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October 2009

October 06, 2009

In Praise of a Lost Genre

The Western is often misunderstood and written off, but it needs to see a renaissance.

August 2009

August 28, 2009

Podcast #57: Welcome to District 9

Is District 9 the next sci-fi classic?

August 18, 2009

Singing the "I'm the Center of My Universe" Blues

Julie & Julia hijacks a great story for the sake of a mediocre one.

August 17, 2009

District 9: The Rare Artistic & Box Office Success

District 9 doesn't have anything going for it... except for the important things.

August 14, 2009

Podcast #56: Sotomayor, Splosion Man, and Into the Wild

Judicial stuff, splodin', and leaving society. All bad ideas.

August 12, 2009

How The Soloist Reminds Us Of a Duet

What can we learn from a story of a talented homeless man?

August 06, 2009

Into the Wild to Find the Need for Community

What Chris McCandless learned in four months, we can learn right now.

August 04, 2009

Supreme Dialogue: Sotomayor and the Place for National Discussion

Where should the Christian stand in the judicial debate?

July 2009

July 31, 2009

Podcast #55 – Part 1: Top 5, Top 5 and Top 5!

Lists are good.

July 29, 2009

Bruno: A Failed Attempt At Satire

Bruno: Satire FAIL. Christian response: FTW?

July 27, 2009

It's Lonely on the 'Moon'

Whatever happened to good science fiction? Oh, there it is.

July 20, 2009

The Dangers of Dumb Movies

Summer movies seem harmless. That's exactly what they want you to think.

July 17, 2009

Podcast #54: Revolutionary Road and Your Online Identity

What's so great about the suburbs and privacy?

July 16, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Already Nostalgic for Hogwarts

A flawed but fun film reminds us what we'll be missing.

July 09, 2009

'Son of Rambow' and the Ultimate Summer Fantasy

Carissa Smith encourages us to see a different kind of summer blockbuster.

July 08, 2009

Public Enemies: Why So Serious?

Guest Writer, Katharine Eastvold reviews Public Enemies.

July 07, 2009

Transformers 2: Not Great, but that's Not the Point

Transformers 2 is everything you feared it would be, but who really cares?

June 2009

June 23, 2009

Revolutionary Road and the Myth of the Suburban Trap

Frank and April are suffering, but they're doing it to themselves.

June 22, 2009

Year One: Very Silly, Sometimes Thoughtful

Year One may be unfunny and misguided, but it leaves you wondering about the existence...

June 17, 2009

RetroPost: Motion Picture Messages

Five ways movies can put forth a moral or spiritual message.

June 10, 2009

Going Beyond New Releases: Appreciating Culture as Tradition, Part 2

How technology changed us, and what we can do about it.

June 09, 2009

Beyond New Releases: Appreciating Culture as Tradition, Part 1

How consumer culture makes us slaves to the new.

June 05, 2009

Podcast #49: Terminator, Twitter, and Meaningless Fun

Ben and Rich discuss a bunch of stuff. Something here is bound to pique your...

June 03, 2009

Sticks and Stones, Redux: A Review of a Review of a Review

A reviewer responds to criticism.

June 01, 2009

Why "Up" is the New Down

How Pixar's new film destroyed cynicism and defied the naive.

May 2009

May 25, 2009

Terminator Salvation and Human Worth

It's not Shakespeare, but Terminator Salvation reminds us that the human race is something worth...

May 19, 2009

Star Trek Gets Real

You may groan at first mention, but Star Trek's plot device resonates with us because...

May 18, 2009

Angels & Demons: Anti-Christian? Not really. Antimatter? Oh, yes.

I went to see Angels and Demons expecting a laugh - all I got instead...

May 15, 2009

Podcast #46: Ben and Rich are the Kids of Summer

We grab the summer by the horns.

May 12, 2009

Star Trek: Spock's New Cultural Relevance

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek doesn't merely give the franchise new life; it gives us a...

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