Tag: 4 stars

  • Upgrade

    Upgrade

    Upgrade (2018) – IMDb Upgrade: Directed by Leigh Whannell. With Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen, Abby Craden. Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside via IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6499752/?ref_=nv_sr_1

  • Thoroughbreds

    Thoroughbreds

    Thoroughbreds (2017) – IMDb Thoroughbreds: Directed by Cory Finley. With Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks. Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to s via IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5649108/?ref_=nv_sr_1

  • The Man Who Knew Too Little

    The Man Who Knew Too Little (Published 2018) The most ignorant man in America knows that Donald Trump is president — but that’s about it. Living a liberal fantasy is complicated. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/style/the-man-who-knew-too-little.html

  • All-American Nazis

    All-American Nazis

    All-American Nazis: Inside the Rise of Fascist Youth in the U.S. How a senseless double murder in Florida exposed the rise of an organized fascist youth movement in the United States via Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/all-american-nazis-fascist-youth-united-states-w519651

  • The Spy Who Came Home

    The Spy Who Came Home

    The Spy Who Came Home Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/07/the-spy-who-came-home

  • Dying Laughing

    Dying Laughing

    The Hilarious Life and Agonizing Death of Online Comedy For years, inventive companies like The Onion and Funny or Die capitalized on a culture that just wanted to laugh online. But after massive disruptions in digital advertising and on social media platforms, those companies find themselves imperiled. Did th via The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/2018/3/26/17157020/online-comedy-the-onion-funny-or-die-digital-media

  • The Ridiculous Saga Of Lance Armstrong, The Cheater Who Became An Enemy Of The State

    The Ridiculous Saga Of Lance Armstrong, The Cheater Who Became An Enemy Of The State

    The Ridiculous Saga Of Lance Armstrong, The Cheater Who Became An Enemy Of The State It was more than five years ago when Lance Armstrong went on Oprah, looked her in the eye, and admitted to the world that his iconic comeback story was fueled by the most comprehensive doping regimen in cycling history. The…

  • Trump: An American Dream

    Watch Trump: An American Dream | Netflix Official Site Friends, associates and critics reveal the truly American story of Donald Trump, the brash businessman who defied the odds to become U.S. president. Link: https://www.netflix.com/title/80206395

  • Annihilation

    Annihilation

    Annihilation (2018) – IMDb Annihilation: Directed by Alex Garland. With Natalie Portman, Benedict Wong, Sonoya Mizuno, David Gyasi. A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don’t apply. via IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920/?ref_=nv_sr_1 He’s plunged back into the land of the non-living, where he is told by…

  • Words You Can’t Say

    Words You Can’t Say

    Words You Can’t Say – This American Life People who say the “wrong” thing and suffer the consequences. via This American Life: https://thisamericanlife.org/637/words-you-cant-say In this politically charged climate, it feels like you have to be super careful with your language, no matter who you are or what side you’re on. Stories about people who say…

  • After 16 Years, Afghanistan War Is ‘At Best A Grinding Stalemate,’ Journalist Says

    After 16 Years, Afghanistan War Is ‘At Best A Grinding Stalemate,’ Journalist Says

    Fresh Air for Feb. 6, 2018: Afghanistan War Is ‘A Grinding Stalemate,’ Journalist Says Hear the Fresh Air program for February 6, 2018 via NPR: https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2018/02/06/583671508/fresh-air-for-feb-6-2018-afghanistan-war-is-a-grinding-stalemate-journalist-says In this politically charged climate, it feels like you have to be super careful with your language, no matter who you are or what side you’re on. Stories about…

  • The Newlyweds

    The Newlyweds

    The Newlyweds, by Mansi Choksi What’s at stake when you marry for love? via Harper’s Magazine : https://harpers.org/archive/2018/01/the-newlyweds/

  • The Secret History of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco

    The Secret History of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco Overflights, mapping fiber-optic networks, “strange activities.” Moscow’s West Coast spies were busy. via Foreign Policy: http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/14/the-secret-history-of-the-russian-consulate-in-san-francisco-putin-trump-spies-moscow/

  • Obey Giant

    Obey Giant

    Obey Giant (2017) – IMDb Obey Giant: Directed by James Moll. With Pedro Alonzo, Mr. Brainwash, Robbie Conal, Laura Dawn. The life and career of street artist, illustrator, graphic designer, activist, and founder of OBEY Clothing, Shepard Fairey. via IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7179102/?ref_=nv_sr_1

  • How a midlevel school became The University of Adidas at Louisville

    How a midlevel school became The University of Adidas at Louisville

    OTL: The making of The University of Adidas at Louisville Former Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich leveraged big deals and big-time basketball to build the university into a sports powerhouse, only to watch it burn amid charges of excess, exploitation and corruption. via ESPN.com: http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/21710106/louisville-athletic-director-tom-jurich-leveraged-big-deals-build-university-sports-powerhouse-only-watch-burn-amid-charges-excess

  • Darkest Hour

    Darkest Hour

    Darkest Hour (2017) – IMDb Darkest Hour: Directed by Joe Wright. With Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James. In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it via IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/?ref_=nv_sr_1

  • The Love Witch

    The Love Witch

    The Love Witch (2016) ⭐ 6.2 | Comedy, Horror, Romance 2h | Unrated via IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3908142/ Dora played the game as only a natural can. Soul surfing— surfing for the sheer art and pleasure of it— was his church long before the term was coined, and his passion for worship was equaled only by his…

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express (2017) – IMDb Murder on the Orient Express: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Paapa Essiedu, Yassine Zeroual, Asan N’Jie, Michael Rouse. When a murder occurs on the train on which he’s travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case. via IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3402236/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Dora played the game as…

  • The Exception

    The Exception

    The Exception (2016) – IMDb The Exception: Directed by David Leveaux. With Ella Holland, Jai Courtney, Karin Leclercq, Anton Lesser. A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of via IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4721124/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Photographic graffiti via camera gun! …

  • China’s Selfie Obsession

    China’s Selfie Obsession

    China’s Selfie Obsession Meitu’s apps are changing what it means to be beautiful in the most populous country on earth. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/18/chinas-selfie-obsession Photographic graffiti via camera gun!  This guy can secretly project graffiti onto other people’s photos with his gun camera (or “image fulgurator”). Watch how it works! (via Wired)