ReThink Interview: Alex Gibney, director of CLIENT 9 (part 2)jsjkim2026-09-21 | ReThink Interview: Alex Gibney, director of CLIENT 9 (part 2)FRIENDS WITH KIDS — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2012-03-13 | Jonathan Kim (Huffington Post, ReThink Reviews) takes a look at 'Friends With Kids', a film about best friends Julie (Jennifer Westfeldt) and Jason (Adam Scott) who decide to have a baby while remaining single in order to avoid the terrible, passionless marriages that happened to their married friends after they had children. 'Friends With Kids' co-stars Kristin Wiig, Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Megan Fox, and Ed Burns.
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That's right, my second favorite 3D movie ever is a documentary. Read my review of PINA (which was nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar) here
I had a chance to talk with Wim Wenders about PINA, the power and potential of 3D, and how the big studios almost killed 3D with an avalanche of crappy movies. Enjoy!
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If you have Netflix, watch THE THIN BLUE LINE on Netflix Instant before we shoot the show on Monday and send us your questions via Facebook, Twitter and email. If you don't have Netflix, use TYT's promo code (http://www.netflix.com/tyt) to get a month of Netflix FREE and watch the movie.
get a FREE month of Netflix using TYT promo code http://www.netflix.com/tytMiranda July — ReThink Interviewjsjkim2011-07-26 | My interview with artist/writer/actor/director Miranda July as she and Jonathan Kim discuss her new film 'The Future', what it's like living in a household where both spouses are writer/directors releasing films (her husband is 'Beginners' director Mike Mills), and the fact that Miranda and Jonathan went to the same high school together in Oakland, CA.
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get a FREE month of Netflix using TYT promo code http://www.netflix.com/tytReThink Interview: Errol Morris, director of TABLOID (complete)jsjkim2011-07-18 | My interview with Errol Morris, arguably the world's greatest living documentary filmmaker, as he discusses his new film, TABLOID, which follows the strange story of Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen who became the target of British tabloids when she was accused of kidnapping and raping a Mormon man she was in love with.
Follow ReThink Reviews at http://twitter.com/ReThinkReviews and facebook.com/ReThinkReviewsReThink Interview: Errol Morris, director of TABLOID (part 2)jsjkim2011-07-14 | Many would agree that Errol Morris is one of the greatest living documentary directors, and arguably the best ever. His new film, TABLOID, tells the twisting tale of Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming who, in 1977 traveled to England to win back her boyfriend, a Mormon missionary. Whether she kidnapped him or hew went willingly is up for debate, but the salacious details of the "abduction" quickly became fodder for England's voracious tabloids.
In part 2 of my interview with Errol Morris, he talks about the media's role in the pursuit of truth and how absolute truths do exist.
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In part 1 of my interview with Errol Morris, he talks about whether Joyce has really convinced herself that her story is true or whether she's simply a good actress, as well as the role of the law in the pursuit of the truth.
Follow ReThink Reviews at http://twitter.com/ReThinkReviews and facebook.com/ReThinkReviewsIgnore this videojsjkim2011-07-11 | ...THE CHINA SYNDROME — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-07-11 | ...ReThink Interview: Chris Weitz, director of A BETTER LIFEjsjkim2011-07-01 | My ReThink Interview with Chris Weitz, director of the new film A BETTER LIFE.
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Follow ReThink Reviews at http://twitter.com/ReThinkReviews and facebook.com/ReThinkReviewsTHE ART OF GETTING BY — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-06-23 | My review of THE ART OF GETTING BY, which stars Freddie Highmore as a solitary teenager who believes that the inevitability of death makes life (and doing homework) meaningless, which might lead to him having to repeat his senior year at a private New York high school. But it's funny how a cute girl can change your outlook on life, which is what happens when George meets an alluring fellow student named Sally, played by Emma Roberts, who makes George think that maybe there are some things worth living for.
