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July 2026

July 22, 2026

“Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” and … Honor

For how thirsty Hollywood has been for sequelizing everything with a pulse, it's a misfortune...

July 22, 2025

The Big Lebowski and Slothfulness

This is another one of those films that is really fun to discuss here on...

March 2025

March 25, 2025

The Goodbye Girl and Trials

The Goodbye Girl is one of my favorite movies in that it does something I...

November 2024

November 19, 2024

In The Heights and Joy

We learn very early on in Jon M. Chu's In the Heights that everyone has...

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...

June 2024

June 11, 2024

The Skeleton Twins and Solidarity

Today's film deals with some heavy topics, most notably suicide, which will be discussed in...

May 2024

May 14, 2024

Hitch and Authenticity

Full confession: I have yet to see a single episode of The Fresh Prince of...

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 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...

October 2023

October 17, 2023

Butterflies Are Free and True Liberation

"I could love you if you'd let me." So sings Don Baker, one of the...

August 2023

August 08, 2023

Nights of Cabiria and Happiness

If there is any part of the human condition more constant than the search for...

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 15, 2023

The Quiet Man and Peace

And now we turn our attention to that most enticing and elusive of experiences in...

January 2023

January 10, 2023

Passengers and the Heavenly Life

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

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...

June 2021

June 19, 2021

Arrival as a Glimpse into Godhood

[If you haven't seen the film Denis Villeneuve's 2016 film, Arrival, be forewarned that the...