Melon Movie: Bigger, Stronger, Faster*

Hulk Hogan, Barry Bonds, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger−what do all these men have in common? American heroes, maybe. Steroid users, absolutely. Bigger, Stronger, Faster* isn’t just a movie about steroid use in athletics and pop culture, it’s an attempt to understand what drives Americans to excel and questions the very fiber of our morals.

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Melon Movie: King Corn

When Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis decide to journey to Iowa to grow an acre of corn and document their experience, they end up biting off a bit more than they can chew…sigh. Actually the movie produces far more than an acre of corn and bad puns.   

The film begins with Ian and Curt discovering that their hair is made up of mostly corn particles.  From there they show us (or rather they are shown) how corn is produced for the mass market − ammonia spray, pesticides and all baby.  Corn, according to interviewed farmers, is produced not for quality but quantity.  This means lower nutritional value for consumers.  As it turns out, golden corn is not even edible until it is processed. 

After Ian and Curt’s corn has…err…blossomed, the duo spends the second half of the film travelling America to find out what happens with their corn.  What they find out is most concerning.
  
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