Truth be told The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies tries just a little too hard to convince us that the titular heroes of the film are just like any other aging couple fondly reminiscing about the good ol' days.
It's been a good film year for fans of Juliette Binoche.
Does the show need fixing? Or is it good enough? Was Venom a step forward, a step back, or just another step in place?
According to the film, hunger is one of the world's problems that is immanently solvable: ninety-six billion pounds of food goes to waste every year.
We get thirty minutes of commercials before the previews start at the cinema. Would it be too much to ask for a short film every now and then? I know one pretty good one; I'll bet there are others where this came from.
I get that in the first couple of episodes of a series a fair amount of repetition is necessary to accommodate the late arrivers, but Gotham seemed particularly static. I even commented to those watching with me that for the second week in a row Oswald Cobblepot killed somebody and then ate a sandwich.
Are Christian films judged by a double standard? I am going to go ahead and surprise everyone--myself included--and say "yes."
Hollidaysburg did make me want to see her competitor's film, so Martemucci did will by the series. It also made me want to see what she could do if she got to choose her own material, so she did fine by herself, too.
Like Bill and Virginia, I'm not sure the show itself has ever articulated a convincing argument for why what it is doing is important. It has just asserted that it was. For most of Season One I agreed. After Season Two I am not so sure.
Is it okay to hate the wicked? To celebrate their downfall? If so, when? And what are the spiritual dangers of doing so?
