Here at ScreenFish, we spend quite a bit of time critiquing, evaluating, and unpacking the work of others. Some might say that we are movie critics; others might call us movie enthusiasts. (Hopefully, a few of you call us theologians!) In his latest book,?How to Be Here,?Rob Bell unpacks what it means to be fully…
In Matthew 2, Joseph takes Jesus and Mary to Egypt, warned that Herod is intent on killing the young boy, before returning when Jesus is a few years older. In Cyrus Nowrasteh?s The Young Messiah (based on Anne Rice?s novel Christ the Lord), the audience is taken to first century A.D. Israel where Jesus (Adam…
A movie that makes (currently) $490 million worldwide is a clear success no matter what it is. This is where we stand with Deadpool, and with it has come a whirlwind of news about Hollywood Studios ready to crank out a slew of films with R-ratings. So consider this, my letter to you Hollywood. Dear…
The ScreenFish staff compiled some of their favorites for the top Academy Award prizes. The results were… varied. Best Actor Chris: Leo. It’s his time. ?Don’t hate. ?Dude gave his guts and glory to film that puppy in freezing cold temps. That’s how it’s done, kiddos! Darrel: This one I see as very close…
When Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) becomes the new editor of?The Boston Globe, he pushes investigative journalist Robby Robinson (Michael Keaton) to explore the accusations of lawyer Mitch Garabedian (Stanley Tucci). Garabedian has gone public, saying that the Catholic church and local authorities have covered up accusations of child abuse by a local priest. Robinson is…
The Oscar races this year are absolutely clear cut… in my mind. Having seen fourteen?of the nominated films?(out of approximately sixteen?films in the major categories),?these are my favorites to win. At Best Actor, the portrayal of screenwriter and Communist Dalton Trumbo by Bryan Cranston put him in rare air, not that of the illicit drugs…
what do you think the “typical Christian review” of Deadpool?is like? [Google if you wish?. . go ahead, i’ll wait] perhaps you correctly predicted that many “Christian reviews” focus?on its rating [UNNECESSARY SPOILER: Deadpool is?unabashedly R-rated, prolifically profane, conspicuously sex-laden, intentionally?irreverent, vehemently violent, et cetera, et cetera] in fact, maybe surprisingly, not only are “Christian…
I?m sure that many people head to the kitchen for dessert when the Oscar is awarded for Best Foreign Language Film. But that is one of the categories that I pay special attention to. Films that come from other countries and cultures often give us wonderful insights into the what the world is like outside our own cultural bubble.
i’ve been part of the vibrant community surrounding the Souls series of video games (Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls I and II (soon to be III), and Bloodborne) for years now though they be oh, so much more, these are notoriously challenging fantasy role playing games, infamously brutal in their demands on the player as an…
The last time I offered my $0.02 regarding Oscars 2016 was to defend the Academy and their choices. ?Now, it is time to look at the other side of the argument. ?But I still don?t think that the Academy in and of itself is the problem. A fellow film analyst (BTW?that?s my official title. ?I?m…
