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November 2007

November 30, 2007

A REAL Culture of Life Movie

Go see August Rush. It is lovely.The dialogue is a little lame at points, and...

November 30, 2007

Totally Enchanted

Go see it. Haven't laughed this hard at a movie in years. My sister and...

November 12, 2007

Dan Has Real Charm

I can't decide if Dan in Real Life is a chick film, or if the...

November 07, 2007

Into the Wild Doesn’t Go Far Enough

The tragic story Into the Wild now in theaters, is the kind of movie actors...

October 2007

October 31, 2007

Christians Investing in Culture

There has been a lot of talk around Hollywood this past week about the best...

October 31, 2007

Good for you, Jess!

I found this through a link at Pewsitter.Actress Jessica Alba has vowed that she would...

October 31, 2007

About that “High Per Screen Average”…

Sigh.On Monday, the Hollywood Buzz woman, Nikke Finke noted on her site, Also, Roadside Attractions'...

October 31, 2007

“Regressive Utopians” – The Other Church Which is in Hollywood

And because it's Halloween, I thought it would be appropriate to do a piece on...

October 27, 2007

A Bandwagon Proposal

If we must have a cinematic bandwagon, I propose that we have it for The...

October 24, 2007

Bell—eh…

So slight that a gentle breeze might tip it over, "Bella" is a film about...

October 24, 2007

A Friend’s Movie…

Some friends of mine on the East coast have made an indie and will be...

October 15, 2007

Heideggerian Thought for the Day

I'm working on my speech for Orlando, and came across these very clarifying thoughts from...

October 15, 2007

Just in time for Halloween…

EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeek! Dawn of the Knitted Dead! Excellent.

October 14, 2007

Back to Natural Law School for Michael Clayton

Movie theme: It is possible to be slimy and unprincipled in many little things, and...

October 14, 2007

I’m Writing a Speech….

...that I will be giving soon to a Christian women's group. The title is "Living...

October 12, 2007

Does Richard Dawkins Exist?

This is hysterical. Check it out. But not while you're eating!

October 11, 2007

Celebrating Flannery

A former English professor, Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco recently gave a wonderful presentation...

October 08, 2007

Dear Barbara Letters

Periodically, I like to share queries from my email bag, as well as my responses...

October 01, 2007

Heroes in Storytelling

I gave a talk this weekend to the San Diego Christian Writers Guild. The talk...

September 2007

September 27, 2007

The War Bogs Down

My comments here are going to seem too strident mostly because of Let Down Syndrome....

September 26, 2007

Jesse James Scores a Bulls Eye

This is a really great film. And the more you know about cinematic storytelling the...

August 2007

August 14, 2007

Renewing the Dialogue Between the Church and the Arts

Here was a basic outline for a talk I gave tonight in Cincinnati...---------------------In his Letter...

August 11, 2007

Here's a little blip from this week's Daily Variety. Amy Snow, the writer here, is...

August 03, 2007

Live Free Plays Well

I am off to a conference in Wichita today, but I wanted to register a...

August 02, 2007

Wicked Reprise

Thanks to Karen Hall's obsession, I got to see Wicked again tonight and I got...

July 2007

July 24, 2007

No Dawn in Rescue

I really wanted to like Rescue Dawn, a movie now in theaters. I loved the...

July 18, 2007

The Real Magic of Harry

Christopher Close-up producer Tony Rossi has compiled a thoughtful piece about the real source of...

July 18, 2007

Once More With Feeling…

Here is a copy of a letter I just sent to someone who sent me...

July 16, 2007

Wicked good!

Don't have time to do a full review here - but I wanted to add...

July 16, 2007

Phoenix Never Quite Rises

I have come to think of reviewing Harry Potter movies the way I ended up...