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Documentary Starring and directed by Morgan Spurlock Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual material 1 hour 27 minutes The director of Super Size Me once again throws himself into the movie by attempting to make a movie about the shady world of advertising, product placement and merchandising that is funded by advertising, product placement [...]

Documentary Directed by Susan Saladoff Not Rated, but likely in the PG-13 range for graphic images 1 hour 26 minutes Remember that lawsuit where the lady spilled hot coffee on herself and got millions from McDonalds?  As is turns out, you may not know the full story about that case or others like it that [...]

Documentary Directed by Lee Fulkerson Rated PG for some thematic elements and incidental smoking 1 hour 36 minutes In the spirit of Super Size Me and Food Inc., Forks Over Knives tries to show us the evils of the typical American eating pattern. They claim that a vegan diet can prevent heart disease, cancer, diabetes, [...]

Starring Conan O’Brien Directed by Rodman Flender Rated R for language 1 hour 29 minutes After he parted ways with NBC amid the Tonight Show fiasco, Conan O’Briend was prohibited from appearing on TV, radio, or the internet for six months. Feeling a need to connect with his fans, he launched a 32 city comedy [...]

Documentary Directed and narrated by Werner Herzog Rated G 1 hour 30 minutes After seeing some of Werner Herzog‘s other documentaries, I had high hopes for Cave of Forgotten Dreams.  It takes the viewer into Chauvet Cave in France, a recently discovered and nearly inaccessible cavern where paintings on the walls have been perfectly preserved [...]

Starring John Brzenk, Alexy Voevoda, and Travis Bagent Directed by Vassiliki Khonsari and Sevan Matossian Not rated, but likely PG-13 for language 1 hour 12 minutes Professional armwrestling. I thought they pretty much made up the sport for Stallone’s Over The Top. As it turns out, the sport is quite popular worldwide and will even [...]

Documentary Directed by Michael Moore Rated R for Language 2 hours 7 minutes After taking on America’s health care system in Sicko, Michael Moore turns his attention to the banking industry and the shrinking of the middle class. As is typical of Moore films, the subject is interesting and thought-provoking, the approach is somewhat humorous, [...]

Documentary Narrated by Matt Damon Produced, Written, and Directed by Charles Ferguson Rated PG-13 for some drug and sex-related material 1 hour 49 minutes We all know that there have been some unsettling economic times in this country recently, caused in part by the bursting of the housing bubble a couple of years ago. But [...]

Documentary Directed by Seth Gordon, Morgan Spurlock, Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Rated PG-13 for elements of violence, sexuality/nudity, drugs and brief strong language 1 hour 33 minutes Freakonomics the book (along with its sequel SuperFreakonomics) was unlike anything I’d ever read.  It revealed relationships and causes of human behaviors (incentives) that [...]

Documentary Directed by Patrick Creadon Rated PG for some thematic elements 1 hour 30 minutes The people that brought you Wordplay and Super Size Me made this documentary about our growing national debt crisis. It offers a nonpartisan historical perspective of our nation’s debt and its causes. The whole thing is a bit depressing, but [...]