Under Law and Grace
I approached Under Law and Grace with the natural skepticism of an American Christian of a certain age who has, with painfully few exceptions, never seen religion done particularly well… Continue reading "Under Law and Grace"
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Blueback (Connoly, 2022)
A stern and demanding mom is teaching her young daughter how to free dive in the ocean. The child is tired…or scared…or both, so to incentivize her, mom holds a… Continue reading "Blueback (Connoly, 2022)"
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Knock at the Cabin (Shyamalan, 2023)
Knock at the Cabin (2023) is a quintessential M. Night Shyamalan movie but with a biblical twist. It has a dramatic plot, an A-list anchor, and (SPOILER ALERT) a gratuitous… Continue reading "Knock at the Cabin (Shyamalan, 2023)"
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The Menu (Mylod, 2022)
The Menu (2022) is a delicious satire about gastriques, desserts, and pretense. Ken wrote a review for another movie about food last week, Kitchen Brigade, and it inspired me to… Continue reading "The Menu (Mylod, 2022)"
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Voodoo Macbeth (Abebe, 2021)
When I first saw the promotional material for Voodoo Macbeth, I could not help but think of Me and Orson Welles, Richard Linklater’s emotionally complex treatment of Rober Kaplow’s novel.… Continue reading "Voodoo Macbeth (Abebe, 2021)"
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Stay the Night (Jeyapalan, 2022)
The press material for Stay the Night made it sound to me like a wacky secular version of Matthew Wilson’s The Virgins. Turns out it is more akin to a… Continue reading "Stay the Night (Jeyapalan, 2022)"
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The Inspection (Bratton, 2022)
Many years ago I had an interaction with an (it seemed to me) extremely bitter former Christian who had joined the military. He claimed that the military was better than… Continue reading "The Inspection (Bratton, 2022)"
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Top Gun: Maverick
Before our screening of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise appeared on the screen to thank us for watching this film in the theater. It was short, sweet and somewhat insignificant…until the movie started. As… Continue reading "Top Gun: Maverick"
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First Responders (Åreakuten) — Season 1
First Responders (Åreakuten) is a show squarely in the MHz Choice wheelhouse. The work-centered drama focuses on a half-dozen or so characters working at a medical trauma center in Sweden.… Continue reading "First Responders (Åreakuten) — Season 1"
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Firestarter (Thomas, 2022)
Here are five nice things I can say about the people involved in the production of Firestarter: Writer Scott Teems did a great documentary about Hal Holbrook playing Mark Twain… Continue reading "Firestarter (Thomas, 2022)"