What would you do if you were given authority over others and no one was monitoring your actions? Would you apply the golden rule? Of course you would, unless you had a hidden axe to grind and more power than you ever imagined you could have. Such is the case when a simulated prison experiment becomes a runaway train and no one seems to be at the controls which happened at Stanford University in 1971.
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Board Game Review: ‘The Witcher Adventure Game’ from Fantasy Flight
Players dive into the world of the Witcher to see who is the greatest opponent of evil.
Read More »Anthem FilmFest: ‘Searching for Eddie Running Wolf’
Searching for Eddie Running Wolf, a feature length documentary by director Thomas Hartmann, defies easy classification.
Read More »TV Review: Denis Leary’s New Comedy ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is smart, snappy, sarcastic--and pure Denis Leary.
Read More »New Horizons Probe – In a Pickle Over Pluto
The International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto should be reclassified as a “dwarf” planet in 2006, but we dreamers of space travel and lovers of the Disney dog of the same name know better.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Caffeinated’ With Danny Glover
There are many secrets to the drink you probably take for granted every day you get up and have a cup of coffee to start your day. Do you know how botanists classify a coffee bean? It is a vegetable or fruit?
Read More »Music Review: Cocteau Twins – ‘Echoes in a Shallow Bay’/’Tiny Dynamine’ EPs and ‘The Pink Opaque’ [2015 Vinyl Reissues]
4AD's remasters of the legendary Scottish shoegazer/dream pop pioneers' two 1985 EPs and long out of print 1986 compilation on 180 gram vinyl are each a "treasure" to behold.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Grace’ by Calvin Baker
'Grace,' the latest from novelist Calvin Baker, is the story of one man’s quest for love and meaning in a world he has found wanting.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘The Brokenwood Mysteries: Series 1’ – Crime in New Zealand
'The Brookenwood Mysteries' will seduce you with its quiet nature and leave you wanting more.
Read More »Anthem FilmFest: Putting People Back Together
At the Anthem Film Festival, part of the libertarian FreedomFest conference July 8-11, 2015, at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, I was discussing films with a young woman who commented, “I like documentaries, but so many of them are so depressing. I want to see positive stories.” She was in the …
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