3.) The Big Short [1/9/16]

This film should be required viewing for anyone arguing to deregulate investment banking or looking to buy a house. The Big Short and 99 Homes (one of my favorites from last year) are ready-designed to piss-off the middle class, which it likely needs. In both, it shows that two things are needed to cause a crisis: large, impossibly big, greedy power structures and an uninformed and greedy base. More than just a propaganda piece for Democratic Socialism, the movie had some amazing performances from the lead cast, including a brooding Steve Carell. I also liked the used of quick-cutting visual metaphor montages and celebrity cameos to explain complex economic issues. All in all, everyone should see this movie.