Equal parts journalistic exposé and targeted anthropological dissection, the slick anthology production “Freakonomics” makes heavy ideas go down easy. That’s the point, of course: Based on Steven ...

A motley jumble of mini-documentaries that doesn't add up to a full cinematic meal, "Freakonomics" offers morsels worth pondering but looks most of all like an attempt to spin the surprisingly popular ...

Baby names, sumo wrestlers, crack prices and high school grades all collide in "Freakonomics," with mixed results. Several acclaimed, award-winning documentarians take on various sections of the New ...