Bigger, Stronger, Faster [Documentary]

It’s a film about body building, Hulk Hogan, steroids, Sylvester Stallone, and the male image in America. Yes, men have image problems too, Jean Kilbourne. The steroids part was what got me into the the theater, after experiencing the magic ((By magic, I mean...

The Blacklist [Documentary]

If you need an example of a talking head doc, this is it. For an HBO film ((I did learn that it wasn’t produced by HBO, only acquired prior to Sundance)), I was kind of let down, but later it made sense. The Blacklist is a series of interviews of some of the...

I Claim Life Hacking Documentary

That’s right. In keeping with my fascination of offices and productivity, my next doc is on life hacking. It’s been tough explaining life hacking in one sentence. I’ve been going with ‘an online community dedicated to finding shortcuts to save...

Full Battle Rattle [Documentary]

Out in the middle of the Mojave desert at Ft. Irwin, California, is a billion dollar mock Iraq village in an Army training center, filled with Iraqi roll players. Before units are deployed to Iraq, they come here for three weeks to simulate what they will encounter in...

Contests, Permits, Lego Vault, et al [Coffee Break]

Contests Cinema Prosprite – $35,000 in Prizes Awarded to Top Videos Profiling Entrepreneurs Riding on the waves of micro-loans, this short doc contest is for films profiling an entrepreneur (they don’t explicitly say, but it seems they want entrepreneurs...