Capitalism: A Love Story

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY DVD Review

by Scott Wampler    Posted: March 10th, 2010 at 6:11 am

Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story could not be more timely.  With the country facing the worst recession it has seen in many people’s lifetimes, a general sense of negativity towards banks and Wall Street, and the highest unemployment rates many have ever seen, Capitalism should be exactly the sort of thing that we’d like to see Moore doing nowadays.  So, why was this critic so underwhelmed by the film?  Find out after the jump, my precious snowflakes.

Matt’s Worst 5 Films of 2009

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 28th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

I’m not a negative person, but it’s come to my attention that what I intend as mockery is interpreted as bitter disdain.  I just think a lot of things are funny and this is a job you can’t take too seriously.  Sure, there are events that pissed me off this year like Roger Friedman happily bootlegging X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but I understand I’m not writing about the atrocities in Darfur or the meltdown of the U.S. economy.  I write about movies and I’m very happy to do so.

Of the five films I think were the “worst” of 2005, all of them were screened for critics.  If a film was deemed too terrible to give the public a heads-up, then I think that speaks for itself (although G.I. Joe proved an exception as the majority of my friends told me it was surprisingly enjoyable).  However, I respect all filmmakers who put themselves out there and even the worst film deserves my admiration because filmmaking is a grueling process which takes months; in comparison, it takes me about an hour or so to criticize it.

Finally, two of these films I just think are silly and while terrible, they’re mostly harmless.  The other three, well, I have a bit more to say about them.  Hit the jump for the countdown.

15 Documentaries on Oscar Short-List; ANVIL!, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, and CAPITALISM Not Among Them

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 18th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today released their list of the 15 films in contention for this year’s Best Documentary Feature Award.  Of these fifteen films, only five will be nominated for the award.  While there are some deserved, if unsurprising, inclusions such as Food Inc. and The Cove, what’s more interesting are the films that didn’t make the cut.  I am bummed that Anvil! The Story of Anvil didn’t make it in but I think those guys have finally achieved the fame that always eluded them and while an Academy nod would’ve been nice, this movie got out there and did its thing.  I’m more upset about the We Live in Public, which won the Grand Jury Prize award in the U.S. documentary category at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  I get to see these smaller, independent films around this time of year because of screeners sent to critics and now I have no idea get to see this.

But I am over the fucking moon about the snub of Capitalism: A Love Story.  The documentary branch screening committee saw right through Michael Moore’s “timely” documentary (timely if you haven’t turned on the news since September 2008) for the poorly manipulative, lazily research, condescending piece of crap that it was.  Now I don’t have to worry about that garbage taking up a slot that I hope goes to Every Little Step which is one of the best films I’ve seen this year.  Hit the jump to see all 15 documentaries on the short list.

Weekend Box Office – ZOMBIELAND Reaps a $25 Million Opening

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: October 4th, 2009 at 11:00 am

“Zombieland” is already a financial hit for Sony.  After opening up a big lead on Friday, Ruben Fleischer’s $24 million directorial debut continued to dominate a crowded weekend session, closing Sunday with an estimated $25 million from 3,036 engagements.  And because, lately, the box office has room for only one hit per weekend, new releases like Drew Barrymore’s “Whip It” suffered by comparison.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Zombieland	$25,000,000	$25,000,000
2	Cloudy w/a Chance	$16,700,000	$82,392,000
3	Toy Story 1 & 2	$12,500,000	$12,500,000
4	The Invention of Lying	$7,350,000	$7,350,000
5	Surrogates	$7,344,000	$26,387,000
6	Whip It	$4,850,000	$4,850,000
7	Capitalism: A Love Story	$4,850,000	$5,252,000
8	Fame	$4,754,000	$16,634,000
9	The Informant!	$3,800,000	$26,580,000
10	Love Happens	$2,777,000	$18,910,000

Weekend Box Office – It’s Still CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS for Moviegoers

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: September 27th, 2009 at 11:18 am

