Stephen Fry’s 2012 suicide attempt, Robbie Rogers says soccer less homophobic in U.S., Marcel Neergaard wins
Joss Whedon wants to make you feel better about the odds of Robert Downey, Jr. being in The Avengers 2. “He is Iron Man. He is Iron Man in the way that Sean Connery was James Bond. I have no intention of making ‘Avengers 2′ without him, nor do I think I’ll be called upon to do that. I don’t think it’s in my interest, Marvel’s interest, or his interest, and I think everything will be fine.”
Meanwhile, Neil Gaiman wants to throw a little cold water on the speculation that someone famous like Helen Mirren could be the new Doctor. “I actually like it when The Doctor is a relatively unknown actor, or one without one huge role that made them famous. A star, like Sir Ian, brings all...
Joss Whedon wants to make you feel better about the odds of Robert Downey, Jr. being in The Avengers 2. “He is Iron Man. He is Iron Man in the way that Sean Connery was James Bond. I have no intention of making ‘Avengers 2′ without him, nor do I think I’ll be called upon to do that. I don’t think it’s in my interest, Marvel’s interest, or his interest, and I think everything will be fine.”
Meanwhile, Neil Gaiman wants to throw a little cold water on the speculation that someone famous like Helen Mirren could be the new Doctor. “I actually like it when The Doctor is a relatively unknown actor, or one without one huge role that made them famous. A star, like Sir Ian, brings all...
- 6/6/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Tune in tonight for HBO's smart salon, as host Bill Maher welcomes Education reformer Michelle Rhee as the top-of-show interview guest. Also booked are reality TV star and Chef Tom Colicchio as the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are economist Jared Bernstein, former Va. Rep. Tom Davis and anchor Rachel Maddow. The series continues its 11th season Friday, March 15 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live Et/tape-delayed Pt), exclusively on HBO, with an instant replay at 11:00 p.m. following the live presentation. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with in-studio and satellite guests. Bill Maher has been favorite of subscribers since his first special...
- 3/15/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report.
Doreen Diaz left the red carpet movie premiere of “Won’t Back Down” in New York City last week feeling encouraged.
But then the 47-year-old mom, a figure in the unfolding education movement that “inspired” the feature film, headed back to the tiny desert city of Adelanto, Calif., and her tract home near Desert Trails Elementary School. That’s where the real battle over the so-called “parent trigger” law drags on, with no tidy Hollywood ending in sight.
“The movie makes it look a lot easier than it really is,” said Diaz, who started drumming up support to overhaul her local public school more than a year ago. “It definitely didn’t happen by just one mom wanting change.”
Desert Trails, where 100 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, ranks in the bottom third of California schools with...
Doreen Diaz left the red carpet movie premiere of “Won’t Back Down” in New York City last week feeling encouraged.
But then the 47-year-old mom, a figure in the unfolding education movement that “inspired” the feature film, headed back to the tiny desert city of Adelanto, Calif., and her tract home near Desert Trails Elementary School. That’s where the real battle over the so-called “parent trigger” law drags on, with no tidy Hollywood ending in sight.
“The movie makes it look a lot easier than it really is,” said Diaz, who started drumming up support to overhaul her local public school more than a year ago. “It definitely didn’t happen by just one mom wanting change.”
Desert Trails, where 100 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, ranks in the bottom third of California schools with...
- 10/3/2012
- Huffington Post
Washington -- The most controversial thing to happen at the Democratic National Convention this week may end up being a movie screening.
On Monday afternoon, a Hollywood film called "Won't Back Down" -- which opens in theaters nationwide on Sept. 28 -- will be shown to a select crowd of convention-goers in Charlotte, N.C., just as it was one week prior at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
But unlike Tampa, where the promoters had little concern about making waves with the party establishment and had no trouble when they ran the idea past the Republican National Committee, the request for a Charlotte screening went to the highest levels of the Obama administration, which passed the decision off to the Democratic National Committee, according to a source with knowledge of the chain of events. According to this source, Valerie Jarrett, Obama's close personal adviser, and David Plouffe, his top political adviser,...
