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Eat Pray Love (Murphy, 2010)
August 13, 2010 – 12:02 am | No Comment
<em>Eat Pray Love</em> (Murphy, 2010)

The following is an excerpt from the August 2010 1More Podcast (Episode 6), dealing with backlash.
Ken:
I liked the movie. One of the things I liked about it…the movie was stewed [.....], and most Americans, I …

1More Podcast — Episode 6
August 13, 2010 – 12:01 am | No Comment
1More Podcast — Episode 6

Peter Waldron and Cynthia Morefield join me to discuss backlash. What is it? What sort of films create it? How do critics get past it? (And should they even try?) Plus, comments on Inception, Scott …

The Disappearance of Alice Creed (Blakeson, 2009)
August 9, 2010 – 10:16 pm | No Comment
<em>The Disappearance of Alice Creed</em> (Blakeson, 2009)

These comments originally appeared at Christianity Today Entertainment Blog during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
Speaking of horror films, there seems to have sprung up a subgenre in recent years that plays on cultural fears …

The Other Guys (McKay, 2010)
August 6, 2010 – 1:38 am | No Comment
<em>The Other Guys</em> (McKay, 2010)

Here’s the most important thing you need to know about The Other Guys: it is funny.

The Kids Are All Right (Cholodenko, 2010)
August 2, 2010 – 8:58 pm | One Comment
<em>The Kids Are All Right</em> (Cholodenko, 2010)

For the past couple of years I’ve been sort of whining, complaining, and ranting about how I want to see a movie that “just happens to be gay” (I’ve said that a thousand times). What …

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Oplev, 2009)
July 23, 2010 – 3:43 pm | No Comment
<em>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</em> (Oplev, 2009)

This review contains plot spoilers.
Anyone who reads this blog with any kind of regularity will no doubt have noticed that there are a lot more positive reviews than negative ones. That’s not a matter of …