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Proudly spewing unsolicited film opinion online since 1996. San Jose CA based critic Michael W. Cummins

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  • IT MIGHT GET LOUD

    Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 18:20 in music, documentary, 2008, u2, the edge, theater, zeppelin, jack white, jimmy page, white stripes, 7.3

    2008 July 21, 2009 Press USA English 97 Minutes — August 21, 2009 Documentary / Music Davis Guggenheim [Relativity; NYPD Blue; ER; The Shield; Deadwood; An Inconvenient Truth] Jimmy Page. The Edge. Jack White. Guitar players have no reason to...

  • PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI

    Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 22:54 in documentary, 2008, HBO, directv, 8.4

    2008 July 20, 2009 HBO Canada English 90 Minutes Documentary Paul Saltzman Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954. Charleston High School in Mississippi finally integrated their single high school in 1970. In that year, the seniors had tw...

  • THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

    Posted on Friday July 17th, 2009 at 15:39 in DVD, documentary, 1999, 6.9

    1999 July 17, 2009 Netflix DVD USA English 82 Minutes Documentary Christine Fugate From housewife to porn star. A documentary about Stacy Valentine, a porn star from the late 90s. “Encouraged” by her husband, she sent nude photos of her...

  • THE TRIALS OF TED HAGGARD

    Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 21:43 in documentary, 2009, directv, 7.0

    2009 July 16, 2009 HBO USA English 45 Minutes Documentary Alexandra Pelosi [Journeys With George; Friends Of God: A Road Trip With Alexandra Pelosi] After being exiled from his home and the church he built, the former minister tries to redeem himsel...

  • BIGGER STRONGER FASTER*

    Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 13:07 in sport, documentary, 2008, streaming, 8.0

    THE SIDE EFFECTS OF BEING AMERICAN 2008 Netflix Roku USA English 105 Minutes — May 30, 2008 Documentary / Sport Chris Bell Entertaining documentary about the hypocracy of America’s relationship with steroids. The main facts can be narrow...

  • ADDICTED TO PLASTIC

    Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 20:50 in documentary, 2007, directv

    2007 June 26, 2009 Sundance Channel English 85 Minutes Documentary Ian Connacher Documentary about how human’s love and use of plastic, the world’s most versatile substance, is choking the planet. I thought it might make me feel bad abo...

  • SEX

    Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 20:46 in DVD, documentary, 1999, 3.7

    THE ANNABEL CHONG STORY 1999 June 15, 2009 Netflix DVD USA English 86 Minutes Documentary Gough Lewis 3.7 Metacritic 5.6 IMDB Sex - The Annabel Chong Story @ Amazon SEX: THE ANNABEL CHONG STORY...

  • ELECTION DAY

    Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 19:46 in documentary, 2007, directv, 7.1, p.o.v.

    2007 June 9, 2009 PBS — P.O.V. USA English 84 Minutes Documentary Katy Chevigny 7.1 IMDB Election Day @ Amazon ELECTION DAY...

  • HOLLYWOOD CHINESE

    Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 19:02 in documentary, 2007, pbs, directv, 8.4

    2007 May 29, 2009 PBS — American Masters USA English 90 Minutes Documentary Arthur Dong [Family Fundamentals] Informative documentary about the history of Chinese-Americans in Hollywood films. Unlike the Jewish film community or the Black R...

  • DEAR ZACHARY

    Posted on Wednesday May 27th, 2009 at 18:27 in documentary, 2008, crime, streaming, 8.2

    A LETTER TO A SON ABOUT HIS FATHER 2008 May 27, 2009 Download USA English 95 Minutes Documentary / Crime Kurt Kuenne [Drive-In Movie Memories; Validation] By some reports, the most powerful documentary ever viewed by human eyes. Entire theaters ful...

  • THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN

    Posted on Saturday May 23rd, 2009 at 17:54 in documentary, 2008, directv, 7.2

    2008 May 23, 2009 Showtime USA English 87 Minutes Documentary Abby Epstein My wife had a baby a little more than six months ago. This documentary was right up my alley. Because I’m a closeted hippie, I wanted us to get a doula. My wife was...

  • TRACES OF THE TRADE:

    Posted on Saturday May 23rd, 2009 at 17:36 in documentary, 2008, directv, p.o.v., 7.2

    A STORY FROM THE DEEP SOUTH 2008 May 23, 2009 PBS — P.O.V. USA English 86 Minutes Documentary Katrina Browne 7.2 IMDB TRACES OF THE TRADE...

