An awesome combo of great video and excellent audio paired with Chan's always amusing demeanor.
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Movie Review: ‘Hickok’
“You know the myth…now meet the legend.”
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Protocol’ (1984) ‒ Goldie Hawn Gets Politically Incorrect
Honesty is the best politics according to this rocky '80s comedy, now available in widescreen for the first time from the Warner Archive Collection.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Review: North Korea Nightmare and China Fears
“Go to where the light is” may seem a strange directive for someone seeking to escape from a totalitarian regime until one sees a photo of North Korea and its neighbors taken from a satellite. Yeonmi Park’s tale of her escape reveals that not only is the darkness physical, but spiritual as well.
Read More »Anthem Film Review: ‘Democracy Through the Looking Glass: Media & Politics in the Post-Truth Era’
Alice had to step through the looking glass to discover a strange world where everything was backwards and made no sense. Filmmaker Kevin Bowe only had to go to New Hampshire during the 2015 presidential primary. His film, Democracy Through the Looking Glass: Media & Politics in the Post-Truth Era, screened at the Anthem Film Festival, part of FreedomFest. FreedomFest, a libertarian political and financial conference, now in its tenth year, bills itself as the worlds “largest gathering of free minds."
Read More »TV Review: HBO’s ‘The Wizard of Lies’ – Decades of Untruth
Providing some insights into the inner circle of the extremely wealthy, "The Wizard of Lies" is first and foremost a saga of tragedy and betrayal in the Bernie Madoff family.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Review: ‘I Am, or How Jack Became Black’
"I Am, or How Jack Became Black" challenges current thinking and vested interests regarding America’s attitudes about race.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Atomic Blonde’
Filmed in Germany and Hungary, "Atomic Blonde" comes recommended for the action, stuntwork and style plus one of the most satisfying endings in the action genre in the last several years.
Read More »Anthem Film Fest: Two Experiments with a European Twist
At this year’s Anthem Film Festival, two films with a continental twist played games with the minds of the audience: "May Fifteenth in Paris" and "Re-Evolution."
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Who the F**k Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago’ Directed by Drew Stone
'Who the F**k Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago' portrays one life made richer by the love of music, while other lives are made equally richer by love for him.
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