On Monday afternoon, a Hollywood film called "Won't Back Down" -- which opens in theaters nationwide on Sept. 28 -- will be shown to a select crowd of convention-goers in Charlotte, N.C., just as it was one week prior at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
But unlike Tampa, where the promoters had little concern about making waves with the party establishment and had no trouble when they ran the idea past the Republican National Committee, the request for a Charlotte screening went to the highest levels of the Obama administration, which passed the decision off to the Democratic National Committee, according to a source with knowledge of the chain of events. According to this source, Valerie Jarrett, Obama's close personal adviser, and David Plouffe, his top political adviser,...
- 9/3/2012
- by Jon Ward
- Huffington Post
01 / Netflix >>
For ushering in the era of streaming video. Netflix has grown to more than 20 million subscribers, $2.2 billion in annual revenue, and nearly 70% of its subscribers have streamed video over the Internet for at least 15 minutes. With 2010's introduction of an iPad app and a long awaited iPhone app, those numbers are sure to increase.
02 / Double Negative >>
For blowing our minds with Oscar-worthy visual effects. If you saw any mind-boggling moments in 2010, chances are Double Negative created them. The visual-effects studio is responsible for the whiz-bang elements in Inception, real-world-meets-video-game Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Iron Man 2, and November's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
03 / Real D
For taking 3-D mainstream. RealD is working with Sony, Jcv, Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic, and DirecTV to bring 3-D capabilities to the home after tripling the number of 3-d-capable cinema screens installed worldwide to 9,500. RealD provides the technology...
For ushering in the era of streaming video. Netflix has grown to more than 20 million subscribers, $2.2 billion in annual revenue, and nearly 70% of its subscribers have streamed video over the Internet for at least 15 minutes. With 2010's introduction of an iPad app and a long awaited iPhone app, those numbers are sure to increase.
02 / Double Negative >>
For blowing our minds with Oscar-worthy visual effects. If you saw any mind-boggling moments in 2010, chances are Double Negative created them. The visual-effects studio is responsible for the whiz-bang elements in Inception, real-world-meets-video-game Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Iron Man 2, and November's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
03 / Real D
For taking 3-D mainstream. RealD is working with Sony, Jcv, Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic, and DirecTV to bring 3-D capabilities to the home after tripling the number of 3-d-capable cinema screens installed worldwide to 9,500. RealD provides the technology...
- 5/17/2011
- by FastCompany Staff
- Fast Company
They hoped their cash could transform failing classrooms. They were wrong. This week's Newsweek investigates what their money bought.
This story was reported and written by the Center for Public Integrity.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
The richest man in America stepped to the podium and declared war on the nation's school systems. High schools had become "obsolete" and were "limiting-even ruining-the lives of millions of Americans every year." The situation had become "almost shameful." Bill Gates, prep-school grad and college dropout, had come before the National Governors Association seeking converts to his plan to do something about it-a plan he would back with $2 billion of his own cash.
Gates's speech, in February 2005, was a signature moment in what has become a decade-long campaign to improve test scores and graduation rates, waged by a loose alliance of wealthy CEOs who arrived with no particular background...
This story was reported and written by the Center for Public Integrity.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
The richest man in America stepped to the podium and declared war on the nation's school systems. High schools had become "obsolete" and were "limiting-even ruining-the lives of millions of Americans every year." The situation had become "almost shameful." Bill Gates, prep-school grad and college dropout, had come before the National Governors Association seeking converts to his plan to do something about it-a plan he would back with $2 billion of his own cash.
Gates's speech, in February 2005, was a signature moment in what has become a decade-long campaign to improve test scores and graduation rates, waged by a loose alliance of wealthy CEOs who arrived with no particular background...
- 5/2/2011
- by Rita Beamish
- The Daily Beast
A new report shows student testing irregularities in D.C. under the leadership of star education reform advocate Michelle Rhee. Education expert Diane Ravitch blasts Rhee's misguided approach. Plus, Dana Goldstein says the report is no surprise.
