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July 2013

July 29, 2013

Ruby Sparks and True Freedom

Can we be free?

July 17, 2013

When Mocking Jews Was Cool

Political correctness and anti-Semitism in the Best Picture of 1947.

July 10, 2013

Into the Wild: Losing Yourself in the Great Outdoors

Christopher McCandless starved to death in the Alaskan wilderness searching for meaning. Was he a...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Christ on Kane: On the Meaning of Rosebud

Is Citizen Kane the greatest movie ever made?

June 14, 2013

Man of Steel: Powerful enough to entertain

Review of Man of Steel directed by Zach Snyder By COYLE NEAL The Superman story...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

The Great Gatsby and the Despair of Decadence

Review of The Great Gatsby, Directed by Baz Luhrmann "There is an evil that I...

May 20, 2013

Double Indemnity: Bleak Justice in Classic Noir

Review of Double Indemnity, Directed by Billy Wilder Billy Wilder was more than the Steven Spielberg...

May 10, 2013

Gatsby: Tragic Hero of Hope

Review The Great Gatsby, Directed by Baz Luhrmann I rarely disagree with what the internet...

May 03, 2013

At Any Price: A Study in Discontentment

Review of At Any Price, Directed by Ramin Bahrani Profoundly American and profoundly disturbing, At...

May 03, 2013

Kon-Tiki and the Risk of Faith

Review of Kon-Tiki, Directed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg Kon-Tiki is a name that...

May 02, 2013

At Any Price: Interview with Dennis Quaid and Ramin Bahrani

At Any Price tells the fictional, but oh so real story of the Whipple family,...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Here’s Looking at You, Casablanca!

Review of Casablanca, Directed by Michael Curtiz It’s December of 1941 in sunny, depressing Casablanca,...

April 18, 2013

Always Online, Ever “Disconnected”

Review of Disconnect, Directed by Henry Alex Rubin Disconnect gives us four stories about people...

April 12, 2013

Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder: A Stunted Scriptural Meditation on Marriage and Ministry

Review of To the Wonder, Directed by Terrence Malick Terrence Malick, the reclusive filmmaker of Badlands,...

April 11, 2013

42 and Jackie Robinson’s Legacy of Nonviolence

Review of 42, Directed by Brian Helgeland The story of Jackie Robinson is familiar to...

April 09, 2013

End of Watch: A Portrait of Male Friendship

Review of End of Watch, Directed by David Ayer The first thing I heard about...

April 05, 2013

Integrity and Fatherhood Beyond the Pines

Review of The Place Beyond the Pines, Directed by Derek Cianfrance Luke Glanton (Ryan Gosling)...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

The Host: A Pro-Life Invasion of the Body-Snatchers

Review of The Host, Directed by Andrew Niccol By Jennilee Miller The Host opens with...

March 25, 2013

House of Cards’ Lady Macbeth

Review of House of Cards (Season 1), Directed by David Finch “Come you spirits That...

March 20, 2013

House of Cards: Collapse is Inevitable

Review of House of Cards (Season 1), Directed by David Finch Rating: 9/10 If you...

March 08, 2013

Is the EMPEROR Guilty?

Review of EMPEROR, Directed by Peter Webber Depending on your level of interest in WWII’s...

March 04, 2013

Robin Williams, Biblical Counselor: Good Will Hunting

Review of Good Will Hunting, Directed by Gus Van Sant By PAUL D. MILLER Will...

February 2013

February 24, 2013

Argo: A Hollywood Feel-Good Fantasy

Argo, directed by Ben Affleck by Paul D. Miller No wonder Hollywood loves Argo. It...

February 06, 2013

Pleasant Quartet Is the Anti-Amour

Review of Quartet, Directed by Dustin Hoffman, and Amour, Directed by Michael Haneke By CHRISTIAN...

February 05, 2013

What are the Beasts of the Southern Wild?

Review of Beasts of the Southern Wild, Directed by Benh Zeitlin By KENDRICK KUO Beasts...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Searching for Forgiveness in The Words

Review of The Words, Directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal By KENDRICK KUO The...

January 22, 2013

Les Miserable, a second take

Review of Les Miserables, Directed by Tom Hooper By COYLE NEAL “Whosoever shall seek to...

January 14, 2013

Not Fade Away and the Limits of Nostalgia

A review of David Chase’s Not Fade Away By Christian Hamaker As a young boy,...

January 11, 2013

Justice at Zero Dark Thirty

An Army veteran and former CIA spook appreciates Zero Dark Thirty. For him, it's all...

January 08, 2013

Rust and Bone: A Slow Awakening to Love

Review of Rust and Bone, Directed by Jacques Audiard By CHRISTIAN HAMAKER Pity the critic...