Experimentor

Stanley Milgram and his famous experiment illuminating the darkness of our nature that no one wants to know.  Denied tenure, Milgram struggled to continue his fantastic science under the tyranny of academic political correctness.  Great chronicle, 4/5 stars.  Catch it on second run but don't miss it.

FOSDEM-2016

FOSDEM-16  is over and the talks / videos are starting to appear.

Matt Bostock has posted his notes:

Day 1
Day 2  (mostly Go language stuff)

Le Petit Prince

Every school child all over the world is still forced to read this surreal, poorly-written French slop. Therefore we still get one or two film versions every few years.  In 2015, we got two, including this big Hollywood version.  It's still a bizarre, terribly stupid story.  This film is well-made, with fantastic cinematography, great English voice acting, and a big heart in the hacked-up meta-story.  But the core Prince story remains dumb, shallow trite.  2/5 stars, meh.

Spectre

I should re-name this blog "runing in heels."  (photo above)

I enjoy most of the Jane Blond reboots and re-makes. This one is not puke awful bad, despite the usual bond film stupid stuff.  There are better films out.  Catch this one on netflix next year, 3/5 stars.

Everest

The 20th century cinematic version of Krakauer's book, "Into Thin Air," is much better.  This one is watchable but factually incorrect.  3/5 stars

Bridge of Spies

Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, 5/5 stars.  Don't miss it.

Stanford Prison Experiment

Not as terrible as I expected.  The science still comes out. 3/5 stars

BBC Life

The high-definition film is awesome.  4/5 stars

Burnt

All the recent food movies showcase the director's love of great food; and despite the melodramatic, bad plots, good actors carry these films to watchability.  See this star-studded foodie film while you are hungry 3/5 stars.

Assassin

Really boring film, 1/5 stars.  Miss it.