The corporate education reform movement has had no more visible star than Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. After she left office last fall, she formed a new political organization to raise $1 billion to advocate for the changes she believes in. She has been advising some of the nation's most conservative governors to fight the teachers' unions and rely on standardized tests to fire or reward teachers.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Stop Trashing Teachers!
Her credibility was her alleged success in lifting up test scores in the low-performing public schools of the nation's capitol during her nearly four years in charge.
Now, however, that credibility...
The corporate education reform movement has had no more visible star than Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. After she left office last fall, she formed a new political organization to raise $1 billion to advocate for the changes she believes in. She has been advising some of the nation's most conservative governors to fight the teachers' unions and rely on standardized tests to fire or reward teachers.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Stop Trashing Teachers!
Her credibility was her alleged success in lifting up test scores in the low-performing public schools of the nation's capitol during her nearly four years in charge.
Now, however, that credibility...
- 3/29/2011
- by Diane Ravitch
- The Daily Beast
Fast Company wrote about what we (and many innovative thinkers) would do to fix public schools with $100 million (post your ideas below!). Now Newark's public schools, the recipients of that sum from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, are rolling out their true plan. "We want to make Newark the centerpoint of education reform in the nation," David Nachtweih, spokesperson for the Partnership for Education In Newark, tells Fast Company. Here's how they plan to do it.
Step 1: Get Even More Money
The Foundation for Newark's Future is raising a matching fund of $100 million from private donors and foundations, for a total of $200 million. "I think the idea behind any matching grant is to get folks from all over the place involved in this and make it a partnership," says Nachtweih. It's also worth noting that even $200 million, to be spent over five years, is not all that much when you consider...
Step 1: Get Even More Money
The Foundation for Newark's Future is raising a matching fund of $100 million from private donors and foundations, for a total of $200 million. "I think the idea behind any matching grant is to get folks from all over the place involved in this and make it a partnership," says Nachtweih. It's also worth noting that even $200 million, to be spent over five years, is not all that much when you consider...
- 2/23/2011
- by Anya Kamenetz
- Fast Company
Four months into the release of Waiting for Superman, glimmers of possible change in public education illuminate the horizon.
(A charter school lottery in Waiting for Superman.) by Terry Keefe (Note: I spoke to Davis Guggenheim, and wrote this article, a few weeks ago, when Waiting for Superman was considered by many a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination. It didn't receive that Oscar nomination but would have nonetheless been well-deserving of it. The article is currently appearing in Venice Magazine.)
Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim might be wishing for a few super-powers of his own with the virtual non-stop schedule he's been keeping to promote his documentary about the crisis in American public schools, since its release at the end of September. A front runner for the Best Documentary Academy Award, Waiting for Superman has already scooped up the top feature doc prizes from the National Board of Review,...
(A charter school lottery in Waiting for Superman.) by Terry Keefe (Note: I spoke to Davis Guggenheim, and wrote this article, a few weeks ago, when Waiting for Superman was considered by many a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination. It didn't receive that Oscar nomination but would have nonetheless been well-deserving of it. The article is currently appearing in Venice Magazine.)
Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim might be wishing for a few super-powers of his own with the virtual non-stop schedule he's been keeping to promote his documentary about the crisis in American public schools, since its release at the end of September. A front runner for the Best Documentary Academy Award, Waiting for Superman has already scooped up the top feature doc prizes from the National Board of Review,...
- 1/30/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Welcome back, Zoners, and happy New Year to all! I wish everyone a healthy and joyous 2011. (*Toasting you all with a sparkling glass of champagne*) One thing that will help get it off to a great start: new episodes of the Report! We’ve got a governor, a renowned educator, and two Harvard-based doctors.
Monday, January 3rd: Governor Ed Rendell:
Former mayor of Philadelphia Ed Rendell has been Governor of Pennsylvania since 2002. He’s a major player in the Democratic Party and a member of the Democratic Governors Association who has advocated the use of slot machines to reduce taxes, cut administrative costs, and quadrupled the number of minority- and women-owned business in his state. A huge sports fan, Rendell recently criticized the NFL for cancelling the Philadelphia Eagles/Minnesota Vikings game due to the blizzard, claiming that “we’re becoming a nation of wussies.”
