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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...

June 2025

June 03, 2025

Finding Forrester and Companionship

I feel like half of what I do on this film blog is confess...

January 2025

January 07, 2025

Monsieur Ibrahim and Love

While I do try to write for an interfaith audience, I'll acknowledge up and front...

December 2024

December 03, 2024

Good Will Hunting and Worth

It sometimes surprises people who know me to learn that I spent a season working...

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...

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 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 02, 2024

Ikiru and Heaven

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

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 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 29, 2022

The Way, Way Back and Worth

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

October 2022

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 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...

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...

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 07, 2021

The Witcher and Goodness

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

August 2021

August 17, 2021

The Shawshank Redemption and Virtue Part 1: Andy

What's true of The Shawshank Redemption is really true of most of the movies I...

August 09, 2021

Mud and Role Models

If applicable, think of the first person who growing up inspired you to lifelong religious...

July 2021

July 17, 2021

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Ministering

Alright. We're fresh off of Disney and Alfred Hitchcock on my docket of spotlighted movies....