Articles by Daniel Pratt

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Tom Donahue

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2013

Most cinephiles likely wouldn't know the answer to the question, "Who is Marion Dougherty?" Dougherty was a guiding influence in making the...

The Act of Killing

Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn & Anonymous

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2013

Most documentaries about genocide are told from the perspective of the victims, rather than the perpetrators, creating pathos via identific...

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone [Blu-Ray]

Don Scardino

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2013

Veteran TV director Don Scardino had the recipe for a potential comedy classic with The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. It features a cast of...

20 Feet from Stardom

Morgan Neville

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2013

Morgan Neville's 20 Feet from Stardom uncovers a group of musical performers that normally don't feel the heat of the spotlight: backup sin...

The Secret Disco Revolution

Jamie Kastner

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2013

Disco, the genre of music most regretted, brings to mind images of big hair, polyester fashions, glitter, unflattering bulges and Saturday...

How To Make Money Selling Drugs

Matthew Cooke

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2013

Looking back at the anti-drug campaigns of the '80s, I chuckle as I recall teen heartthrobs interrupting cartoons with a stern message, com...

Hellbound?

Kevin Miller

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2013

The number of docs that continue to be made about the on-going Israeli/Palestinian plight, coupled with films that examine America's milita...

Beetlejuice: The Complete Series

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2013

Tim Burton's 1988 ghost comedy, Beetlejuice, raked in over $70 million at the box office, so it came as no surprise that the following year...