Although he supported Hilary Clinton for the presidency,...
Monday, January 3rd: Governor Ed Rendell:
Former mayor of Philadelphia Ed Rendell has been Governor of Pennsylvania since 2002. He’s a major player in the Democratic Party and a member of the Democratic Governors Association who has advocated the use of slot machines to reduce taxes, cut administrative costs, and quadrupled the number of minority- and women-owned business in his state. A huge sports fan, Rendell recently criticized the NFL for cancelling the Philadelphia Eagles/Minnesota Vikings game due to the blizzard, claiming that “we’re becoming a nation of wussies.”
Although he supported Hilary Clinton for the presidency,...
- 1/3/2011
- by Karenatasha
- No Fact Zone
Hello, Zoners! I hope that everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a joyful and delicious day, and that our non-us friends had a wonderful week, too. Now, we have one more thing to be thankful for: the waiting is almost over and a new episode is on its way! Which guests are you most excited to see?
Monday, November 29th: Dan Savage:
Everyone who reads the Village Voice knows Dan Savage as the openly gay, witty, and straight-talking (no pun intended) writer of the newspaper’s “Savage Love” sex-advice column. Savage’s newest endeavor is the “It Gets Better” project. Heartbroken by the recent epidemic of suicides by gay adolescents, Savage established his site to bring hope to despairing Lgbt teens, many of whom feel isolated and lack familial support. “It Gets Better” features videos downloaded by hundreds of same-sex couples and supporters who not only talk about their own difficult teen years,...
Monday, November 29th: Dan Savage:
Everyone who reads the Village Voice knows Dan Savage as the openly gay, witty, and straight-talking (no pun intended) writer of the newspaper’s “Savage Love” sex-advice column. Savage’s newest endeavor is the “It Gets Better” project. Heartbroken by the recent epidemic of suicides by gay adolescents, Savage established his site to bring hope to despairing Lgbt teens, many of whom feel isolated and lack familial support. “It Gets Better” features videos downloaded by hundreds of same-sex couples and supporters who not only talk about their own difficult teen years,...
- 11/29/2010
- by Karenatasha
- No Fact Zone
Waiting For Superman is the second best documentary I’ve seen this year that ends with low-income families nervously awaiting the outcome a lottery determining whether their child gets a coveted spot in a charter school. Documentarian Davis Guggenheim, best known for the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth, is a self-identified liberal and a vocal supporter of public education. Guggenheim is also at the top of his field and can afford to send his own children to an expensive private school where he knows they will receive the best education money can buy. Pragmatist or hypocrite, Guggenheim does indeed seem like an unusual choice to make Waiting For Superman, a damning indictment of the dismal state of America’s broken public school system that focuses on key examples of how things can improve. Much of Waiting For Superman is told through the eyes of five children, all students in failing urban schools.
- 10/8/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Forget Superman, we need a miracle to save our school system – and this documentary might just convince you to be it.
This one’s making the rounds all over daytime television including an exclusive hour on Oprah with fellow education reformer Bill Gates. Just like “An Inconvenient Truth,” this documentary needs to be seen. Be warned, similar to ‘Inconvenient Truth,’ this film will make you think and potentially act to make a change in your state, your district, maybe even your government. Even if you don’t have children of school age, you’ll see the same school system you yourself grew up in. This movie takes a poignant look at the hierarchy of the educational system, the plight of children to learn and excel, and an exhausting view inside the politics of education which has befuddled both everyday man and President for over a hundred years.
You can’t...
This one’s making the rounds all over daytime television including an exclusive hour on Oprah with fellow education reformer Bill Gates. Just like “An Inconvenient Truth,” this documentary needs to be seen. Be warned, similar to ‘Inconvenient Truth,’ this film will make you think and potentially act to make a change in your state, your district, maybe even your government. Even if you don’t have children of school age, you’ll see the same school system you yourself grew up in. This movie takes a poignant look at the hierarchy of the educational system, the plight of children to learn and excel, and an exhausting view inside the politics of education which has befuddled both everyday man and President for over a hundred years.
