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A Reasonable Review of An Unreasonable Man
Written By: Michelle Haimoff
2007-02-05 00:20:09
In fairness, An Unreasonable Man offers both perspectives on Ralph Nader; the “wicked”-ly naïve megalomaniac that cost Gore the 2000 election, and the idealist who stands up to government even in unfashionable times. It is not shocking that more screen time is given to the latter.

Breathtaking Landscapes, Manufactured
Written By: Emily Davidow
2007-03-13 15:25:41

Jennifer Baichwald's stunning film, Manufactured Landscapes, follows photographer Edward Burtynsky around the world, revealing the stories behind his large-format photographs of industrialization.

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Bright Leaves
Written By: Michelle Haimoff
2007-07-26 10:13:46

Photo:Amareschal, Creative Commons, Flickr

Bright Leaves, a documentary of North Carolina’s tobacco legacy, is a personal project of filmmaker Ross McElwee. As such, it is part documentary, part home video, part miscellaneous. One’s enjoyment of the film depends largely on the one’s tolerance of McElwee himself, who ranges from moderately funny to distractedly self-absorbed.

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Evan Almighty?
Written By: Ryan Babenzien
2007-10-03 11:33:16
This is a follow up to my piece on the feature film Evan Almighty, starring Steve Carrell.

In investment terms, this movie was a complete loss, a bomb, a stinker. Universal ponied up $175 million for the feature, not to mention an additional $50 million or so in marketing. To date, this movie has grossed $157 million worldwide! It's the kind of failure that in any other business, people would lose there jobs for. However, Hollywood is one of those towns where as long as you fail huge enough and spend enough money you'll keep your studio job, keep getting hired as an actor or director and actually get a raise! Yeah, it's a weird place.

Now the good news is that Evan Almighty was nominated. No, not for an Oscar but for the best feature film by the Environmental Media Association. Yep, apparently the EMA honors the most environmentally friendly film and tv projects and Evan Almighty was one of them!

I love it! Can you imagine the pitch meeting for this one? Let's create an organization that gives an award to a movie that sucks, loses an enormous amount of money, but was "green" while doing it. Wow, those Hollywood people really are clever!

The award show will air on E! on November 7th.

Disclosure: I'll be driving my gas guzzling, V8, SUV to Laguna Beach tomorrow to cover a web/media conference while throwing trash out the window, driving down the 405.....Hey, I'm just being honest here (the trash part was a joke people).

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Film About Wall Street Swindler Jordan Belforte
Written By: David Neubert
2007-03-27 17:02:09

Martin Scorsese might join Leonardo DiCaprio to film the story of one of Wall Street's most notorious swindlers, Jordan Belfort (Story at DealBreaker.com).

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