  • HECKLER

    Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 16:13 in documentary, comedy, 2007, directv, 6.3

    2007 May 1, 2009 Showtime USA English 80 Minutes Documentary / Comedy Michael Addis 6.3 IMDB Heckler @ Amazon HECKLER...

  • TROUBLE THE WATER

    Posted on Sunday April 26th, 2009 at 22:42 in documentary, 2008, directv, 7.5, aan documentary

    2008 April 26, 2009 HBO USA English 93 Minutes Documentary Carl Deal & Tia Lessin Oscar Nomination For Best Documentary 7.5 IMDB Trouble the Water @ Amazon TROUBLE THE WATER...

  • ROCK PAPER SCISSORS: A GEEK TRAGEDY

    Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 20:13 in documentary, 2007, theater, cinequest

    2007 March 8, 2009 Cinequest 19 Canada English 88 Minutes Documentary Mike McKeown Documentary about the World Rock Paper Scissors Society and how they took a child’s game, began to take it seriously as a joke, and how it took over the lives of...

  • CINEQUEST 19 DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

    Posted on Wednesday March 4th, 2009 at 19:58 in documentary, shorts, 2009, cinequest

    A CHRISTMAS IN TENT CITY–Poor immigrants recall a long-ago Christmas when there was no money. Several colorful paintings are used Ken Burns style. Very short. Sort of a “remember the migrant children” type of film. DRAG KING̵...

  • JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON

    Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 23:48 in documentary, 2008, johnny cash, cinequest

    2008 February 11, 2009 Cinequest 19 Screener USA English 87 Minutes Documentary Bestor Cram Out Of Darkness, Comes Light. When the “Man In Black”, Johnny Cash was stationed at an Air Force Base in West Germany, he watched a movie from 1...

  • MAN ON WIRE

    Posted on Saturday February 7th, 2009 at 21:57 in documentary, 2008, french, crime, streaming, 8.9, aan documentary

    2008 February 7, 2009 DVD UK / USA English / French 94 Minutes Documentary / Crime James Marsh 1974. 1350 Feet Up. The Artistic Crime Of The Century. Unbelievably compelling. The story of a Frenchman–one of those juggler, unicycle, magician...

  • WITCH HUNT

    Posted on Saturday January 31st, 2009 at 14:50 in documentary, 2008, cinequest

    2008 January 31, 2009 Cinequest 19 USA English 91 Minutes Documentary Don Hardy & Dana Nachman Some Convictions Are Criminal. In 1983, in Manhattan Beach, California, the mother of a young boy went to police with a story so repulsive (involvin...

  • VINCE VAUGHN’S WILD WEST COMEDY SHOW

    Posted on Wednesday December 31st, 2008 at 19:02 in documentary, comedy, streaming, 2006, 5.1

    2006 December 31, 2008 Netflix Roku USA English 100 Minutes — February 8, 2008 Documentary / Comedy Ari Sandel Vince Vaughn, who will forever be remembered for making fratboys across the nation say “you’re so money” in SWINGE...

  • MAXED OUT

    Posted on Sunday November 30th, 2008 at 19:41 in documentary, 2006, directv, 6.5

    HARD TIMES, EASY CREDIT AND THE ERA OF PREDATORY LENDERS 2006 November 30, 2008 Showtime USA English 90 Minutes Documentary James D. Scurlock The Movie You Can’t Afford To Miss. 6.5 Metacritic 7.4 IMDB Maxed Out @ Amazon MAXED OUT...

  • BIG ENOUGH

    Posted on Tuesday November 18th, 2008 at 17:20 in documentary, 2004, p.o.v., 7.9

    2004 November 18, 2008 PBS — P.O.V. USA English 57 Minutes Documentary Jan Krawitz 7.9 IMDB BIG ENOUGH...

  • RELIGULOUS

    Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 12:23 in documentary, 2008, theater, 5.5, cinebanter

    2008 Campbell CA — Camera 7 USA English / Hebrew / Arabic / Persian / Spanish 101 Minutes — October 3, 2008 Documentary Larry Charles [Borat; Curb Your Enthusiasm] RELIGULOUS will be the topic of Cinebanter #61 which will be available h...

  • LIVE NUDE GIRLS UNITE!

    Posted on Saturday September 6th, 2008 at 20:47 in documentary, streaming, 2000, 6.2

    2000 September 6, 2008 Netflix Roku Download USA English 75 Minutes Documentary Vicky Funari & Julia Query A bit long, even at a brisk 75 minutes. Story of strip club and their efforts to unionize against the wishes of the pretty-progressive-t...

  • KING CORN

    Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 17:41 in documentary, 2007, directv, 7.0, independent lens

    2007 July 24, 2008 PBS — Independent Lens USA English 88 Minutes Documentary Aaron Woolf You Are What You Eat. 7.0 Metacritic 7.0 IMDB...