A review of Casino Jack written and directed by Alex Gibney Review ***** In my most recent review of the documentary Gasland, I commented that it was a must see film. The same can be said about this film, especially right now. If you want to know what's going on behind the scenes in Washington … [Read more...] about Casino Jack: America for sale
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Borders: End of one era and the beginning of another
It's now been a little over three years since the release of my book 35 Miles From Shore. The picture on the left was taken at my very first book signing, which happened to be at a Borders store in Chicago. By now I had fully expected that the book would have made its way down the long tail of … [Read more...] about Borders: End of one era and the beginning of another
Gasland: A must see documentary
A review of Gasland written and directed by Josh Fox Rating ***** Remember a while back how outraged we all were over the BP oil spill in the Gulf? What if I were to tell you that there is a much more damaging environmental catastrophe occurring right now in the U.S. that dwarfs the BP accident. … [Read more...] about Gasland: A must see documentary
Bad computer forensics casts new shadow on Casey Anthony trial
A few weeks ago when the Casey Anthony verdict came back as not guilty, I wasn't surprised. I had not watched every minute of the trial. Much of what I knew about the case I learned from the slanted coverage on HLN and the biased coverage from Nancy Grace. But thanks to HLN I did get to see bits and … [Read more...] about Bad computer forensics casts new shadow on Casey Anthony trial
Review of I Love You Phillip Morris
Review of I love you Phillip Morris written and directed by Glenn Ficarra John Requa Rating **** This is a hard film not to like. Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor play the two main characters at the heart of this story. Jim plays con man Steven Russell who decides that it's easier to con people … [Read more...] about Review of I Love You Phillip Morris
Inside Job: A story about people who aren’t as smart as they think they are.
A review of Inside Job written and Directed by Charles Ferguson Rating ***** Over the past couple of years I've started but never finished several books about the financial meltdown. I had the best intentions, as did the authors who wrote the books. But everytime I got to the section on credit … [Read more...] about Inside Job: A story about people who aren’t as smart as they think they are.