Across the entire Marvel hyperfranchise, the Iron Man series is by far my favourite. The first film doesn't get enough credit for reinventing the superhero film into a fun, colourful spectacle in healthy contrast to the grim realism that The Dark Knight series inhabits. I think Favreau and Downey planted a seed with that film that blossomed into 'The Avengers.' Given that 'Iron Man' 1 mapped out a new formula for success in massive superhero filmmaking, I think it's even…

It's often tough when you're assessing a doc to separate the film from the subject, and this is a really good example of an amazing person captured in a fairly awful film. Truly, Laura Dekker is pretty awesome, so let's just get that out of the way. Unfortunately, she seems to have no interest whatsoever in the media attention brought by her actions, what other people think of her, or assisting in the making of this documentary beyond the most…

This film is a product (in the multiplicative sense) of a lyrical and majestic script by the great Tony Kushner, a magisterial cast perfectly suited to their respective roles, helmed by an effortlessly assured master film craftsman. Case in point: There's a scene in this film that involves nothing more than reading a list of names, pausing for each named person to vote either "yes" or "no." Of course, context is everything, but the vote's final result could hardly be…