Movie

  • ‘Moonlight’ is 2016

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    I have not been as affected by a movie in years as I was by Moonlight. How it performs at the Oscars won’t change the truth that it is not only a great film, it’s transcendent. Zach Hoag’s review is top shelf and far more thoughtful than the review I never wrote. Except this one simple…

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  • “Spotlight” Is the Epiphany On Film

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    They were Jesus to people who couldn’t find Jesus in the pulpit or the pew. This is Christ revealed to the world. This is the Epiphany in action today. Jesus is revealed through mercy The Epiphany | Matthew 2:1-12 Spotlight Monday, I was one of two people in the theater watching Spotlight. If you don’t know…

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  • Superman and Violence

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    Big title, short post. All this Superman talk reminds me of the Doomsday storyline from way back in which Superman is killed. As a strange attempt at selling books (which it certainly did), it revealed the problem of violence in comics, particularly for Superman. In Doomsday, Superman met an evil he could not prevent and…

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  • Chasing Amy—still teaching what love is about

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    Over the years, I collected quite a few movie posters, but I only have one left. It sits in my home office: the original poster from Chasing Amy that my friend, Binky brought back on a plane from a trip out to LA while we were in college. I like that it has a few…

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