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[A review of writer/director Adam McKay’s new sci-fi farce, now streaming on Netflix.] We may very well be in the last days of the American Republic. America has been dysfunctional and divided before (see: the Civil War; the Civil Rights Movement), but our current era of partisan rancor seems unprecedented. The internet promised to bring …
I was tapped to write this for the January 2010 “Decade in Review” issue of print mag INsite: Atlanta’s Entertainment Monthly. The challenge: do so in 500 words of less. Here’s a scan of the original article, trimmed so it’s easily legible. Enjoy!
Here’s a review I wrote for comedian Bill Maher’s documentary Religulous for the October 2008 issue of INsite: Atlanta’s Entertainment Monthly.
Here’s a review of the movie Blindness, which I wrote for the October 2008 issue of print mag INsite: Atlanta’s Entertainment Monthly.
Here’s an unusual double interview I was lucky to do for the May 2008 issue of print mag INsite: Atlanta’s Entertainment Monthly. Tom McCarthy went on to direct Academy Award-winning films like the animated Up (Best Original Screenplay) and Spotlight (also Best Original Screenplay), as well as the recent Matt Damon vehicle Stillwater. Haaz Sleiman …
[Originally posted on April 4, 2008 at AmericanFreethought.com.] Or as I like to call it, This Territory Is Unsuitable for Elderly Gentlemen. No Country for Old Men is that other most-talked about film of 2007, the first being There Will Be Blood. They’re both bleak and brutal films – so bleak that the Vatican newspaper declared that “Hollywood was …
A thoughtful documentary explores the rift between mainstream Christianity and Mormonism [Originally posted on March 2, 2008 at AmericanFreethought.com.] Article VI of the Constitution states, in part, “…no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” It is generally agreed that this means no …
[Originally posted on January 14, 2008 at AmericanFreethought.com.] One of the most talked-about movies of 2007 is writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. Anderson has a reputation as a bold filmmaker unafraid to tackle strange and disturbing subjects: Boogie Nights, with its 70s porno backdrop; Magnolia, a mesmerizing three-hour-long epic in which half a dozen ill-fated characters …
[Originally posted on November 15, 2007 at AmericanFreethought.com.] Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is one of the most talked-about books in recent years. Not only is it a heartbreaking story of childhood tragedy, this 2003 novel provides an invaluable insight into the culture of late 20th century Afghanistan—the culture that would trigger 9/11 and plunge the globe into a bitter, and …
[Originally posted on November 9, 2007 at AmericanFreethought.com.] Whether we like it or not, the Evolution/Creation Wars will be with us for a while. The forces of Creationism are as determined as ever to challenge Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, especially as it is currently taught in public schools and universities. The Creationists’ latest ploy is ”Intelligent Design,” …