Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Written and directed by Michael Moore.

Michael Moore makes a case that George W. Bush and his cronies used the terrorist attacks on USAnia of September 11, 2001 to push unjust and illegal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that right-wing warmongers had long wanted.

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Reviewed by JN
Posted July 3, 2004

Michael Moore’s latest movie Fahrenheit 9/11 debuted earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or. It became, in its first weekend of release, the highest-grossing feature-length documentary of all time, despite efforts by parent company Disney to suppress the movie.

I recommend that everyone, regardless of political leanings, see this movie. It is by turns funny, touching, informative, sarcastic, infuriating, sickening, and crazy-making, and sometimes many of those at the same time. Even if you disagree with its politics, you’ve got to admire the artistry of its construction. Any movie that can provoke this much outrage and debate is worth seeing.

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I Ain’t High Enough Yet (2025)

Written and directed by Terrell Matheny. With Avelina Alvarez, Albert Cannon, and Dantee Major. USAnia, comedy, 2025, 1:08:56, colour.

Two stoners, Jesse and Malibu, move to Colorado to fulfill their dreams of running their own Weed dispensary. But their new venture is threatened by the town’s Queen Pin and her gang.

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Reviewed by TLB
Posted June 12, 2025

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Riceboy Sleeps (2022)

Written and directed by Anthony Shim; with Dohyun Noel Hwang, Ethan Hwang, and Choi Seung-yoon.

Set (mostly) in 1990s Vancouver, a Korean single mother raises her young son, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind.

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Reviewed by CS
Posted May 21, 2026

Riceboy Sleeps explores Korean-Canadian identity through the bond between mother and son. The movie examines bullying, parenthood, and the unseen sacrifices that shape the immigrant experience. Anchored by beautifully-textured 16 mm cinematography and kitchen-sink dialogue delivered in unhurried takes, Riceboy Sleeps derives its emotional weight from the immersive on-screen world it creates.

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Why Saturday Night Live isn’t funny

By DTL
Posted May 21, 2004

Most people go through identifiable stages in developing their sense of humour. The Saturday Night Live stage seems often to coincide with being allowed to stay up late, and with discovering the joys of a well-rolled joint.

The “good old days when it was funny” refers to one of two periods: A) the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players, or B) whenever you started watching the show until the cast changed and you stopped.

The sad truth is this: SNL was never a funny show. Oh, there were certainly funny parts, but overall the sketches were under-written and under-rehearsed, bits went on too long, and the talent creating the show always had a better time than the audience watching it. Why is that?

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Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Written by Michael Chabon, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Alvin Sargent; directed by Sam Raimi. With Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, and Alfred Molina.

In the sequel to Spider-Man (2002), Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant but unstable scientist named Otto Octavius.

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Reviewed by DTL
Posted July 7, 2004

The second Spider-Man movie is not a good movie, but it is a fun movie.

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Warner Bros. cartoons, then and now

Reviewed by DTL
Posted August 25, 2004

From 1930 to 1969, Warner Bros. produced some of the best animated cartoons ever made — funny, outrageous, even genuinely touching at times. But today, every time Warner Bros. tries its corporate hand at animated cartoons, it demonstrates afresh that it doesn’t understand what it has.

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