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Trailer Talk: A Matter of Loyalty
Another new trailer that played before The Lobster was the latest from Meryl Streep. She plays the title role in Florence Foster Jenkins, the real-life story of a woman with the desire to sing but not the talent. On one level, … Continue reading
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Trailer Talk: The Dangers of Living Differently?
Caught a matinee of The Lobster yesterday (thoughts to come early next week). One of the joys of seeing an independent movie is that you see trailers for all of these other movies that you’ve probably never heard of. Case in … Continue reading
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X-Men: The Long Way Home
It’s unfortunate, really, that X-Men: Apocalypse is one of the lowest-reviewed X-Men movies. On a number of levels, it’s the X-Men movie that many of us have been waiting for. It might lack the gravitas of Days of Future Past … Continue reading
Feed the Money Monster
Few things serve the break between comic book movies as well as a good financial thriller, right? In between the shield-slinging of Captain America: Civil War and X-Men: Apocalypse neatly stands Money Monster. It’s the latest in a short string … Continue reading
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A Surprising Hologram for the King
It’s a rare thing for a movie to end up in the theaters without me realizing it well in advance. Yet that’s exactly what’s happened with A Hologram for the King, the newest flick starring Tom Hanks. I’ve known about … Continue reading
Midnight Special on the Run
I would love to say lots of things about Jeff Nichols’s Midnight Special, but saying almost anything beyond the basics would spoil too much. I caught a showing yesterday. I had high expectations, partly because Mud was such a well-done … Continue reading
Trading Zootopia for Eutopia
I finally got around to seeing Zootopia over spring break. It had the best trailer of the movies showing before Star Wars- The Force Awakens, but it ended up low on my “need to see” movie list. I’m glad I … Continue reading
Kung Fu Panda 3 and the Benedict Option
The story of Kung Fu Panda 3 begins with adversaries on parallel paths. Po, the hero of the series, is set to take on the duties of teacher. At the same time, the villain Kai has returned from the spirit … Continue reading
Middle Earth as Myth (not allegory)
One of the things you hear most when reading Tolkien (or reading about Tolkien) is whether or not The Lord of the Rings is an allegory. Tolkien, of course, flatly denied the charge, but that hasn’t kept decades of readers … Continue reading
“When the Gods Returned to Earth”
One of the things you find on almost every copy of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring is a quote from C. S. Lewis. “Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron; here … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 