Sleepwalk With Me is a 2012 American independent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring comedian Mike Birbiglia.
The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won the Best of NEXT Audience Award. It was produced by Jacob Jaffke and This American Life’s Ira Glass …
88% on Rotten Tomatoes
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Something tells me he’ll be up for yet another Academy Award for best actor.
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I enjoy Michael Moore‘s movies, even if he is “left of Lenin”.
Recently I saw Capitalism: A Love Story (2009). His weakest. Completely barking up the wrong tree.
His best, I feel, was Sicko.
Sicko is a 2007 documentary film by American filmmaker Michael Moore. The film investigates health care in the United States, focusing on its health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The movie compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba. …
I love this concept in the film. Taking 9-11 rescue workers to Guantanamo Bay to request the only “Universal Health Care” in America.
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Permission to enter.
I have three 9-11 rescue workers.They need some medical attention.
These are 9/11 rescue workers!
They just want some medical attention!The same kind that al-Qaida is getting.
They don’t want any more than
you’re giving the evildoers, just the same!
Obama should have kept his promise to close Guantanamo, regardless of consequences. It’s WRONG WRONG WRONG in dozens of wildly conflicting ways.
Any system that treats victims worse than criminals is doomed to fail.
Prisons should be work camps. The quality of life must be worse in prison than for a law abider on the outside working for minimum wage.
Inside Job is a 2010 documentary film about the late-2000s financial crisis …
… the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services industry and the consequences …
… it won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. …
This has been by far the best single work I’ve seen explaining what happened in 2008.
Best rule of thumb: FOLLOW THE MONEY.
Who made money? Who lost money?
The film names names. And lays out why and how men who destroyed their own companies made millions & millions in bonuses.
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That was 2010.
U.S. Banks are bigger and more powerful in 2012 than ever before. Not much has changed. Obama talked the talk, but did not walk the walk. He’s done very little to reform.
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“After Obama, who else is there to hope for?”
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Full text transcript of Inside Job.
Highly recommended.
Inequality of wealth is greater in the USA than any other developed nation. That’s not sustainable.
Even if you personally did not lose money in the crash of 2008, worse could be on the way.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a 2012 British comedy-drama …
… features an ensemble cast, with Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Penelope Wilton, as a group of British pensioners moving to a retirement hotel in India, run by the young and eager Sonny (Dev Patel). …
Outsourcing old age homes to the developing world. Great idea. 🙂
Amusing dialogue. Not quite Love Actually, but something in the same vein.
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77% on Rotten Tomatoes
The charming Hinglish makes me long to return to India. Himalayan India, that is.
Worth seeing. 74% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film) is a reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise, portraying the character’s origin story and his development into a superhero while still a high school student.
The film stars Andrew Garfield in the title role as Spider-Man/Peter Parker, with Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors.
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I like the cast. Especially Emma Stone. She reminds me of a younger version of Marg Helgenberger circa China Beach.
A big loser at the box office, I enjoyed this glimpse at a fanatic subculture.
The Big Year is a 2011 comedy film starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Jim Parsons, Rashida Jones …
Based on a true story.
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‘Why did they cast that British scumbag as my favorite superhero?!'”
… Oh, he’s funny. That’s why.
Alastair is looking forward to this new film, an adaptation of the Jack Kerouac classic.
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I’m On The Road, myself, once again.
… OK, it’s the Hilton San Jose, California. But that’s a start. 🙂
Rick McCharles 