MY PERESTROIKA (2010) Featuring Olga Durikova, Borya Meyerson, Lyuba Meyerson, Mark Meyerson, Ruslan Stupin and Andrei Yevgrafov. Directed by Robin Hessman. Distributed by Red Square Productions. 87 minutes. Not Rated. Growing up in the US in the latter years of the Cold War, you were almost brainwashed to believe that the USSR was simply wrong … Continue reading
Vik Muniz’s Garbage-Art Transforms a Waste Land Into a Nominee & Award Winner by Brad Balfour Brazilian conceptualist Vik Muniz has been making remarkable photo-constructs and garnering accolades within the fine art world for years including such places as New York’s Guggenheim Museum. But recently the artist has landed squarely in the public eye so … Continue reading
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS? (2010) Featuring Alyssa Barden, Brittany Barden, Dawn Barden, Matthew Barden, Nicholas Barden, Rob Barden, Tiffany Barden, Brad Bennett, Cindie Bennett, Julie Burkhart, Angel Dillard, Katy Dillard, Reagan Dillard, Rob Dillard, Thomas Etheredge, Hilda Flores, Jose Flores, Pastor Terry Fox, Thomas Frank, Mark Gietzen, Dan Glickman, Garrett Harmon, Connie Kelly, Steve … Continue reading
BEE GEES – IN OUR OWN TIME (2010) Featuring Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb (archival footage) & Andy Gibb (archival footage). Directed by Skot Bright. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 116 minutes. Not Rated. Over thirty years on from their blindingly bright supernova of stardom, in which the Bee Gees rivaled the Beatles for … Continue reading
SAINT MISBEHAVIN’ – THE WAVY GRAVY MOVIE (2009) Featuring Wavy Gravy, Jahanara Romney, Jordan Romney, Dr. Larry Brilliant, Steve Ben Israel, Michael Lang, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Odetta, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne. Directed by Michelle Esrick. Distributed by Ripple Effect Films. 87 minutes. Not Rated. It takes a special man to make a … Continue reading
Rick Springfield Does Everything For You by Ronald Sklar To look at him, even today (and he’s looking pretty kick ass for age 61), you would never know that Rick Springfield has been battling the demons of depression since his childhood in Australia. “I had a little inkling [about depression] when I tried to off … Continue reading
OCEANS (2010) Narrated by Pierce Brosnan. Written by Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Christophe Cheysson, François Sarano and Laurent Debas. Directed by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud. Distributed by DisneyNature. 84 minutes. Rated G. In a move that helps to prove that the Walt Disney Corp. is not just a soulless profit-making entity, they have created … Continue reading
CATFISH (2010) Featuring Yaniv Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost, Angela Wesselman, Vincent Wesselman and Abby Wesselman. Directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman. Distributed by Rogue Pictures. 94 minutes. Rated PG-13. Ever since The Blair Witch Project became a surprise hit over ten years ago, there have been periodic similar films made – mostly in the horror genre, … Continue reading
Baseball: The Tenth Inning Top of the Tenth (1992-1999)/Bottom of the Tenth (1999-2009) (PBS/Paramount Home Video-2010) In the early 1990s, documentarian Ken Burns became a PBS sensation through his acclaimed documentary series on The Civil War. As the follow-up, he decided that he wanted to look back at something even more American than the war of the states. In … Continue reading
WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE – A FILM ABOUT THE DOORS (2010) Featuring archival footage of Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Janis Joplin, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, Elvis Presley, Ed Sullivan, Andy Warhol and Adolf Hitler. Narrated by Johnny Depp. Written by Tom DiCillo. Directed by Tom … Continue reading
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