Sicko looks at the American health care system.  It’s a system that is dysfunctional at best.  We pay way too high premiums for our health insurance, and still have to pay deductibles and co-pays, and even after all that we’re often denied the services we desperately need.  The alternative?  A universal health care system like they have in England, France, Canada – and yes, Cuba!  Moore addresses all the “socialized medicine” fears that the government has instilled into us over the years, and takes us to these other countries to compare.  Wow.  It’s a very effective approach.

I think this movie will affect people in one of two ways.  It will either make them want to move to a foreign country – as many Americans have already done, and it’s very tempting to do!  Or it will make them want to stand up and fight for what should be a basic human right: affordable health care available to everyone in the U.S.

In California we have a proposal for a Universal Health Care Plan: Senate Bill 840.  Unfortunately, our governor has already vetoed it once – but we’re trying again with a grassroots effort.  For more information, go to the website: http://www.OneCareNow.org

Sweet and funny, the animation is colorful, the action is fast and fun.  A nice early summer escape, an entertaining night at the movies for fans of all ages.

Things go awry and poor Mark ends up getting set up for a political assasination.  But he’s more clever than these guys bargained for, and the cat and mouse chase is on.  The movie is pretty formulaic, one girl, an unlikely sidekick, and lots of action.  What do you expect when the movie is titled “Shooter?”  I like Mark Wahlberg as an actor, but this isn’t an award-winning performance.  His strength is that he’s kind of playing a guy much like himself, and that character has worked for him in the past, too.  I liked him in “Invinsible” much more.  And he was nominated for his supporting performance in “The Departed” when he really had to step up his game in scenes with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Sheen.

This has to be rank right up there with one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.  Not just this year, but ever.  The parts that are supposed to be funny, are just not funny at all.  The violence is over the top, in a bad way.  And the sex is pretty bad, too.  How this movie got an “R” rating and not an NC-17 is beyond me.

Clive is a reluctant hero, on a self-proclaimed mission to protect a baby.  Seeing this poor little baby in jeopardy makes my skin crawl.  How could anyone consider this entertainment?

The only reason I’m not giving it an F is because Clive Owen is still a hunk.

Don’t see it.

The story begins when Carrie gets engaged to Big (Chris Noth).  Fashion is the fifth star of the movie, designer labels abound.

You don’t need to have watched the TV show to pick up on what happens in the movie – it’s all explained in exposition.  It is rated R, for some pretty explicit sex scenes.

Friendship is the overall theme.  It helps to be a fan, as the movie runs 2 hours and 20 minutes.