Served Like a Girl (Heslov, 2017)
You can be a soldier and still be feminine. You can be a soldier and still be a mom. You can be a soldier and still be homeless just months after leaving the armed forces.
Category: Elsewhere
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Roberto Rossellini and the ‘Moral Point of View’
"For me," he said, "it is above all a moral standpoint from which to view the world. Afterwards it becomes an aesthetic standpoint, but the point of departure is definitely moral."
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War Room (Kendrick, 2015)
When it comes to screenplay writing, Christian movies still lag in quality.
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Pureflix Sets Release Date for God’s Not Dead 2: He is Surely Alive
Pure Flix, the studio behind God's Not Dead and Do You Believe? has set a release date for God's Not Dead 2: He is Surely Alive. The studio also released the first publicity photo for the film, starring Melissa Joan Hart and Jesse Metcalfe.
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Terminator Genisys (Taylor, 2015)
Terminator Genisys made me angry. There's plenty of films that leave me unimpressed or bored or just disatisfied. But a film has to be particularly lazy to get me mad.
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24 Observations About The Terminator on the Eve of Genisys
If you've ever wondered how my reviews are constructed, these notes should give you glimpses into my process.
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The Thin Place #54: Entourage — Making New Fans and Displeasing Old Ones
In the newest episode of The Thin Place, Alex McKee subs in for Todd to discuss whether or not one has to know the Entourage television show to like the movie.
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Hot Girls Wanted (Bauer & Gradus, 2015)
This much talked about documentary from Sundance is now on Netflix. I reviewed it for Christianity Today Movies & TV.
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her (Benson, 2013)
Eleanor Rigby's conceit—I'm tempted to say "gimmick"—is that it shows their two stories back to back rather than interweaving or cutting between them. Thus it becomes both a Rashomon story and a meditation on how we make and preserve memories. The films are designed to be played in either order, with one screening at TIFF flip-flopping to give us Her and Him.
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In Defense of “To Kill a Mockingbird” — A Response to Roger Ebert
Who says hope can't be grounded in truth?