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October 5, 2014

Are Christian Films Judged By a Double Standard?

Are Christian films judged by a double standard? I am going to go ahead and surprise everyone--myself included--and say "yes."

Disclosure--AS, Reviews

October 3, 2014

Hollidaysburg (Martemucci, 2014)

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.

Television

September 29, 2014

Masters of Sex Episode 2.12 Recap: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

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.

Podcasts, Reviews, The Thin Place

September 25, 2014

The Thin Place #50: The Equalizer, King David, and Righteous Anger

Is it okay to hate the wicked? To celebrate their downfall? If so, when? And what are the spiritual dangers of doing so?

Television

September 23, 2014

Gotham Episode 1.1 Recap: Pilot

If the central task of a television series' pilot is to convince the viewer to come back for the second episode, the premiere episode of Gotham was a success.

Reviews, Television

September 22, 2014

Masters of Sex Episode 2.11 Recap: One for the Money, Two for the Show

That we appear to be heading to a more conventional cliffhanger at season's end, is one more indication of how the show has struggled in its sophomore season.

Reviews, Toronto International Film Festival 2014

September 11, 2014

TIFF 2014 — Love & Mercy

I love art, including music. My life has been enriched by it. But I will never, ever, think of a song or a novel or a film, however brilliant, as a fair trade for someone else's suffering.

Disclosure--AS, Reviews

September 11, 2014

Dolphin Tale 2 (Smith, 2014)

Okay, I admit that Dolphin Tale 2 is probably not the kind of movie I would have screened in a theater if the film's publicity unit hadn't twisted my arm a little. But you know what? I'm kind of glad they did.