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February 2009

February 23, 2009

Farewell to New Yorker Films

Man oh man, do I have a case of the Monday morning blues. More bad...

February 22, 2009

I’d like to thank the Academy. For inspiring me to watch something else.

Tonight, every seat in my living room was full of movie fans. We had good...

February 22, 2009

Buddy Miller’s Emergency Surgery

Thanks to Josh Hurst for the news. It sounds like we should all say a...

February 22, 2009

Your Oscar Speech

Tonight, the millions who tune in to the Oscars will hear dozens of short speeches....

February 20, 2009

Your First Impressions of U2’s New Album

While I'm waiting until March 3 so I can have my little U2 album-unwrapping ritual,...

February 20, 2009

Oscar predictions… With a Twist

Here are a few of my Oscar predictions, just for the fun of it. Note:...

February 19, 2009

UPDATE: Christianity Today Critiques Movieguide’s “Hollywood Stimulus Plan”

In a display of uncharacteristically poor judgment, The Wall Street Journal has published the "Report...

February 19, 2009

Ebert thinks back on his days with Gene Siskel

Ebert turns in a thoughtful remembrance of Gene Siskel. Once we were invited to speak...

February 18, 2009

Browser: Conan vs. Colbert. Peterson and Leary on “The Wrestler”

1. Stephen Colbert and Conan O'Brien have a dance off! 2. At The Rabbit Room,...

February 17, 2009

“Life of Pi” interests yet another talented director

First it was Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Then it was M. Night Shyamalan. Now, Variety reports, Ang...

February 17, 2009

Browser: Passion of the Rourke. Horton Hears Ken Morefield. Decemberists. Frost/Nixon nixed. Milk of Sorrow. Leonard Cohen. Laura Gibson.

1. A.G. Harmon on The Wrestler and its reference to The Passion of the Christ....

February 17, 2009

Nothing Compares to You

Cinematical posted this scene today, and I'm going to post it merely to demonstrate that...

February 17, 2009

Robert Treskillard’s Interview, and the CCSF Tour

Robert Treskillard, one of the bloggers for the CCSF Blog Tour, carried on an interview...

February 16, 2009

Today’s favorite: Reunion Scenes

I once experienced a reunion that left me absolutely speechless. I was working in a...

February 16, 2009

CCSF Blog Tour Reads “Cyndere’s Midnight”

Many thanks to the bloggers of the CCSF Blog Tour who are commenting this week...

February 15, 2009

Behind the Scenes with Bono: Rock, Politics, Poverty… and His Christian Faith

Believe it or not, I still hear Christians who declare that Bono isn't a believer....

February 14, 2009

New Zoo Reviews: U2’s “No Line on the Horizon”

Even the haters would have to admit: This is a pretty cool story. Yeah, the...

February 13, 2009

Need a Date Movie for Valentine’s Day?

Today I was a guest on the radio program "Along the Way." We discussed Christianity...

February 13, 2009

How Will You Respond to Joaquin Phoenix?

Everybody and their cousin is posting the video of Joaquin Phoenix's appearance on The Late...

February 11, 2009

Is This Appealing?

WARNING: This trailer pertains to a Quentin Tarantino film. That is to say, it's not...

February 10, 2009

Michelle Pfeiffer has Kevin Kline Syndrome

And now for a long and rambling note about something relatively unimportant and open to...

February 10, 2009

Help Andy Whitman, the world’s best music reviewer/columnist!

If you can find anybody who writes about music with more eloquence, passion, and historical...

February 06, 2009

Roger Ebert on truth-telling, religion, politics, and “The Reader”

Ebert has just published one of his most thought-provoking, personal, revealing commentaries. I hope you'll...

February 04, 2009

Michael Leary on “Redeeming Films”

Michael Leary of film-think links to CT Movies' 10 Most Redeeming Films of 2008. And...

February 03, 2009

Al Pacino to Shout Again… as King Lear!

Director Michael Radford, who cast Al Pacino as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, has...

February 03, 2009

Browser: “Penelope.” Terry Gilliam. Cinema and the City. Whit Stillman. Denby’s Oscar rant.

1. I found some time during my travels to jot down thoughts on an overlooked,...

February 03, 2009

Pray for the family of Michael Dubruiel.

Author and blogger Michael Dubruiel died today. He was an inspiring writer. Please pray for...

February 01, 2009

Casting News So Extraordinary, I’m May Not Sleep Tonight

Shusaku Endo's Silence is the most harrowing novel I've ever read (yes, even harsher than...

January 2009

January 31, 2009

The highlight of the Super Bowl is already on YouTube.

UPDATE: OKAY, OKAY... so the YouTube link is dead. Who cares? Now you can see...

January 30, 2009

Answering questions about Cyndere’s Midnight and more

Jake Chism at The Christian Manifesto asked me a bunch of questions... and I answered...