Review of It Might Get Loud
This film covers three iconic guitar players from their childhoods to present day. The three guitar players are Jimmy Page, former lead guitar player for Led Zeppelin, The Edge, lead guitarist for U2, and Jack White, singer and guitar player for the White Stripes. I am very familiar with Jimmy Page’s work. I wasn’t familiar with the other two. I never was into U2, and the White Stripes I’ve never heard of.
Review of Moon Over Broadway
This is another behind the scenes look at the making of a broadway show. A few weeks ago I reviewed Every Little Step. That film was about the auditioning process for the musical A Chorus Line. While that film touched on the genesis behind A Chorus Line, its focus was on the auditions. This film goes into a lot more detail about the creative process that goes into staging a Broadway play.
Review of The Cove
I thought this was an exceptional documentary from start to finish. The film is about the slaughtering of dolphins in Taiji, Japan and the efforts by a group of animal rights activists to document the slaughter. The film also touches on a number of other important topics such as over fishing, marine ecology, the International Whale Commission (IWC), and the environmental impact that humans are having on the mercury levels of fish.
Review of Trouble the Water
Kimberly and Scott Roberts lived in one of the flooded wards of New Orleans. They were a couple forced to live a life where opportunity didn’t exist. They are black and poorly educated. Their only choice for survival was drugs and crime, which only hampered any attempts to improve their situation. So when the order came to evacuate New Orleans they, like many others, were unable to do so. They didn’t have the resources.
Review of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
The first ten to fifteen minutes of the film look and feel like a national geographic film on parrots. But as the film progresses, it becomes much more. It’s about freedom — both for the birds and for Mark Bittner, the man who takes care of the birds. It’s also about social status — both in the animal kingdom and in our own world.
Review of Tyson
I’m not particularly a fan of Mike Tyson or of boxing, but there was a lot to like about this film. I can’t remember seeing any other film with a similar format. It’s basically an autobiography on film. If the director wanted to, he could probably take the transcripts as is and publish a book called Tyson. He wouldn’t even have to record an audio version. All he would have to do is take the recordings from the film.