Despite mounting an early and aggressive advertising campaign for their high-concept sci-fi thriller “Surrogates”, Disney could not catch up to Sony’s holdover hit “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” in time to claim the number one spot on the charts.  After opening up a small lead on Friday, the 3D animated toon finished with another $24 million on its second weekend, making it easily the most-successful release of the month at $60 million in total.  September had more bad news for its new releases as both MGM’s reboot of “Fame” and Overture’s sci-fi horror flick “Pandorum” struggled to find their footing.  Ha! Get it?  The dancers of “Fame” couldn’t find their footing!  More witty bon mots after the jump.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Cloudy w/a Chance…	$24,600,000	$60,036,000
2	Surrogates	$15,000,000	$15,000,000
3	Fame	$10,000,000	$10,000,000
4	The Informant!	$6,915,000	$20,992,000
5	I Can Do Bad…	$4,750,000	$44,543,000
6	Pandorum	$4,408,000	$4,408,000
7	Love Happens	$4,327,000	$14,728,000
8	Jennifer’s Body	$3,500,000	$12,306,000
9	9	$2,832,000	$27,101,000
10	Inglourious Basterds	$2,732,000	$114,460,000

5 Movie Clips from Michael Moore’s CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: September 22nd, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Opening on October 2^nd is the new Michael Moore film “Capitalism: A Love Story”. The film recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival to great reviews and it’s currently at 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Not a bad number. Anyway, we’ve been given 5 clips from the film and you can watch them after the jump. I’ve also posted the full synopsis and here’s Monika’s review from TIFF.

New Poster for Michael Moore’s CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY

by Charles Mihelich    Posted: August 27th, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” seeks to bring the Wall Street executives who screwed the pooch to justice by asking them rhetorical questions and making them look like buffoons.  Moore is also going after the government (a first for Moore, who usually stays far away from politics), who he feels was complicit in setting the country up for disaster.  As we’ve seen from the trailer, Moore attempts to get the bailout money back (literally by asking for it in big, cartoonish dollar sign bags) to show his anger and disgust at everything that’s wrong with the American financial system.  Well the bags are back, this time showing up in the poster for the film, which you can find after the jump.

Trailer for Michael Moore’s CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY

by Charles Mihelich    Posted: August 20th, 2009 at 4:29 pm

You’ve seen this movie before. You saw it (or maybe you didn’t) when it was called “Roger and Me”, “Bowling for Columbine”,  “Fahrenheit 9/11″ and “Sicko”.  It’s the kind of film designed to rouse an already-infuriated choir and ignored by those who never planned on attending the recital.  This time it’s  “Capitalism: A Love Story”, and Moore has now set his sights on the worldwide financial crisis, the government bailout, and the Wall Street jagoffs who precipitated the breakdown of the American financial sector.  Yes, Moore’s heart is in the right place but his mouth with his endless sarcasm and maudlin profiles of real Americans, you can bet the film will once again draw more attention to Moore himself than the financial and legislative clusterfuck he hopes to expose.  More info and the trailer after the jump.

Is Michael Moore Done with Documentaries?

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: August 3rd, 2009 at 12:07 am

In an interview with the Detroit News Michael Moore, America’s favorite documentarian, hinted that he might be ready to get out of the controversy business.  While speaking about his upcoming October release, “Capitalism: A Love Story”, the director happened to mention that “maybe this will be my last documentary, or maybe for a while.”  What would Michael Moore do if he wasn’t making Congressmen look stupid or ambushing gun nuts?  Hit the jump to find out.

And the Title for Michael Moore’s New Documentary Is…

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 8th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

Michael Moore is an expert showman despite his predictable appearance, methods, and positions.  He knows how to drum up interest in his films which will be controversial no matter what because conservatives love attacking him (although, as “Sicko” proved, they’re learning not to take the bait; however, that’s when they were still a party of relevance and not complete and total disarray).

With his new film, he’s got his teaser and he even had folks with buckets come to a few theatres to collect donations for beleaguered CEOs.  You know, because we bailed them out even though they’re super-wealthy.  Hahahaha, cry.

Now we finally know the name of his new movie and it is: Capitalism: A Love Story.

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