Bra boys is an australian documentary about the legendary surfer community housed in the economically depressed sydney suburb of maroubra. the film’s director sunny abberton, along with narrator russel crowe, tell the story of the bra boys, the abberton family, and their struggle to survive a troubled youth. it is an interesting study of a […]
Morgan spurlock of “super size me” fame, is back with a new documentary entitled “where in the world is osama bin laden?” this time, spurlock heads for the middle east to give the audience a peak at how the us and osama bin laden are perceived. he uses humor to hold the audiences’ attention, but […]
This film by David Mamet takes place in los angeles and is filled with an interesting array of characters such as martial arts types, show biz types, promoters, lawyers and cops. the story is about a jiu-jitsu instructor named mike terry (chiwetel ejiofor) struggling to get through life by operating a self-defense studio with his […]
“Sleepwalking” is a movie about a family with serious problems. the mother of this unhappy family is joleen reedy (Charlize Theron), who is forced to move from her boyfriend’s home following his arrest for cultivating marijuana. joleen then takes her 11 year old daughter Tara (Annasophia Robb) and moves into the modest apartment of her […]
Vantage point is definitely a unique film. the story is about different points of view concerning an assassination attempt on the president of the united states (william hurt). the movie takes place in Spain at a public meeting of world leaders who intend to denounce world terrorism. thomas barnes (dennis quaid) is a secret service […]
As a product of a boxing family, I am probably going to examine this film very closely. you see, my grandfather was a boxer in the 1920s and fought under the name of joey medill. he was one of the early jewish fighters whose stable mate was barney ross. My […]