Review: 'Countdown' offers chilling nuke update
Since "An Inconvenient Truth" came out in 2006, Participant Media has become a brand name for creating documentaries expertly machined to educate, terrify and galvanize. And the formula works again in "Countdown to Zero," Lucy Walker's alternately edifying and alarming film about nuclear proliferation.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Interview: Lawrence Bender and Lucy Walker on Countdown to Zero and Nuclear Weapons
When the relatively big-budget documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Food, Inc. (see my review here) were released, they were able to capitalize on the fact...
Review: No nukes are good nukes in 'Countdown to Zero'
Easily the scariest movie of the year, "Countdown to Zero" is sort of "An Inconvenient Truth about Nuclear Bombs." This activist documentary reminds us that nuclear weapons are really, really scary and we should get rid of all of them.
Maroon 5's Adam Levine Takes A Stand Against Nukes In 'Take Part' PSA
Levine's PSA promotes 'Countdown to Zero' anti-nuclear documentary from the producers of 'An Inconvenient Truth.'
Pledge to see Waiting for 'Superman' this fall; five children in need get free books
A lot of movie marketing gimmicks make my skin crawl. This promotion for the Davis Guggenheim's upcoming documentary Waiting for 'Superman' replaces that discomfort with feel-good goosebumps. Guggenheim is the Academy Award winning director of the eco-doc An Inconvenient Truth that urged everyone to take better care of our environment. Waiting for 'Superman' tackles an even more frustrating ...
Review: Documentary 'Countdown to Zero'
Countdown to Zero RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Documentary. Directed by Lucy Walker. (PG. 89 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Countdown to Zero" was produced by Lawrence Bender, best known for the global-warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" - one of the... Inconvenient Truth - Lawrence Bender - Lucy Walker - Documentary film - Global warming
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When it comes to eco-disasters, Hollywood loves them big and apocalyptic
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Valerie Plame: The Power of Zero
The smoke was still drifting off the World Trade Center when the CIA discovered that Osama bin Laden had secretly met just a few days before the attack with a top Pakistani nuclear scientist, seeking help in building a nuclear bomb. Immediately, nuclear terrorism jumped to the top of the list of urgent threats to the civilized world. My clandestine work as a CIA operations officer became laser ...
Jonathan Granoff: Countdown to Zero: A Compelling Film With a Critical Message
The film's core message is compelling, effectively presented and unambiguous: the only way to address the nuclear threat of nuclear weapons is through their elimination.