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An error has ocurred. Please try againNot listed on IMDB: Amazing Marriage Customs (directed by Suen Wah and Guo Wu Ji) (1987) Aquatic Ape (BBC) Neal Barnard: Chocolate, Cheese, Meat, and Sugar - Physically Addictive John Bergman's lectures Bringing Up Baby (BBC) David Brownstein's lectures T. Colin Campbell's lectures David Cole in Auschwitz Helen Fisher: Lust, Romance Attachment: The Science of Love and Whom We Choose Forks Over Knives: The Extended Interviews Marija Gimbutas: The World of the Goddess Michael Greger: Pandemic Prevention Holiday Entertaining with Martha Stewart (1986) In the Land of Giants and Pygmies (1925) by Aurelio Rossi Michael Klaper: The Best Health Arguments We Can Use to Encourage Others to Go Vegan David Korten: From Serving Money to Serving Life: A Sacred Story for Our Time The Land Where There Are No Husbands and Marriage Is Unknown (by Alan Macarlane and Xiaoxiao Yan) (2003) Jean Liedloff: Touch the Future Gabor Mate and John W. Travis On Attachment and Addiction John McDougall's lectures Milton Mills: Are Humans Designed to Eat Meat? Stefan Molyneux: The Facts About Spanking More Business of Being Born Mosuo Women (A Chinese Tribe That Empowers Women) (journeyman.tv) (1995) Pure Science Specials: Women Addicted to Sex Marshall Rosenberg's talks Roslyn Ross: Raising Children Is an Act of Philosophy Tisese: A Documentary on Three Mosuo Women (三個摩梭女子的故事) (2001) Genevieve Vaughan: A (M)otherworld Is Possible The Vegan Corner Margaret Wheatley: Whatever the Problem, Community is the Answer Without Fathers or Husbands (1995) World Defeated the Wrong Enemy Gary Yourofsky: Best Speech You Will Ever Hear Paul Zak: The Biology of Good and Evil Ernst Zundel Interviewed by an Israeli Journalist
Suggestions are very welcome!
I have yet to see a good movie version of: The Two Noble Kinsmen Edward III
Strong dislikes: French self-absorbed: Last Year in Marienbad, The Big Feast (1973), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Glorifying evil and gangsters: The Silence of the Lambs, The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, A Clockwork Orange, The Godfather, Scarface, Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, Bonnie & Clyde, Fargo Misrepresentative war movies: Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, The Deer Hunter, Pearl Harbor Vulgar comedies: Hot Fuzz, 7 Women and a Murder, The Nightmare Before Christmas Manipulative: Cape Fear, The Wolf of Wall Street, Straw Dogs (1971), Zorba the Greek, What the Bleep Do We Know?, Song of the South, Birth of a Nation Grotesquely violent: Midsommar, Pan's Labyrinth The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and similar westerns
Not listed on IMDB: Seth Tippetts
This list is not just for anarchists - all other libertarians, minarchists, Objectivists, and other freedom-lovers will probably also find a lot here that hits home.
Reviews
The Gray Man (2022)
Excessive action, not enough story
The first half was a pretty good action movie, with motivations that made sense and well-choreographed, creative action sequences. But then it got over-the-top, with massacres, tons of operatives being involved in the fights, bazookas blowing up vehicles, etc.. The only reason Ryan Gosling survived was plot armor. It ended up being rather ridiculous. And since the motivation for pursuing him was keeping certain underhanded goings-on under the radar, having everything made incredibly public ruined the logic of the characters' motivations, in my opinion. There were a lot of more logical ways characters could have handled situations; the movie prioritized what would make for the best action sequences over what actually made sense. The movie would have been better if they'd prioritized telling a good story over dramatic visuals.
Also, there's no way this should have a PG-13 rating. Hundreds of people die, there are graphic injuries and graphic torture scenes, and children in serious peril.
New York Minute (2004)
Timestamps for Jared Padalecki's Appearances
Incase anyone else is watching this movie solely to see baby Sammy.
32:00-38:00
40:50-41:10
42:35-43:05
46:55
48:10-49:10
1:08:00-1:09:05
1:10:20
1:11:45-1:12:35
1:13:05-1:15:05
1:16:00-1:18:00
1:23:00 to end
Barbie Video Game Hero (2017)
A huge improvement
Barbie movies sure have gotten better since I was a child. This one is the best I've seen. The focus is not on the usual Barbie subjects - boyfriends, fashion, and shopping. There aren't even any boyfriend-girlfriend relationships in the movie, just friendships between girls and between girls and boys. The focus is actually on solving problems, helping others, and getting things done. There is the usual pinkification, but the attention to fashion and consumerism is kept to a minimum. The characters also look better - they are still too thin to be real, but the girls have smaller breasts and the boy looks pretty normal and isn't unrealistically muscled out. The two male characters are friends and helpers with personalities, not just pretty boyfriends.
There are also a number of positive messages throughout the movie. Barbie is confident, smart, and capable, and the other characters, both girls and boys, look to her to solve problems, decide what to do next, and fight bad guys. One of the concluding messages Barbie learns is, "We don't have to do what we're programmed to do. I can change the game. Now it's time to change the game to fit me." There is also a character who is afraid of heights, and I was sure that was going to be turned into a damsel distress moment, but instead she learns that it's okay to be afraid, but don't let fear control you - and saves herself.
I also appreciate the subject matter. With women being underrepresented in STEM fields, especially in the incredibly fast-growing field of computer technology, I think it's very positive that this movie portrays Barbie as a computer programmer. She is the sole designer and developer of the game which they are playing inside of for most of the movie. I also appreciate that this movie is presenting video games as being totally "for girls," which does something to counteract the general perception, especially among children, and the marketing, that video games are "for boys." This is important because nothing has been found that even comes close to video games in being effective at improving skills related to fluid IQ (working memory, object tracking, mental rotation, reaction times, puzzle-solving, visual-spatial reasoning, and quick and accurate decision-making). If it takes some pinkification to get the message to girls that video games are not just for boys, and are for them too, I'm okay with that.
The original designer of Barbie created Barbie because she noticed all dolls for girls were baby dolls, which restricted girls to playing the role of mother and nothing else. She wanted to create a doll that was an adult woman with many careers, so that girls could imagine all the amazing things they were capable of doing. I think Barbie is finally starting to live up to that vision, and be more than "Everyone's Favorite Fashion Icon."
Lorenzo (2004)
Dark and grotesque
Horrible. If I saw this as a child I would be terrified. Definitely should not be rated G, and no parents should be duped into thinking this is suitable for children because it's by Disney. Watching this as a child would be a traumatic experience.