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Follow ReThink Reviews at http://twitter.com/ReThinkReviews and facebook.com/ReThinkReviewsIn Defense of SUCKER PUNCH — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-04-01 | While SUCKER PUNCH isn't a great movie, I'm genuinely baffled by the over-the-top negative reaction the film is receiving from critics. Here's my response to those attacking the film, particularly those who claim it's sexist/misogynistic.
For more ReThink Reviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.netReThink Interview: Julian Schnabel, director of MIRALjsjkim2011-03-23 | My ReThink Interview with Julian Schnabel, director of the new film MIRAL, which stars Frieda Pinto (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE). Based on the book by Rula Jebreal, the film follows a teenage girl named Miral as she grows up in East Jerusalem under Israeli occupation during the early 90s. The Intifada, which means "to stand up straight", has begun, and Miral must decide between violent resistance against Israel, or the peaceful route of education advocated by Hind Husseini, played by Hiam Abbass (THE VISITOR), the matriarch who founded the safe-haven orphanage where Miral was raised.
Schnabel is also the Oscar-nominated director of THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, BASQUIAT and BEFORE NIGHT FALLS.
For more ReThink Reviews and Interviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.netLIMITLESS — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-03-22 | My review of the surprisingly good film LIMITLESS, where Bradley Cooper plays a failed writer who is given a drug that allows him to utilize 100% of his brain, turning him into the best possible version of himself.
For more ReThink Reviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.netMARS NEEDS MOMS — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-03-16 | My review of MARS NEEDS MOMS for WTF and my thoughts on why producer Robert Zemeckis' experiments with performance capture have been such failures.
For more, visit http://rethinkreviews.netTHE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-03-09 | My review of THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt) for What the Flick?!
For more of my reviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.net and/or my YouTube channel.VANISHING ON 7TH STREET — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-03-02 | My review of the new thriller VANISHING ON 7TH STREET, where a mysterious living darkness descends on the city of Detroit, causing people to disappear right out of their clothes. Only a group of four people remain, hunkering down in a bar with a gas generator that keeps the lights on.
Starring Hayden Christensen, John Leguizamo, Thandie Newton and Jacob Latimore. The film is in limited release and is available on VOD.
For more ReThink Reviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.netGLORY — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-02-12 | In honor of Black History Month, I thought I'd revisit GLORY, the excellent 1989 film directed by Edward Zwick that tells the true story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry regiment, one of the first black units to fight in the Civil War. It's not only a great piece of black history, but American history.
For more ReThink Reviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.netPLASTIC PLANET — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-02-04 | ...ON THE BOWERY — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-01-21 | My review of ON THE BOWERY, an award-winning pseudo-documentary from 1956 that uses documentary footage andINSIDE JOB — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2011-01-07 | My ReThink Review of INSIDE JOB, considered the definitive documentary explaining the causes of the economic meltdown, as well as a frontrunner for the best documentary Oscar.
For more ReThink Reviews, go to http://rethinkreviews.netBHUTTO — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2010-12-17 | Jonathan Kim's review of BHUTTO, a documentary about the life and political career of Benazir Bhutto, who became the prime minister of Pakistan and the first woman to ever lead a Muslim state before being assassinated in 2007.
For more ReThink Reviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.netGASLAND — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2010-12-10 | Jonathan Kim reviews GASLAND, the award-winning documentary about the natural gas industry, the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and the harmful effects natural gas extraction and processing has on humans and the environment.
For more ReThink Reviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.net/.TANGLED — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2010-12-03 | My ReThink Review of the Disney film TANGLED, a smart, funny, enormously entertaining take on the Rapunzel fairy tale.
For more ReThink Reviews, visit http://rethinkreviews.netWASTE LAND — ReThink Reviewjsjkim2010-11-12 | My ReThink Review of WASTE LAND, the excellent documentary by Lucy Walker about Vik Muniz, a brazillian artist, who traveled to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest dump, to create portraits depicting the men and women who salvage recyclables for a living. The portraits would be entirely made of discarded materials gathered and arranged by the pickers themselves, with the hope that art could change their lives.