If you liked the humor of 2004's "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle," you will enjoy the sequel "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay." Directors-screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have Harold Lee and Kumar Patel charged with terrorism on a flight to Amsterdam. [..]

"Religion is detrimental to the progress of humanity." Or so opines Bill Maher at the beginning of "Religulous," a documentary film which he produced, wrote, and starred in. Maher "takes on" Christianity, Judaism, and Islam with equal enthusiasm. He visits the [..]

"The World Without US" is an interesting documentary film exploring what might happen if the United States were to leave its role of international peacekeeper and become a totally isolationist nation as it was one hundred years ago. Producers-directors Mitch Anderson and Jason [..]

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself and even parodies his own career in "JCVD." The main character is a down-and-out action star whose financial woes, child custody battles, and career difficulties are all plaguing him when he is caught in the middle of a post office robbery in [..]

The HBO mini-series "John Adams" is undoubtedly television at its best. The political and personal life of the nation's second president, John Adams, is chronicled in this movie from executive producer Tom Hanks and director Tom Hooper ("Elizabeth I" 2005 HBO series). The marvelous teleplay written [..]

"The Mystery of Natalie Wood" is a made-for-television biopic about the life and career of Natalie Wood from her childhood in the movies in the 1940's to her death in 1981. Director Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show" 1971) made the film in a semi-documentary fashion, with [..]

"The Day the Earth Stood Still" is a bad remake of the 1951 science fiction movie classic of the same name. The story still has an alien coming to warn the earth of problems, then about nuclear war and now director Scott Derrickson and screenwriter David Scarpa [..]

"Code of a Killer" is a British drama miniseries about Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its initial use by policeman David Baker in catching a double murderer. Director James Strong and creator-teleplay writer Michael Crompton put together an interesting look at this historic change in [..]

"The Interview" was a black comedy action picture about a journalist who manages to obtain an interview with the North Korean president, and is then given the task by CIA operatives to assassinate him. The subsequent threats in real life against producers-directors Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg [..]

Much scarier than horror films or slasher movies is "I.O.U.S.A.," a documentary about the size and impact of the national debt of the United States of America. The show is hosted by Robert Bixby (Concord Coalition) and David Walker (U. S. Comptroller General, 1998-2008) as they were [..]