The Walk (Zemeckis, 2015)
I will confess, too, that the last act of The Walk, when Philippe Petit finally executes his tight wire trip between the two towers of the World Trade Center has some swell special effects.
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Boiling Pot (Ashmawey, 2015)
While it is not as accomplished and polished as Do The Right Thing, The Sixth Sense, or Reservoir Dogs--films that announced the arrival of a major new talent--Boiling Pot is certainly good enough to land the Ashmaweys on my "keep an eye out for what they do next" list.
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Actor for Hire (Mizelle, 2015)
Jesse is a young, average-looking, bald guy trying to make it in Hollywood.
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90 Minutes in Heaven (Polish, 2015)
These days when I watch a new Christian movie, my first question is usually: who is the intended audience?
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TIFF 2015 — Our Last Tango (German Kral)
Our Last Tango would be worth watching, if only for the dance sequences.
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The Man Who Saved the World
The Man Who Saved the World begins with an epigraph from Mark 8:36: “For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul.”
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Adrenaline (Simpkins, 2015)
Adrenaline (★★½) was pretty much the sort of movie I was thinking of last year when I wrote the mini-essay, “Are Christian Films Judged By a Double Standard?” If you… Continue reading "Adrenaline (Simpkins, 2015)"
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The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 7 Recap
The series does tend to lean a little heavily on the contrast between individual faith (good) and institutional structures (bad, bad, bad).
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War Room (Kendrick, 2015)
When it comes to screenplay writing, Christian movies still lag in quality.
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Gemma Bovery (Fontaine, 2014)
Anne Fontaine’s Gemma Bovery is one of those films I see at The Toronto Film Festival, enjoy, and then somehow never hear from again until it pops up, unannounced… Continue reading "Gemma Bovery (Fontaine, 2014)"