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January 2013

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...

January 07, 2013

Josh Garrels Speaks of God

Review of The Sea In Between, a Mason Jar Music Film By KENDRICK KUO Josh...

January 02, 2013

Christian Hamaker’s Top 20 Films of 2012

By CHRISTIAN HAMAKER The year started slowly at the cinema, but it delivered so strongly...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Gonna Fly Now; Or, the American (Non)Gospel

Review of Rocky, Directed by John D. Avildsen By ALEXIS NEAL I feel a little...

December 25, 2012

Django Discusses Race

Review of Django Unchained, Directed by Quentin Tarantino By KENDRICK KUO Django Unchained is everything...

December 24, 2012

Why I Hate Christmas

Review of The Polar Express, Directed by Robert Zemeckis By PAUL D. MILLER The Polar...

December 21, 2012

Cirque du Soleil: A James Cameron Filmmaking Dictionary

Review of Cirque du Soleil, Directed by James Cameron By COYLE NEAL James Cameron’s Cirque du...

December 21, 2012

Reaching for Justice

Review of Jack Reacher, Directed by Christopher McQuarrie By COYLE NEAL Tom Cruise’s latest movie...

December 20, 2012

Grace Accepted; Grace Rejected—A Review of Les Misérables

Review of Les Misérables, Directed by Tom Hooper By ALEXIS NEAL After years of imprisonment...

December 19, 2012

This Is 40: Hollywood on Aging

Review of This Is 40, Directed by Judd Apatow By KENDRICK KUO Pete (Paul Rudd)...

December 18, 2012

Faith, Reason, and the Man in the Big Red Suit

Review of Miracle on 34th Street, Directed by George Seaton By ALEXIS NEAL Young Susan...

December 14, 2012

Seeking a Better Country Than Middle Earth

A Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Directed by Peter Jackson By PAUL D....

December 13, 2012

Lord of the Rings: A Timeless Trilogy

Review of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Directed by Peter Jackson By PAUL D....

December 12, 2012

The Hopeless Innocence of Amelie

Review of Amélie, Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet By KENDRICK KUO I've known about Amélie (2001)...

December 11, 2012

I’m Dreaming of a Selflessly Sacrificial Christmas

Review of White Christmas, Directed by Michael Curtiz By ALEXIS NEAL Once upon a time,...

December 10, 2012

Smug Seuss Cinema Sells Story Short

Review of The Lorax, Directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda By PAUL D. MILLER...

December 07, 2012

The Wave of Fascism and Redemption in the Church

Review of Die Welle (The Wave), Directed by Dennis Gansel By KENDRICK KUO Is a...

December 04, 2012

Twilight: Sucking the Blood out of Sin

A Review of the Twilight franchise by Stephenie Meyer By JENNILEE MILLER I think the...

December 03, 2012

Commies Beware!

Review of The Wonderful O by James Thurber By COYLE NEAL An important introductory disclaimer:...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Cranky Old Man writes the Apocalypse

Review of Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy By COYLE NEAL In Walker Percy’s...

November 23, 2012

Hitchcock’s Analysis of Love and Murder

Review of Hitchcock, Directed by Sacha Gervasi By KENDRICK KUO The opening scene of Hitchcock...

November 21, 2012

Life of Pi’s Aesthetic as Theology

Review of Life of Pi, Directed by Ang Lee By KENDRICK KUO Life of Pi...

November 20, 2012

Mad as Hell

Review of Network, Directed by Sidney Lumet Reviewed by PAUL D. MILLER Before Glen Beck...

November 19, 2012

Dreamsnake: A Review of a Review

Review of Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre By COYLE NEAL Despite winning both the Hugo (1979)...

November 15, 2012

Lincoln

A Review of Lincoln, Directed by Steven Spielberg By PAUL D. MILLER There is a...

November 12, 2012

A Dark and Stormy Night…

Review of Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child By COYLE NEAL A series of...

November 09, 2012

Skyfall; or Why Some Old Dogs Don’t Need to Learn New Tricks

Review of Skyfall, Directed by Sam Mendes By ALEXIS NEAL M has a problem. Someone...

November 05, 2012

There and Back Again

Review of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Reviewed by PAUL D. MILLER I first visited Middle Earth...