Archives for: "February 2013"
when worlds collide, who pays for it?
February 24th, 2013Insurance as a model for protection against asteroids - concentrate the costs to those that benefit most, and spread the gain across the entire population of the planet more »
Artificial Intelligence (2001)
February 19th, 2013While the film opens some interesting questions, the second half leaves so many loose ends it looks like the producers failed to consider some of the most basic ramifications of the premise. more »
Message to Love
February 16th, 2013It's 1970, the Isle of Wight festival, and everyone is there: Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, the Who, Tiny Tim, and 600,000 fans. more »
Das Boot, Directors Cut
February 13th, 2013I've never before seen a three+ hour movie go by so quickly, all the more significant by the film being in German and subtitled. Suspense, action, and drama -- a war film that looked as harrowing and awful as I can imagine submarine operations to be. more »
from the archives ...
February 12th, 2013"SPEEA's main goal is to ... afford leadership involvement in labor politics" more »
24 hour party people
February 9th, 2013[A mostly the same version of this review was distributed separately in 8/25/2002]
For members and fans of Set It Quiet, the film "24 Hour Party People" could be considered something of a history lesson concerning the creators of some of the music perf… more »
An Honorable Defeat
February 4th, 2013... a picture of the participants: Davis unwilling to see the reality of the southern defeat, Benjamin a sycophantic toady, and Breckinridge of one purpose - get the confederacy to admit defeat as soon as possible. more »
