Silence – Can Apostasy Be an Act of Faith?
Tertullian, a very early Christian writer noted that ?the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.? There have been times when religious persecution has been extreme. In some places it still is.
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The Girl on the Train: The Lies We’re Told & The Lies We Tell Ourselves
To be clear, I had not read Paula Hawkins’ thriller before seeing the stories of three suburban women unfold onscreen in Tate Taylor’s (The Help, Get on Up) cinematic version of?The Girl on the Train. Like?Gone Girl, I had the sense early that the gradient versions of ‘good’ and ‘evil’ would filter differently as the…
IT: What a Bunch of Losers
It?s tough enough to adapt an author?s seminal work for the big screen; perhaps even harder for a filmmaker to follow with his own version of an already beloved adaptation of that same literary masterpiece. Apparently director Andres Muschietti wasn?t scared. But he darned sure knows how to be scary. Muschetti?s brand new take on…
Deepwater Horizon: Courage Goes Deep
Mark Wahlberg has fought Decepticons, a stuffed bear, the Taliban, apes, the Dallas Cowboys, and a host of nefarious bad guys. But in?Deepwater Horizon, he stars as electrician Mike Williams who must fight a much more intangible force, the sudden and immediate destructive fire eating through his oil rig. Based on a true story, the…
The Accountant – When the Weak Become Strong
Ben Affleck had a quiet 2015 by his standards. But in 2016, his depiction as the fifth modern interpretation of Batman in?Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?and?Suicide Squad?drew plenty of attention. And yet, the film no one had on their radar,?The Accountant, may have been his best film in years. As a “math savant” (autistic…
Star Wars Doesn’t Offer Real Hope
An Editorial by Christine Ivy Rogue One was great. My critique ? as I sat there, moved by the story and impressed with many great strides this movie made socially ? was with how violent it was. It wasn?t gory, it wasn?t graphic, but a lot of people died (no Bothans). It was about David…
The Best Animated Film of 2016
Last week, the staff of ScreenFish had a lively debate about animated flicks in 2016. We couldn’t agree on which one was best – but given that I’d seen more of them than not, I felt compelled to argue. That left me with this list of films from 2016 – and the reasons behind them….
Magnificent Seven (2016) Takes Us to Church
Lately, remakes are a dime a dozen. You can see ‘reboots’ of?True Grit and?Terminator, you can watch small screen versions of?Lethal Weapon,?Poltergeist,?Frequency, and?MacGyver.?And now, Yul Brynner’s classic, itself a remake of?Seven Samurai, received the Antoine Fuqua-ized version, complete with Denzel Washington and enough racial diversity to make?The Fast & The Furious?franchise jealous. But lost in…
Storks: Sticking to the Plan
Although Storks suffers from believability in places, it?s laugh-out-loud funny and can be an effective way to discuss family and finding one?s place in the world with kids.
Sully: In the Moment
On January 15, 2009, U.S. Airways pilot?Chesley”Sully” Sullenberger and his co-pilot, Jeff Skiles, ?were flying a commercial airliner from LaGuardia for a standard run, the same way Sullenberger had flown for forty years. When his Airbus A320 struck a herd of?geese that destroyed?the engines, Sullenberger’s quick thinking landed the plane safely in the Hudson River….