Documentary, Where to Invade Next, does sound like a critique on American military invasion. With Michael Moore as director, it’s no wonder if it is. Michael Moore isn’t new to the military subject. He has made documentaries before, as you most likely know, that analyze and deconstruct U.S. military invasion into foreign countries, such as…

Eddie the Eagle is a feel good movie. Olympic skiing is this comedy drama’s bread and butter, but competition isn’t its reason for being. The true story of Michael “Eddie” Edwards and his journey to the 1988 winter Olympics has all the hallmarks of underdog determination. Though winning at the game is highly unlikely, but…

Why is Lincoln important? It’s obvious. Abraham Lincoln has got to be, as he puts a stop to slavery, at the end of the Civil War, 1865. Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis plays Abraham Lincoln. Day-Lewis first appeared in feature films in Gandhi (1982, Britain) as the guy on the street who stops Gandhi in his…

In Cocoon (1985, USA), esoteric aliens leave their planet to come to earth. The aliens come to pick up their own kind, who are in cocoons at the bottom of earth’s ocean, and take them back to their alien planet.  Undercover as human beings, they employ the services of a fishing boat captain and dive…

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