ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 99 minutes |
If you thought that last year’s Supreme Court 5-4 ruling that affirmed Obamacare was the last word on the subject of American healthcare, then you will be in for a surprise with Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke’s documentary…
Posted on January 16, 2013 by Phil Hall
OUT ON A LIMB
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 61 minutes |
Daria Price’s documentary offers an invigorating view of the significant advances being made in the design and manufacture of prosthetic limbs…
Posted on January 15, 2013 by Phil Hall
CARE FARMS OF THE NETHERLANDS
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 30 minutes |
The film shows how the care farms encourage teamwork, build self-esteem and develop skills that offers a physical and emotional strengthening for the program participants…
Posted on January 14, 2013 by Phil Hall
FOLLOW THE LEADER
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 72 minutes |
But, unfortunately, the three young men at the heart of the film quickly become obnoxious bores – their insatiable hunger for becoming part of the political process comes across as self-aggrandizing monomania rather than a sincere desire to improve the nation…
Posted on January 13, 2013 by Phil Hall
RE-EMERGING: THE JEWS OF NIGERIA
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Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
Jeff L. Lieberman’s documentary travels to southeast Nigeria to meet a somewhat controversial corner of the Jewish diaspora…
Posted on January 12, 2013 by Phil Hall
METHOD TO THE MADNESS OF JERRY LEWIS (DVD)
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Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 116 minutes |
A surplus number of classic Lewis moments from his 10-year partnership with Dean Martin and his classic solo films are included, and there is also a consideration of his work as a director – including insight into his creation of the video assist technology that became standard equipment in film production…
Posted on January 11, 2013 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE 1950 MONTANA UFO FILM
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil finds aliens hovering over Big Sky Country…
Posted on January 11, 2013 by Phil Hall
POETRY OF RESILIENCE
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Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 40 minutes |
Each poet offers a distinctive view of the terror that destroyed his or her respective homeland.
Posted on January 6, 2013 by Phil Hall
THE WORM HUNTERS
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Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 52 minutes |
There are 6,000 known species of earthworms, and perhaps several thousand that have yet to be identified…
Posted on January 5, 2013 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil brings out Andy Griffith’s evil side…
Posted on January 4, 2013 by Phil Hall
LES MISÉRABLES (2012)
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 160 minutes |
All told, I dreamed a dream of a much better movie than this…
Posted on December 28, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION OF FINE ART
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil learns how to sell fine art at Sears…
Posted on December 28, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE POINT (DVD)
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 75 minutes |
The film’s message about tolerance and self-affirmation should find an audience with today’s youngsters.
Posted on December 24, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND (DVD)
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 61 minutes |
Their talents are obvious to anyone who stops and pays attention…
Posted on December 22, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: DER SCHNEEMANN
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil watches as Mother Nature kills Whitey…
Posted on December 21, 2012 by Phil Hall