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Category Archives: Movie Reviews
The Guard
Ambiguity inherently makes things more mysterious and a bit more interesting to watch and The Guard is full of it. Gerry Boyle, played deadpan by Brendan Gleeson, is a protagonist that some people would have a difficult time getting behind, … Continue reading
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Tagged ambiguity, Brenden Gleeson, Don Cheadle, film, film school, films, In Bruges, John Michael McDonagh, Martin McDonagh, moral ambiguity, morality, movie, Movie Reviews, Movies, the guard
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The Artist
The Artist, Michel Hazanaviscius’ new silent film about an actor struggling to adapt to talkies (movies with sound), is a solid effort, but not worthy of all the awards and praise that it has been getting. The novelty of watching … Continue reading
Stranger than Fiction: Movies through a Biblical Worldview
Sometimes it takes the voice of God to get people to live a great story. Sometimes that story takes them to unexpected and tragic places. Not knowing if life is comedy or tragedy can lead to a life of stops … Continue reading
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Tagged A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, biblical worldview, Creation, Divine, Donald Miller, dustin hoffman, emma thompson, film, film review, God, humanity, Jesus, John, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marc Forster, moral order, Movie Reviews, Movies, movies through a biblical worldview, Purpose, queen latifah, story, Stranger than Fiction, Truth, Will Ferrell, worldview, Zach Helm
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“Inception”: The Dream-Filled Reality of Guilt, Forgiveness, and Home
A refreshingly original idea from Christopher Nolan is like a virus. It embeds deep into the subconscious and blossoms into something that spreads and infects the lives of many. Inception is that virus of an idea. It’s a film that … Continue reading
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Tagged art direction, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Cobb, dreams, ellen page, fear, film, forgiveness, guilt, home, Inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, marion cotillard, mind-bending, Movie Reviews, Movies, reality, shame, story, Tom Hardy, Writing
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Toy Story 3
When thinking about the best trilogies ever to grace the screen, people might talk about The Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, Back to the Future, or Star Wars. Out of those four, The Lord of the Rings is the … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure films, andy, animation, Back to the Future, buzz lightyear, escape films, film, lord of the rings, movie review, Movies, ned beatty, pixar, ratatouille, star wars, The Godfather, tim allen, tom hanks, toy story 3, toys, trilogies, trilogy, Up, wall-e, woody
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Paradise Now
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not going away any time soon. At least that is what it seems like. Both sides want what they want and both sides feel they have a right to it. In Paradise Now, the story of … Continue reading
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Tagged Movies, movie review, film, culture, humanity, Palestine, Israel, Palestine-Israel Conflict, cultures, cross cultural, suicide bomber, peace, dignity, Paradise Now, Hany Abu-Assad
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Despicable Me
Despicable Me turned out to be a different movie than expected. Usually, that’s a good thing. Surprises at movies are few and far between these days – original ideas are getting harder to come by. But this movie does nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, despicable me, film, how the grinch stole christmas, movie review, Movies, stereotypes, steve carell, the grinch
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Predators
Predators has the potential to be a great suspenseful film about the nature of humanity and the surprising lengths we go to survive, but it never strives to be that. Predators is content with being a fun and amusing B-movie … Continue reading
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Tagged action movie, action star, adrien brody, Alice Braga, b-movie, Danny Trejo, film, humanity, movie review, Movies, nimrod antal, predators, Robert Rodriquez, topher grace, Unity, Walton Goggins
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Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 is set up to be a fun romp, but all joy is stripped from the movie that lost its voice somewhere between the end of the first movie and the production of this major disappointment. What made … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, Don Cheadle, familial relationships, fun spectacle, government control, gwyneth paltrow, Iron Man 2, Jon Favreau, Mickey Rourke, revenge, Robert Downey, Samuel L. Jackson, scarlett johansson, script, story, transformers, unrequited love, world peace
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The Square
The Square, an Australian film directed by Nash Edgerton, is the complete opposite of Mother, the film reviewed yesterday, in the fact that it is ALL about the consequences of sins and actions. It’s an interesting double feature if you … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian film, Claire van der Boom, con, con movie, consequences of sin, David Roberts, film, independent film, Movie Reviews, Movies, Nash Edgerton, sin, The Square
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