Movies

Muhammad Movie ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Causes Controversy

This is the movie trailer for the Muhammad movie that is causing so much controversy in the Middle East. Many news organizations are posting stories about it without embedding the video or providing a link. How is the public supposed…

Understanding ‘Big Fish’ and Other Stories

The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson When I first opened my eyes and looked at the LaCross clock and temperature gauge Tuesday morning, it was 24-degrees outside in the Pinson Valley campsite. The local weather guys and gals on TeeVee…

Wrenched: The Legacy of The Monkey Wrench Gang

Wrenched: The Legacy of The Monkey Wrench Gang from ML Lincoln Films on Vimeo. Edward Abbey’s riotous novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang, is the unifying thread of this character driven feature-length documentary nearing post-production. “Wrenched” offers a penetrating look at…

Public Television Runs Documentary on Appalachian Coal Mining

Power And Place The final episode of this series about the natural and human history of Appalachia sparks both heartbreak and hope for the region’s ransacked mountain ecosystem is now running on public television. Early 20th-century mineral barons ruled Appalachia…

Who Knew Movie Making Was Such a Big Deal in Birmingham, Alabama?

The 13th annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, a celebration of new independent cinema in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, will happen this weekend, August 26-28. Since its debut in 1999, filmmakers from across the country and around the world have come to…

Hot Coffee Documentary on Tort Reform Premieres June 27

Trailer HOT COFFEE examines the dangers of so-called “tort reform” and its threat to our civil justice system, an issue we’ve been writing about for years. Using the now-infamous legal battle over a spilled cup of McDonald’s coffee as a…

Queen of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?

Coming Soon to a Theater Near You Queen of The Sun looks like a must see movie. It will be opening soon in 28 cities across the U.S. and then expanding around the country. According to the official movie Website,…

We Are the Enemy Now

The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson We are the enemy now (sung to the tune of “Your in the Army Now”). Come on boys and girls. Somebody write the song. Come on cartoonists. Draw our demise. Walt Kelly drew a…

Iron Man 2 Hits Cable: Official Trailer

Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as billionaire industrialist Tony Stark, aka the super hero Iron Man in this sequel to the 2008 blockbuster. RDJ, Paltrow, Cheadle and Rockwell are joined by Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Mickey…

It Doesn’t Have to Be the End of the World

We Can Change The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson How many stories does it take to make us understand and change? Jesus and his disciples tried to warn people 2,000 years ago, but they could not understand. People still do…

Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People

Narrated by Academy Award Winner Sissy Spacek, Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People is the first environmental history series ever made. Produced by Jamie Ross and Ross Spears, the documentary includes an all-star cast, including Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist E.O.…

Detective Sherlock Holmes Film Worth Catching

The movie Detective Sherlock Holmes, played by Robert Downey Jr., along with his stalwart partner Dr. Watson, played by Jude Law, is an engaging battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of…

Larry Flynt Documentary: The Right to Be Left Alone

Watch more free documentaries What does it say about the American press and public when it takes the publisher of a tasteless smut magazine to be the biggest defender of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the 20th…