Category Archives: Movies

Sunday’s Best: Fellowship of the Deleted Scenes

Posted on July 29, 2018 by

Anything that does a decent job playing off of The Lord of the Rings automatically gets moved to the head of the class.  Case in point: today’s WuMo by Wulff and Morgenthaler makes a nice joke on an iconic moment … Continue reading →

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Measuring the Fallout

Posted on July 26, 2018 by

It’s been a week of getting back to work, which has been good.  But it also marks that transition from summer to fall (even though summer isn’t over for a while yet).  That’s just how the calendars we live by … Continue reading →

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Pieces of Glass

Posted on July 20, 2018 by

There’s a part of me that’s excited to see this and another part of me that simply wants to know as little as possible about the story that’s being told.  But that’s the way it always is for me when … Continue reading →

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Media and More in Our Distracted Age

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

One of the two speakers at my recent Laity Lodge weekend was Alan Jacobs.  I’m not quite sure how I first heard of him.  I know that I read his wonderful The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction … Continue reading →

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Generational Encouragement of a Necessary Kind

Posted on June 22, 2018 by

I finally got around to watching Chris Pratt’s “Generation Award” acceptance speech at the recent MTV Video and TV Awards.  It’s one of those nice bits of pop culture that float to the top every now and then that can … Continue reading →

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Second Thoughts on First Reformed?

Posted on June 20, 2018 by

Scratch the surface of the 96% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating for First Reformed and you’ll find frustration and discontent from those hoping for a more faith-filled movie about a small church pastor trying to make sense of the ever-bleaker world … Continue reading →

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Friends in Movies

Posted on June 16, 2018 by

A friend recently recommended the 2013 comedy Are You Here to me based on the following quote about friendship: See, nobody believes in friendship.  People talk about it, you see it on TV, people drop by, go to the doctor … Continue reading →

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