watch it: ‘P.O.V. Critical Condition’

The conversation on my review of Sicko got a bit of a jumpstart this week, so it’s a good moment to mention that the PBS documentary Critical Condition, about what happens when you don’t have health care in America and dare to get sick, is streaming in its entirety online through November 11, 2008. Watch … more…

see Michael Moore’s new movie for free

Michael Moore — that wacko filmmaker behind such incendiary rants as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko — is up to his crazy-ass lunacy again. He’s got a new documentary just out called Slacker Uprising. Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films, which is helping to distribute the film, explains that: Moore has set his … more…

Monster Camp (review)

Something in the zeitgeist is making us suddenly fascinated by people who dress up in pseudo medieval garb, pick up fake swords and maces, and beat the hitpoints out of one another. You know, for fun.