Kam Williams

Bidder 70 Film: Eco-documentary chronicles trials and tribulations of environmental activist

Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:59 Kam Williams

The Bush administration's announcement in 2008 of its intention to auction-off the mining rights to many square miles of virgin land located in national forests ignited waves of protests by environmental activists. But when picketing, petitioning and the lobbying of politicians failed, the government proceeded with its plan to grant oil and gas mega-corporations access to the pristine parcels.

The Big Wedding: A-list cast can't save atrocious adaptation of French farce

Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:24 Kam Williams

This picture is such a wholesale disaster that it's hard to decide where to start in critiquing it. I could talk about how it is just the latest case of Hollywood remaking a French farce (Mon Frère se Marie) which somehow lost all of its charm in the translation into English. Or I could point out how it's a slight variation of "Meet the Parents" and even has Robert De Niro reprising his role as a macho father-in-law less inclined to reason than to threaten to bust a kneecap or tweeze a guy's gonads off.

Blue-collar beau meets bourgie fiancee's family in fish-out-of-water comedy

Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:09 Kam Williams

After dating for over a year, Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) is head-over-heels in love with his girlfriend, Grace (Kerry Washington). He's ready to pop the question, and has even purchased a ring, but there's a slight problem: he still hasn't met her parents yet.

240 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap

Tuesday, 14 May 2013 12:52 Kam Williams

by M. Donnell Tenner, M.Ed.
Foreword by Dr. Stephen D. West, Ed.D.
Gold Boot Publishing
Paperback, $17.95
172 pages
ISBN: 978-1-482713217

Downey back as bon vivant billionaire/smart aleck superhero

Tuesday, 07 May 2013 11:31 Kam Williams

This film represents the seventh installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series kickstarted by "Iron Man 1" in 2008, and since followed in succession by "The Incredible Hulk," "Iron Man 2," "Thor," "Captain America" and "The Avengers."

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