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Category Archives: Film
Part the only of my review of ‘Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’
Is this Battle of the 5 Armies or World of Warcraft?
I‘m trying to count the armies. How do they add up to 5? No bother. When a team of elves arrives with a salad bar on wheels, it’s a trap. As always, I’ll tell you when the spoilers come. Continue reading
“O There You Are Peter!” What Robin Williams Taught Me About Funny Serious People
I got a little teary-eyed today when I remembered that part in Hook where the little lost boy plays with Peter Pan’s face, takes that grownup frown and tries to force it back into a smile. He sees the happy smiling boy he once knew.
It’s one of the most touching children’s movie moments I’ve ever witnessed. It still gets me.
How to Write an Episode of 24 in 24 Seconds
I understand 24 ended again the other day. Wanna find out how they write their episodes?
You can do it in 24 seconds.
More People Are Reading of Noah in the Bible After the Film’s Release
More People Are Reading of Noah in the Bible After the Film’s Release
More People Are Reading of Noah in the Bible After the Film’s Release
Say what you want about the faithfulness of the Noah film to the text. The film is getting more people to read the text itself.
A Review of Noah
Part the only of my review of _Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug_
“Benedict Cumberbatch sounds like a jaguar purring into a cello.” –anonymous
Smaug. Smaug. Smaug.
That’s what we’ve been anticipating. In short, he desolated. And so did Peter Jackson. In a few ways. Not all of them good.
Badly Broken: Walter White and the Corrosive Effects of Sin
Badly Broken: Walter White and the Corrosive Effects of Sin
Badly Broken: Walter White and the Corrosive Effects of Sin
by Chris McCirney and Daniel Lee
A great article about a televised story of how sin starts small and eats away at us. Also, spoilers alert.
“With each calcified deposit, what starts off as an instinct to provide for his family mutates into a monstrous obsession to preserve the empire that Walt has established with his own two hands. Walt has been so engulfed by the darkness that he is no longer fully human. And that’s because sin is a force that refuses to let up; like gravity, it relentlessly pulls us inward into itself. As Walt himself says, ‘If you believe that there’s a hell . . . we’re already pretty much going there. But I’m not gonna lie down until I get there” (from episode 5.07, “Say My Name”).'”
Why We Like Duck Dynasty, and Why We Need More TV Like It
It’s a family reality show that should not have happened, according to probability. It would be hard sell, you see: A show about a duck call warehouse—no. A show about a family that wears camo and beards all the time—no. A show about a family that celebrates their faith and eats good food—no. Producers might give such a family a 20-minute spot on some show about America’s unique families. They look like Tolkien characters given rifles and Southern accents. And yet someone saw the potential in giving the Robertson clan their own show.
Why Liam Neeson Should Make a “Taken 3”
It’s not because the acting, dialogue, or script were astounding. Because none of them were.
It’s not because the film fills a gap in our need for vigilantes to do what we feel we can’t to make a difference in the world. Because if films like that make us feel better, they can also make us feel complacent, and maybe a little blood thirsty. These movies do end up being a little “torture porn the family can enjoy” in some scenes.
It’s not because if there’s a sequel there also has to be a trilogy.
There’s only one reason there needs to be a Taken 3, and the reason is because it should go like this:
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