• January 18, 2017
• At Home, Documentary

Let me start by saying, yes, I’m a member of Generation X, born smack in the middle of the generation described in the opening of this documentary series as...

• October 29, 2016
• At Home, Documentary

Over ten years ago, Trinity Church in Cedar Hill, Texas (outside of Dallas) started a Halloween haunted house that was designed to literally scare the fear of Hell into...

• October 29, 2016
• At Home, Documentary, Music

I have a love/hate relationship with Oasis. I adored their catchy pop-rock sensibilities in the 90s, especially the masterpiece that is “Wonderwall”. But then I saw them in concert,...

• September 2, 2016
• At Home, Documentary

A few years back, I took a series of tests at the unemployment agency… you know, those kind where you answer like 150 questions about your skills and things...

• July 12, 2016
• At Home, Documentary

Based on Lawrence Wright’s book of the almost-same name (Wright’s title throws “Hollywood” into the mix after the word “Scientology”), Gibney’s film examines how a sci-fi author in the...

• July 12, 2016
• At Home, Documentary, Music

I remember exactly when I heard that Amy Winehouse died, and I was pissed. No, it was not because Amy had met with what can really only be deemed...

• July 12, 2016
• At Home, Documentary

We’re all familiar with that “new” smell that accompanies Christmas morning, a birthday, or a big shopping trip. In some ways it evokes positive feelings of presents and shiny...

• July 12, 2016
• At Home, Documentary

Entertainment has always loved a mad genius. Whether the person portrayed is a brilliant scientist, artist, or musician — these folks almost always makes for at least interesting cinema....

• July 9, 2016
• At Home, Documentary

When recounting how his vivacious, chatty toddler suddenly changed, father Ron Suskind remembers, “All of a sudden, at 3 years old, Owen vanishes. The doctor says, ‘Let me explain...

• February 12, 2016
• At Home, Documentary, War

I went into Where to Invade Next thinking it was Michael Moore’s take on U.S. military spending and warmongering. Count me surprised (and a little relived) that the film...

• January 2, 2016
• At Home, Documentary

It’s always a good sign when a documentary inspires interest in a topic you didn’t know you cared about. I had no particular attachment to Mary Tyler Moore prior...

• November 1, 2015
• At Home, Documentary, War

Throughout history, there have been leaps in warfare, from sticks and stones, to bows and arrows, to guns, then machine guns. But thermonuclear warfare was such a jump in...