Category Archives: Documentary

Doc Review: ‘The Last Mountain’

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Nat Almirall

The Last Mountain of the title refers to Coal River Mountain, an area in West Virginia being mined by the Massey Energy company. Massey has a long history of violations, as the villagers below are quick to point out—creating lakes … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Bill Haney, Bill Raney, Bo Webb, Dada Productions, David Aaron Smith, Documentary, Don Blankenship, Ed Wiley, Jennifer Hall-Massey, Joe Lovett, Lorelei Scarbro, Maria Gunnoe, Peter Rhodes, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Susan Bird, The Last Mountain, Uncommon Films | Comments Off

Doc Review: ‘Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop’

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Nat Almirall

Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop follows the comedian on his Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour (that’s a mouthful to type), better known as the thing Conan O’Brien did after the NBC fiasco that left him without a television … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Documentary, Late Night, Movies, NBC, Reviews | Tagged Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, Conan O’Brien, Fredericka Meek, Mark “Love Man” Pender, Pariah, Rachel Hollingsworth, Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg | Comments Off

Doc Review: ‘Rejoice and Shout’

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Nat Almirall

I’m not the biggest fan of gospel music. Actually, I’m not really a fan at all, so I’m not the target audience for Rejoice and Shout, but you don’t have to be once you’ve heard the little black girl in … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Movies, Music, Reviews | Tagged Clara Ward, Deep Water Films, gospel music, Magnolia Pictures, Rejoice and Shout, Smokey Robinson, The Dinwiddie Colored Quartet | Comments Off

Doc Review: ‘Page One: Inside the New York Times’

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Nat Almirall

Page One: Inside the New York Times focuses on several facets of the paper itself—its day-to-day operations, the folks who write, edit, and run the paper, and its struggle to remain competitive in the age of the digital news, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Andrew Rossi, Bill Keller, Brian Stelter, Bruce Headlam, David Carr, Documentaries, Kate Novack, Magnolia Pictures, Page One: Inside the New York Times, Participant Media, Richard Perez-Pena, Tim Arango | Comments Off

Trailer Tuesdays: The Bye Week

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Eric Medina

If there was one week for forget to check Apple Trailers it was definitely this past week. Usually there is at least one interesting trailer coming out everyday, but for some reason this weekend only had new cuts for films … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Movies, News, Trailer Tuesdays, Trailers, Video | Tagged Disney, errol morris, lucky, Planes, tabloid | Comments Off

Trailer Tuesdays: Girl Movies

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Eric Medina

Guys see movies for a lot of different reasons. Most will only admit to getting excited for the newest raunchy comedies or fast paced action movies, but how many of them are secretly enjoying themselves when they get dragged to … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Trailer Tuesdays, Trailers | Tagged David Fincher, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rachel McAdams, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, the vow, tribe called quest, Twilight | Comments Off

Trailer Tuesdays: Guilty Pleasures

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Eric Medina

When people talk about movies they are most excited to see, they will normally stick to the big budget action adventures, raunchy comedies, or thrillers. It is rare to see a grown adult get publicly excited about the newest children’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Movies, News, Trailer Tuesdays, Trailers | Tagged a little help, Amy Adams, Cli, Conan O'Brien, Green Lantern, Green with Envy, jason siegal, Jenna Fischer, Muppets, Ryan Reynolds, Steven Spielberg, the adventures of tintin, Trailers | Comments Off

Trailer Tuesdays: Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots vs. Moon Nazis

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Eric Medina

While this past week had a few fun trailers, unfortunately there wasn’t anything that I’m going to be waiting in line opening night to see. It seems that we have fully transitioned out of the exciting summer films and are … Continue reading →