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The Five Obstructions

Lars Von Trier finds his obscure favorite director and forces him to make five more films with specific 'rules.' Their conversations are hilarious but the practice gets tiring.

CT 8/10

Inside Job

A documentary about how & why our economy crashed in 2008 and why it's on track for more trouble. I'm not sure the 'lecturing' was necessary - most of the subjects are so arrogant they would have probably incriminated themselves with a different approach.

CT 9/10

Sullivan's Travels

A successful Hollywood director tries to live as a grifter to learn about how the nation's poor live in preparation for directing O'Brother Where Art Thou.

CT 10/10

Dig

A good music-doc about the two very different paths of the two bands 'The Dandy Warhols' & 'The Brian Jonestown Massacre.' From the same director as 'We Live in Public.'

CT 9/10

The Social Network

Such great filmmaking. Everything is on point, but the score shines especially. I couldn't help but watch it twice in two days. The Asian girlfriend literally gave me nightmares.

CT 10/10

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of W. Virginia

I think they used the word 'Wonderful' to cover up some of the fact they are circus freaking this Appalachian family. For the 3 minutes they go into the history of the coal industry having terrible effects on the region's population it gets interesting, then it's back to a shitty, failed MTV project.

CT 5/10

JR 5/10

Everyone Else

A drama about a young German couple who's relationship is tested while they vacation together.

CT 7/10

The Hurt Locker

A refreshing war drama about a bomb-specialist in Iraq. Although it won an Oscar for best picture it's weak ending keeps it from earning a '10'...

CT 9/10

The Tillman Story

The story of an NFL player who gave up his career to join the Army Rangers, and served a year in Iraq before being killed in Afghanistan. Interesting, scary, and very sad.

CT 9/10