You can’t...
- 10/8/2010
- by Rock Young
- Atomic Popcorn
Documentary; directed by Davis Guggenheim.
By Kevin Bowen - October 2, 2010
I don’t like to pull out the phrases “important movie” and “this is the one movie you should see.” But if I had to describe a movie as important and had to say there is one movie you should see it’s "Waiting for Superman."
That’s not to say it’s my number one film for the year. And that doesn’t mean it’s a future classic. In thirty years, this film isn’t going to matter. Our education system then will teach our children for the world of that time. Whether that’s producing graduates prepared to compete in the global economy or imparting the nuances of prairie dog hunting to survive winter on the freezing plains, we will get the education we deserve.
If there is one thing that left and right have agreed on all my life,...
By Kevin Bowen - October 2, 2010
I don’t like to pull out the phrases “important movie” and “this is the one movie you should see.” But if I had to describe a movie as important and had to say there is one movie you should see it’s "Waiting for Superman."
That’s not to say it’s my number one film for the year. And that doesn’t mean it’s a future classic. In thirty years, this film isn’t going to matter. Our education system then will teach our children for the world of that time. Whether that’s producing graduates prepared to compete in the global economy or imparting the nuances of prairie dog hunting to survive winter on the freezing plains, we will get the education we deserve.
If there is one thing that left and right have agreed on all my life,...
- 10/2/2010
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
We present the facts about this incisive education-themed documentary from Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim so you don't have to cram.
By Kara Warner
Students in "Waiting for Superman"
Photo: Paramount
After his last filmmaking effort, "An Inconvenient Truth," took the Oscar for Best Documentary, director Davis Guggenheim had the bar set rather high for his future projects. He seems to have met the challenge as his latest work, "Waiting for Superman," has been generating awards-show buzz and serious acclaim since it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival early this year. ("Superman" won the fest's Documentary Audience Award.)
MTV News has been following the poignant film, from its start at Sundance to the debut of the first trailer, and even logged some conversation time with Guggenheim. The arresting documentary finally arrived in theaters on Friday (September 24), and we've gathered all the facts you need to know.
First of all, what's all the fuss about?...
By Kara Warner
Students in "Waiting for Superman"
Photo: Paramount
After his last filmmaking effort, "An Inconvenient Truth," took the Oscar for Best Documentary, director Davis Guggenheim had the bar set rather high for his future projects. He seems to have met the challenge as his latest work, "Waiting for Superman," has been generating awards-show buzz and serious acclaim since it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival early this year. ("Superman" won the fest's Documentary Audience Award.)
MTV News has been following the poignant film, from its start at Sundance to the debut of the first trailer, and even logged some conversation time with Guggenheim. The arresting documentary finally arrived in theaters on Friday (September 24), and we've gathered all the facts you need to know.
First of all, what's all the fuss about?...
- 9/24/2010
- MTV Movie News
We present the facts about this incisive education-themed documentary from Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim so you don't have to cram.
By Kara Warner
Students in "Waiting for Superman"
Photo: Paramount
After his last filmmaking effort, "An Inconvenient Truth," took the Oscar for Best Documentary, director Davis Guggenheim had the bar set rather high for his future projects. He seems to have met the challenge as his latest work, "Waiting for Superman," has been generating awards-show buzz and serious acclaim since it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival early this year. ("Superman" won the fest's Documentary Audience Award.)
MTV News has been following the poignant film, from its start at Sundance to the debut of the first trailer, and even logged some conversation time with Guggenheim. The arresting documentary finally arrived in theaters on Friday (September 24), and we've gathered all the facts you need to know.
First of all, what's all the fuss about?...
By Kara Warner
Students in "Waiting for Superman"
Photo: Paramount
After his last filmmaking effort, "An Inconvenient Truth," took the Oscar for Best Documentary, director Davis Guggenheim had the bar set rather high for his future projects. He seems to have met the challenge as his latest work, "Waiting for Superman," has been generating awards-show buzz and serious acclaim since it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival early this year. ("Superman" won the fest's Documentary Audience Award.)
