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Review: FOOD, INC.
If there is any truth to the saying “you are what you eat”, then the USA is in big trouble. You don’t have to be a doctor, farmer or a nutritionist to see that way [click for more]
Articles by Michael McGonigle
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Review: PLAYING COLUMBINE
A psychologist friend of mine once said to me, “How do I know why people do the crazy things they do?” I try to remember that whenever something like Columbine goes down, because there is [click for more]
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PFF Review: COWARDS
This is a curious film ostensibly about bullying, but may well have deeper themes that go into youthful fear and how we sometimes cover our fears with bluster. I don’t want to get all amateur psychiatrist [click for more]
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Review: GOD’S FORGOTTEN TOWN
Why should I be upset over a minor horror film that falls apart at the end? A fair question, but let me explain why God’s Forgotten Town was disappointing and ultimately an insult to my [click for more]
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Review: BOY, INTERRUPTED
“To be or not to be, that is the question.” This is one line from literature most everyone has heard but, because it is such a commonplace line, most people have not actually thought about [click for more]
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Review: DIOSES
In 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald began “The Rich Boy,” one of his most notable short stories, with this line, ”Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Over [click for more]
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PFF Review: JURY DUTY
Gregoire Duval (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) is a mild-mannered pharmacist in a small town in the French countryside. The time is 1962 and, as has been going on for sometime now, the Algerian question is still rocking [click for more]
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Review: THE ANSWER MAN
Twenty years ago, Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) was a man facing a very difficult time. His father had developed Alzheimer’s disease and in his desperation and pain Faber called out to God with questions and [click for more]
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Review: LAKE TAHOE
The film Lake Tahoe acts as a very good lesson in no-budget filmmaking, but it also demonstrates that if your cinematic style does not jibe with your subject matter, it doesn’t matter how frugally you [click for more]
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PFF Review: HERB & DOROTHY
If you were to see Herb and Dorothy Vogel walking down the streets of Manhattan now, you would probably think they were just an ordinary old Jewish couple on their way to the Carnegie Deli [click for more]