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?
Category: Reviews
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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.
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (Frank, 2014)
Frank has scripted another solid screenplay for a tense thriller with good pacing, a high level of suspense, and a decent mystery.
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Mudbloods (Nikbakht, 2014)
Credit needs to be given to director Farzad Nikbakht for presenting the sport, which the players describe as a cross between rugby and dodgeball, as if there were nothing unnatural about it.
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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.
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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.
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Video: TIFF 2014 — The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game can't decide if it wants to be about Alan Turing's life or his work, so it does a little of both, neither particularly well.
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TIFF 2014: The Sound and the Fury
Nearly everything in the lead up to The Sound and the Fury's (★★★) North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival screamed to me to run the other way.
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Video: TIFF 2014 Reviews — Gemma Bovery
An entertaining update on Madame Bovary, adapted from Posy Simmonds's graphic novel.
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Starred Up (Mackenzie, 2013)
The words "violent" or "gritty" and "prison drama" give me pause when used in the same sentence.