MTV News has been following the poignant film, from its start at Sundance to the debut of the first trailer, and even logged some conversation time with Guggenheim. The arresting documentary finally arrived in theaters on Friday (September 24), and we've gathered all the facts you need to know.
First of all, what's all the fuss about?...
- 9/24/2010
- MTV Music News
The new hollywood documentary on alleged education reform titled, Waiting for Superman, is about to be released to the general public. Directed by the same man who directed and produced An Inconvenient Truth, namely Davis Guggenheim -- this documentary consists of a business panel analysis by corporate heads such as Bill Gates, and corporate toadies such as Washington D.C.'s present Superintendent of Schools, Michelle Rhee. Tokenism towards teachers comes in the form of Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers. While 'innovations', such as charter schools managed by corporate sources, are heralded; no analysis of fiscal issues is discussed. The film has it own 'inconvenient truth,' namely that slashed budgets and overcrowded classes are ignored. Furthermore, the ravages of the most extreme poverty seen since the Great Depression and the psychological impact...
- 9/21/2010
- by Jeanine Molloff
- Huffington Post
Calling it a "Rosa Parks moment," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan put a momentous stamp on the upcoming release of Davis Guggenheim's education-reform documentary "Waiting for Superman."
The occasion was the film's Wednesday night Washington premiere, organized by distributor Paramount Vantage, with a screening at the Newseum followed by a Q&A with notables involved in the film. That it will have the impact on public policy Parks' actions ultimately had on the civil rights movement might be unlikely, but a good portion of Washington's political class attended the event to further investigate the subject matter.
In addition to Duncan and several others from his Education Department staff, David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama; Melody Barnes, head of the president's Domestic Policy Council; Heather Higginbottom, deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy; Rep. Jane Harman; Rep. Mary Bono Mack; Sen. Al Franken; Sen. Scott Brown; Sen. Christopher Dodd; and Sen.
The occasion was the film's Wednesday night Washington premiere, organized by distributor Paramount Vantage, with a screening at the Newseum followed by a Q&A with notables involved in the film. That it will have the impact on public policy Parks' actions ultimately had on the civil rights movement might be unlikely, but a good portion of Washington's political class attended the event to further investigate the subject matter.
In addition to Duncan and several others from his Education Department staff, David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama; Melody Barnes, head of the president's Domestic Policy Council; Heather Higginbottom, deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy; Rep. Jane Harman; Rep. Mary Bono Mack; Sen. Al Franken; Sen. Scott Brown; Sen. Christopher Dodd; and Sen.
- 9/16/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michelle Rhee is a storm in an education system that needs an El Niño. Brought in as the DC Public Schools Chancellor in 1997, Rhee has been a controversial figure from the beginning. She fires teachers at will. She closes schools that don.t perform well. She challenges the powerful teachers. unions who, some believe, are one of the primary causes of the mess the education system has become. And she also stands as Davis Guggenheim.s, director of An Inconvenient Truth, new Al Gore in his upcoming documentary Waiting for Superman. But this time, Guggenheim has done more than set up a camera to shoot a PowerPoint presentation. Waiting for Superman follows Rhee and handfuls of educators, parents, and students as they do their best to work through what public schools have become. The dropout rate is higher than ever. Test scores are dropping every year, and nothing seems ...
- 6/26/2010
- cinemablend.com
Maybe once a year, a documentary will somehow break through the mass of superhero sequel remakes, prestige Oscar bait, and movies that star Meryl Streep to become a genuine popular success. These films tend to run in two directions: Political-flavored provocations (Bowling for Columbine, An Inconvenient Truth, and Super Size Me), or triumph-of-the-human-spirit cute-porn (Spellbound, Young@Heart, and March of the Penguins). But how about a documentary that combines the two approaches: A film that makes an important societal point, while also making you cry happy inspirational tears? How about a film like Waiting for Superman? (See trailer embedded below.
- 5/11/2010
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
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