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The 11th Hour: Leonardo DiCaprio - Dec. 7th 2007 |
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| True to its doom-laden title, DiCaprio's "The 11th Hour" presents the viewer with reams of depressing data, loads of hand-wringing about the woeful state of humanity and, finally, some altogether fascinating ideas about how to go about solving the climate crisis. Co-produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, this latest exercise in celebrity eco-activism lacks the personal touch that helped "An Inconvenient Truth" go green at the box office, but viewers will warm to its layered insights and polished presentation, given careful nurturing by Warner Independent and effective showcasing as an educational tool.
- Justin Chang (Variety) |
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Who killed the Electric Car?: Chris Paine - Feb. 9th 2007 |
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In 1990 General Motors rolled out an electric concept car. Later that year California mandated that automakers sell a percentage of emissions-free vehicles there. Hello, future? Six years later the concept caråme limitations, and within a couple of years the fleet had been "recycled." Ex-lessee Chris Paine's activist documentary might have been a shrill assault on the usual suspects. Instead he delivers a provocative exploration of competing interests - each articulately voiced - and of broad consumer indifference. Grade: A
- Clayton Collins (Christian Science Monitor) |
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An Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore - December 1st, 2006
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| Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced. With wit, smarts and hope, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ultimately brings home Gore's persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenges facing our global civilization. | ||||||||||||||
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| Kilowatt Ours: Jeff Barie. Showing November 17th, 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Kilowatt Ours Reveals the Consequences of Our Coal Powered Economy. The film opens with Vice President Dick Cheney's energy policy speech in which Cheney makes the claim that America needs nearly 1900 new power plants in the next 20 years to meet projected electricity demands. From here, filmmaker Jeff Barrie takes viewers on a journey from the coal mines of West Virginia to the solar panel fields of Florida, as he discovers solutions to America's energy related problems. | ||||||||||||||