:Stores are overfilling with WALL-E merchandise that will soon clog our landfills. Yet this new Disney movie bills itself as pro-environment.
By Melissa Silverstein, Women & Hollywood. June 24, 2008. Movie Mix:Brick Lane tells a story rarely heard or seen in popular culture: an immigrant woman's experience in an arranged marriage.
By Marta Steele, OpEdNews.com. June 18, 2008. Movie Mix:A must-see documentary for the large percentage of our population unaware that a large percentage of votes aren't counted.
By Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters. June 17, 2008. Movie Mix:"Young & Restless" showcases the tension between capitalism's promises and realities in contemporary China.
By Eileen Jones, AlterNet. June 16, 2008. Movie Mix:M. Night Shyamalan's latest film is about an airborne mystery toxin that causes people to kill themselves -- and it's not bad.
By Britt Wahlin, AlterNet. June 11, 2008. Gender:Filmmaker Jennifer Fox turned her camera on women around the world and came back with a radicalized view of feminism and freedom.
By Jessica Mosby, The Wip. June 10, 2008. Civil Liberties:Northerners are usually portrayed as benevolent abolitionists. But one woman tells a different story of slavery in the "deep north."
By Eileen Jones, AlterNet. May 26, 2008. Movie Mix:Spielberg's inventiveness fails a half-hour into the latest Indiana Jones, but the rest of the movie coasts on its zillion-dollar budget.
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The Age of Stupid: New Film Gives Us a Painfully Realistic Look at Life in 2055
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Hollywood Gets Muslims Wrong, Again
I.O.U.S.A.: A Surprisingly Entertaining Look at America's Debt Crisis
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Sci-Fi Heroes Take on the System
Will Smith's 'Hancock' Fiasco
WALL-E: A World Without Us
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Young and Restless in China
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