Posts Tagged ‘social’
Moneyball: A’s for Effort
This baseball movie for brainiacs is unflashy and productive.KRISTIAN LIN
The Oakland A’s are currently a distant third in the American League West behind Anaheim and our own Texas Rangers. Though they made the playoffs several times in the early ’00s, the team never won a World Series and has be...
Ahead to the Past
Our most basic social programs are under attack.GRAYSON HARPER
Boy. Lately I’ve been having this eerie feeling of waking up in a strange place.
I Like The Social Network
Citizen Kane meets Revenge of the Nerds. It’s ridiculously entertaining.KRISTIAN LIN
Let me start by telling you what The Social Network isn’t, because it’s a lot of things you might not expect. First of all, it’s not really about Facebook, even though many people are calling this “the Facebook movie.â€...
Keyboard Commandos
The folks who threaten political violence aren’t hiding — they’re tweeting and posting.JUSTINE SHARROCK
The photo pages are filled with shots of masked men holding large guns, some with the U.S. flag tied around their lower faces. There are tips on how to stockpile ammo and hip-hop videos promoting armed revolution. And the rheto...
Mother Mary Comes to Me
KRISTIAN LINBefore anyone had seen Precious, it had to battle negative perceptions. People had every reason to think it would be terrible when they heard that this drama about a poor, fat, illiterate, HIV-positive girl was by a neophyte fi...
Nickel and Dimed
KRISTIAN LINGeorge W. Bush is out of office. Healthcare reform is on track to be enacted. So what do you do if you’re Michael Moore? You take on the whole gosh-darned system, as we can see in his latest essay film, Capitalism: A Love...
Your Life More Enviable
GalleryFacebook and MySpace addicts will want to hit Gallery 414 to catch Annie Arnold’s exhibit.
Delysia of Grandeur
Amy Adams works her charm once again in this frothy British period piece.Kristian Lin
So we’re all in love with Amy Adams now. And why not? She’s lovable.
Delysia of Grandeur
Amy Adams works her charm once again in this frothy British period piece.Kristian Lin
So we’re all in love with Amy Adams now. And why not? She’s lovable.
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
The ShowWhile many of us while away the hours worrying if our 401(k)s are diversified enough, people in the African nation of Sierra Leone are still dealing with the after-effects of a mindblowingly horrific civil war that ended in 2002.
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