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January 2023

January 17, 2023

From Here to Eternity and Principles

I enjoy a wide variety of films, but there are a select few that genuinely...

January 10, 2023

Passengers and the Heavenly Life

As a film enthusiast, there's a little game I like to play called "which movies...

January 03, 2023

Scent of a Woman and Being “Irredeemable”

There are a lot of things about Martin Brest's 1992 film, Scent of a Woman,...

December 2022

December 27, 2022

Toy Story 2 and Immortality

The prospect of immortality, eternal life, or some kind of existence beyond mortal life can...

December 20, 2022

White Christmas and Altruism

I try to avoid controversial matters when I can on this site, including the question...

November 2022

November 29, 2022

The Way, Way Back and Worth

I'm not really a winter person, which makes the coming months something of an...

November 15, 2022

Enchanted and Faith in a Fallen World

A few weeks back when I talked about Scream, I mentioned that self-aware movies are...

October 2022

October 29, 2022

Scream and Agency

It's a miracle that a movie like Scream ever landed on my list of favorite...

October 06, 2022

Stand By Me and Love’s Lasting Mark

I remember an experience I had in 9th grade P.E. This was the rare class...

September 2022

September 27, 2022

In Bruges and Guilt

As we move from the blockbuster season toward that time when all the auteur pieces...

September 20, 2022

The Impossible and Healing through Service

JA Bayona's 2012 epic dramatizes the experience of the real-life Belón family (named the Bennet...

August 2022

August 30, 2022

How to Train Your Dragon and Kindness as Strength

In the years leading up to Christ's birth, the intellectuals of the day anticipated the...

August 23, 2022

Don’t Look Up and Prophets

A few weeks ago, we looked at "A Face in the Crowd" as an exploration...

August 02, 2022

Moulin Rouge! and Freedom

When we talked about Chicago, I noted how that film displays the allure of sin...

July 2022

July 19, 2022

Moana and Divine Intervention

As I slowly but surely make my way through gleaning the religious metaphors across every...

July 17, 2022

Leon: The Professional and Goodness in a Fallen World

Like many of the films we discuss here, there are a lot of internal contradictions...

July 12, 2022

Notorious and Goodness

I mentioned in my piece on Rust and Bone that one of the hidden graces...

June 2022

June 29, 2022

Stranger Things and Faith

As I eagerly await the final episodes of Stranger Things 4, and as I, too,...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

Jurassic Park and True Godliness

Well, Jurassic World: Dominion comes out really soon, so naturally I've been thinking about the...

April 2022

April 26, 2022

“IT” and Strength through Faith

In my piece on "Black Swan," I confessed that growing up, R-rated films were a...

April 07, 2022

Lady and the Tramp and Endless Love

In my old age, I consistently ask myself why Disneyland still hasn't given us a...

February 2022

February 08, 2022

Rust and Bone and Goodness

I enjoy a great many films, but there are a select few that have actually...

January 2022

January 24, 2022

A Face in the Crowd and The Psychology of False Prophets

I actually didn't start watching The Andy Griffith Show until really recently. My clients at...

January 11, 2022

Knives Out and Turning the Other Cheek

So this weekend marked roughly my dozenth watch of Knives Out. Not much else to...

January 04, 2022

Titanic and Heaven

There's a controversy at the heart of the James Cameron 1997 epic, "Titanic," that has...

December 2021

December 09, 2021

A Patch of Blue and Altruism

Well, the new West Side Story is coming out tomorrow, so why not talk about...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

Avatar and Spiritual Awakening

In John Chapter 3, Jesus is instructing Nicodemus how to inherit eternal life, and his...

October 2021

October 27, 2021

The Wolf Man and the Fight Against Sin

I watched a video earlier this week tracing the cultural origins of the werewolf folklore,...

October 07, 2021

The Witcher and Goodness

Gens Y and Z have a special interest in making good guys out of really...

October 01, 2021

Coco and Familial Connection

Of the twelve or so moments that make me tear up in Coco, there's one...