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July 2025

July 08, 2025

East of Eden and Goodness

Today's confession: I don't really care much for Rebel Without a Cause. Not hating, it's...

January 2025

January 28, 2025

Prisoners and Complicity

Denis Villeneuve's 2013 film, Prisoners, is somewhat unique among the movies discussed on this blog....

November 2024

November 26, 2024

Pirates of the Caribbean and Morality

Sorry for not specifying in the title, I was trying to keep the length somewhat...

November 12, 2024

Act of Violence and Guilt

The effect that WWII had on the American psyche is one of the most discussed...

September 2024

September 03, 2024

Modern Times and Perseverance

How exactly did it take me this long to write about Charlie Chaplin in...

August 2024

August 13, 2024

Wreck-it Ralph and Service

I'm always impressed at how film can so quickly get you curious about things you...

May 2024

May 07, 2024

It’s a Wonderful Life and Service

Here's a question. By the end of It's a Wonderful Life, do you think George...

April 2024

April 30, 2024

Rain Man and Selfishness

I've heard it said before that one of the hardest trials a person can be...

April 09, 2024

Onward and Love

One of the most human of feelings is missing something that you can never have,...

April 02, 2024

Ikiru and Heaven

I consider myself relatively lucky in the way of work. Overall, I have been fortunate...

March 2024

March 26, 2024

Silver Linings Playbook and Empathy

The relationship between accepting yourself as you are and striving to live as your...

March 05, 2024

My Best Friend’s Wedding and Selfishness

The thing you have to know about My Best Friend's Wedding, arguably Julia Roberts' defining...

February 2024

February 27, 2024

Casablanca and Selflessness

Someone let me know: were airports even locales of such sweeping romance before 1942? Before...

December 2023

December 23, 2023

Klaus and Goodness

Well, folks. It's that time of year again. And by "that time of year," I...

February 2023

February 28, 2023

Jerry Maguire and Principles

A couple weeks back we discussed From Here to Eternity and doing the right thing...

February 07, 2023

Roma and Love

Telling a story through any medium is an innately personal endeavor, but the process can...

January 2023

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 20, 2022

White Christmas and Altruism

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

November 2022

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...

September 2022

September 27, 2022

In Bruges and Guilt

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

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 02, 2022

Moulin Rouge! and Freedom

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

July 2022

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...

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...

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 11, 2022

Knives Out and Turning the Other Cheek

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

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...

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...