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Movies You May Have Missed: 4/4/09

O Movies You May Have Missed column, how I have neglected you.
This column has been MIA for a few weeks, but here’s a passel of recent DVD releases of movies that may have bypassed your local multiplex including those coming this Tuesday.
Coming April 5
I.O.U.S.A. *** 1/2
From the director of Wordplay, this documentary is a sobering [...]

‘I.O.U.S.A.’ to hit CNN this Weekend

The Oscar short-listed doc I.O.U.S.A. is running on CNN on Saturday January 10 at 2pm EST (11am PST) and Sunday January 11 at 3pm EST (12pm PST).
Taking a frightening and non-political look at the ballooning federal deficit, I.O.U.S.A. predicts disaster on the near horizon if we don’t change our over-spending ways.
Rather than point fingers and [...]

Oscar Short List = ‘Zachary’ Lover Shit List

The mysterious body that chooses the pool of potential documentary feature nomineesĀ for the Oscars every year probably stepped in another flaming bag of poo yesterday with the release of this year’s short list.
The effusive praise heaped upon Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father by critics, bloggers and audiences alike has gone [...]

Weekend Forecast: 8/22/08

Kimberly Rivers Roberts and Scott Roberts in Trouble the Water
Ouch. It looks like summer is overĀ but the fall movie season still hasn’t begun. The wide releases look almost completely forgettable so, once again, I’ll dig into the slightly more promising limited releases first.

Trouble the Water. Coming from the producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for [...]