"How much time do you spend watching TV? How does it affect you? Can television subtly alter what you believe or change the way you look at reality? Although we may see TV as a harmless source of entertainment, information, or even religious programming, we still need to consider the messages the medium is sending. Carl Jeffrey Wright explores these issues, comparing facts about television s influence with the Bible s words about the out ..."
"How far will a company go to protect its own interest? Jeffrey Wright knows. In an attempt to crush union support in the workplace, Wright's employer offered him monetary compensation and continued employment - if he would persuade his coworkers to vote out the union. With honesty and integrity, Wright took on his employer and filed criminal charges against them with the FBI indicting two top executives. This is one man's story about ri ..."
The 'Natural Leaders' and their World(1st Edition) Politics, Culture and Society in Belfast, c. 1801-1832 (Reappraisals in Irish History LUP) by Jonathan JeffreyWright Hardcover, 284 Pages, Published 2013 by Liverpool University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84631-848-1, ISBN: 1-84631-848-3
"This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the political, cultural and intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age of reform. Employing both biographical and thematic approaches, the book begins by examining the story of the Tennents, o ..."
"' A microhistory of crime and punishment in nineteenth-century Belfast, this study reconstructs Linn's story in detail and places him in his contexts, shedding light on the society he inhabited, the institutions tasked with managing him, ..."
Way of Stillness by JeffreyWright Paperback, 118 Pages, Published 2015 by River Lights Publishing Services ISBN-13: 978-0-9906740-2-3, ISBN: 0-9906740-2-9
"An investigation of spending a portion of one's day in complete stillness."
"Lady In The Water (DVD) (WS)M. Night Shyamalan writes and directs a haunting new thriller--Lady in the Water. From the creator of The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village comes this eerie tale of modest apartment building manager Cleveland Howard (Paul Giamatti--The Ant Bully, Sideways) and the mysterious, beautiful young woman named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard--The Village) whom he rescues. But when Cleveland and the tenants of his buildi ..."
"Based on the award winning play by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, this poignant and colorful drama tells the inspirational story of a courageous woman, Nanny, whose spirit and strength served as the foundation for a struggling community trying to survive during the segregation era. Starring an exceptional ensemble cast led by Jimmy Smits, Rosie Perez, and Macy Gray, this inspiring drama from HBO Films is a celebration of the good things in life ..."
"Not only is this an unprecedented examination of the roots of modern terrorism and the CIA's failure to acknowledge and neutralise the growing fundamentalist threat, it is an engrossing memoir of Baer's education and disillusionment as an ..."
"Bill Murray gives yet another simple, seemingly effortless, yet illuminating performance in Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers". Don Johnston (Murray, "Lost in Translation", "Rushmore") receives an anonymous letter telling him that he has a 19 year old son who's looking for him. Don only decides to investigate at the prompting of his neighbor Winston (the indispensable Jeffrey Wright, "Shaft", "Basquiat"), who not only tracks down the curre ..."
"Tony Kushners preisgekröntes Theaterstück Angels in America wurde zum wichtigsten Theaterereignis der neunziger Jahre und ist eine Mischung aus Philosophie, Politik und spannender schwuler Seifenoper, die die Regierungszeit von Ronald Reagan für eine ganze Generation von Theatergängern zusammenfasste. Man sollte meinen, dass es nach dem elften September zu spät für eine filmische Umsetzung wäre - denn Philosophie und Politik altern nich ..."
"TAKE A WALK ON THE SEAMY SIDE OF TOWN, WHERE YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BAD COPS AND THE CROOKS. BOB HOLT, A CORRUPT DETECTIVE KNEE-DEEP IN KICKBACKS, HAS AN UNEASY PARTNERSHIP WITH A DRUG-ADDICTED COP AND AN EVEN SHAKIER ALLIANCE WITH A NOTORIOUS MOB SYNDICATE."
"The Manchurian Candidate, a classic of paranoid cinema from the 1960s, gets a cunning update, rife with hot-topic references to corporate war profiteering and electronic voting machines. Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington, Training Day) has been haunted by nightmares ever since a firefight during the first Gulf War--a battle in which he believes he was saved by the heroism of Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber, Kate & Leopold). But Marco ..."
"The Manchurian Candidate, a classic of paranoid cinema from the 1960s, gets a cunning update, rife with hot-topic references to corporate war profiteering and electronic voting machines. Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington, Training Day) has been haunted by nightmares ever since a firefight during the first Gulf War--a battle in which he believes he was saved by the heroism of Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber, Kate & Leopold). But Marco ..."
"The Manchurian Candidate, a classic of paranoid cinema from the 1960s, gets a cunning update, rife with hot-topic references to corporate war profiteering and electronic voting machines. Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington, Training Day) has been haunted by nightmares ever since a firefight during the first Gulf War--a battle in which he believes he was saved by the heroism of Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber, Kate & Leopold). But Marco ..."
"In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African American's in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims ..."
"A MEMBER OF A RICH BRITISH ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY, LARA CROFT IS A TOMB RAIDER WHO ENJOYS COLLECTING ANCIENT ARTIFACTS FROM RUINS OF TEMPLES, CITIES, ETC. WORLDWIDE, AND DOESN'T MIND GOING THROUGH DEATH-DEFYING DANGERS TO GET THEM. SHE IS SKILLED IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, WEAPONS TRAINING, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES."
"Great period pictures make you feel as if you've stepped into another era, heard its language, breathed its spirit, and come away with a fresh perspective on that time as well as your own. Ride with the Devil is one of those special films--why wasn't it more widely embraced by reviewers and filmgoers? Did it rely too much on our patience for slow accumulation of unforced rhythms and meanings (as opposed to The Patriot, which "moved ..."