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August 2015

August 31, 2015

Genie Jesus and the War Room Problem

No matter what I say, somebody is going to be mad because people take their...

August 18, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: The Jungle Book

Walt died making this film and fortunately the movie was almost worthy of the man....

August 17, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: The Sword in the Stone

Walt was dying the year I was born, but nobody knew it yet, not even...

August 16, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Mary Poppins

Walt Disney did not die immediately after making Mary Poppins, but he had made the...

August 15, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: 101 Dalmations

The early 1960's were a hopeful time . . . the last moment when World...

August 14, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Sleeping Beauty

No film is more beautiful than Sleeping Beauty. There are different approaches to beauty, but...

August 13, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp is an ideal date movie: a bit scruffy, adventurous, romantic, and...

August 12, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Peter Pan

I can fly, just like Wendy, I can fly. Or so I told my children...

August 11, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Alice in Wonderland

What if you could go on a drug trip with no harm? What if imagination...

August 10, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Cinderella

She is irresistible and if you have not seen the film recently: strong and virtuous....

August 09, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad

This movie haunted my dreams as a child. There may be a more frightening scene to...

August 08, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Melody Time

Melody Time shows Walt at the bottom of the animation barrel. He had turned his...

August 07, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Fun and Fancy Free

"If you have seen one old Disney package movie," complained a member of my house,...

August 06, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Make Mine Music

World War II changed everything, but what if you just missed the War? What if...

August 05, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Three Caballeros

Three Caballeros is an experimental movie, a licit drug trip disguised as an animated movie. Walt did not...

August 04, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Saludos Amigos

Walt had a bad War, not of course as bad as Cousin Paul (D-Day, Bulge,...

August 03, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Bambi

Is Bambi a girl? This is the question that will separate those who have not...

August 01, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Fantasia

Hope was frustrated: "Music is music." She looked at me and realized that her new...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Pinocchio

There was once a little boy in West Virginia who received a puppet. He played...

July 30, 2015

What Walt Taught Me: Snow White

Disney insists that the first of its full length animated features is "still the fairest...

July 08, 2015

You Still Cannot Be Moral Without God

This post is part of a feature from Patheos called Head to Head. This week,...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

Thought Bubbles and Ideas: More Philosophy from Inside Out

Pixar is the most consistent film company in the United States. The company has mostly made...

June 22, 2015

Emulate Pixar: The Way Forward for Christian Movies

I know fine, young, Christian filmmakers and film mavens: HBU's Josh Sikora . . ....

May 2015

May 06, 2015

Grace Lee: She Taught Me To See

Grace Lee Whitney, actor and Star Trek star, is dead. She was eighty-five . ....

February 2015

February 01, 2015

Appreciating Commercials: With a Shout Out to Kim Gaynor

I can hear it coming. There is a branch of religion and irreligion that worries...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

Serious Lessons from an Unserious Event: Super Bowl Truths

The Super Bowl is the least serious event Americans take seriously. And, yet, why should...

January 27, 2015

The Problem with Bill Belichick

Bill Belichick is bad for sports. His badness is not helped if he is not...

January 23, 2015

Rowling’s Error

She did it, she made it great, but it was a mistake and that mistake...

January 22, 2015

Aaron Rodger’s Right. . . and Wrong: How God Cares about the Packer Loss

My Super Bowl party was set. Fourth quarter and my Packers (hey, I am an...

May 2014

May 07, 2014

Good-bye “Psych,” Good Luck Castle

Family favorite Psych has no new episodes having lasted about two years past its expiration date. The...