“The Oxy Kingpins” is a documentary that feels like it could be a Martin Scorsese movie. It’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” meets “The Insider” — the story of a scurrilous illegal business, and one of the hotshot thrill junkies who rode it to riches, and how that business connects up to a much larger corporate racket. The big players, in this case, are the pharmaceutical distribution companies that dumped opioids onto the market, addicting countless people to OxyContin, a narcotic painkiller that’s really heroin with a “medical” image brand. The thrill junkie is Alex Dimattio, a drug dealer who grew up in New York City, where he dealt weed in Washington Square Park and heroin on the Lower East Side, only to discover that he could make a killing (with a lot less risk) by selling OxyContin pills.
You may think that you already know the ins and outs of the opioid crisis.
You may think that you already know the ins and outs of the opioid crisis.
- 3/27/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Ring of Fire radio host Mike Papantonio excoriated the political press when he joined MSNBC’s Ed Schultz on Monday for their coverage of the Affordable Care Act’s roll out. He said that the coverage of the Aca, like CBS's inaccurate Benghazi report, indicated to him that the media was executing a premeditated “hit job” on President Barack Obama.
- 11/18/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Since there's always a first time for everything, I'm going to review before your eyes a documentary. Honestly, Jesus Camp has always given me the feeling that it could have had much more depth. Nonetheless, despite its flaws, the film can be seen as a good exploration of the American evangelical movement provided that you have a good knowledge of American history and laws.
Shot during George W. Bush's second presidential term, Jesus Camp is centred on a group of born-again children. They attend to Pastor Becky Fischer's "Kids on Fire Summer Camp" where they're indoctrinated taught to become dedicated Christian "soldiers in God's army". Moreover, these children are expected to be the adults of tomorrow who will play an active role in American political life.
The first thing many might like about Jesus Camp is the fact that directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing don't judge evangelical Christians.
Shot during George W. Bush's second presidential term, Jesus Camp is centred on a group of born-again children. They attend to Pastor Becky Fischer's "Kids on Fire Summer Camp" where they're indoctrinated taught to become dedicated Christian "soldiers in God's army". Moreover, these children are expected to be the adults of tomorrow who will play an active role in American political life.
The first thing many might like about Jesus Camp is the fact that directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing don't judge evangelical Christians.
- 1/10/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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