Star Wars Episode VI: Compassion Leads to The Return of the Jedi
Mark Sommer tackles The Return of the Jedi, Hollywood’s portrayal of women, and the hope of the Jedi in his latest editorial.
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Star Wars II: Clouded Judgment Leads To… The Attack Of The Clones
?The Dark Side clouds everything.? Yoda admits?to Chancellor Palpatine that he is unsure of what awaits them in the future. Senator Padm? Amidala has just returned to Coruscant, and attackers assault her ship, killing her decoy. Her company joins Yoda, Plapatine, Master Windu, and Ki-Adi-Mundi, and she tells them that ?everything in my being tells…
Star Wars I: An Economic Struggle Allows Manipulation By The Phantom Menace
As the world approached the third millennium, Star Wars movie fans were getting excited. After a decade and a half of waiting, we were finally going to get more details about the ?back story.? What we were about to find out would bewilder and confuse us a bit, and many would be rather disappointed. Many…
Star Wars: You?ve Heard The Theories?Luke Skywalker Is NOT The Dark Side
Unless you?ve been living under a rock, you at the very least have an idea that a new Star Wars film is set to hit theatres in about a month. The?opening day of ticket sales crashed the internet (and the first full trailer)! If you are like me, you have your tickets and are anticipating…
The Problem With “Best of” Lists: My Five Lists of Five
I can definitively tell you what I enjoyed the most in theaters this year. I can tell you which films I think will (or at least, should) win awards. I can tell you which films were the ones that resonated with me the most spiritually. I can even tell you which films were dreadfully disappointing….
My All American: Getting to Know Freddie
My All-American has the ability to become something bigger than the sum of its parts. But it’s missing something that prevents it from getting there.
Room: Defining Reality
You’re seven years old and your entire existence has been contained in a garden shed. You and your mother name each of the elements of your life and they become your friends. Your mother tries to protect you and keep you from danger, but one day, she realizes that she cannot. You do not know…
Ranking The James Bond Films: Studs & Duds
The James Bond canon has reached the end of Daniel Craig’s run- he will most definitely not be back. So where does?Spectre?fall on the spectrum? What are there greatest films featuring the suave British spy? Which films should never have been made? The Duds: #24 through #17 — There’s a whole lot of Roger Moore?here….
SPECTRE: The Living Dead
The dead are alive. Those ominous words are what first greet you in Spectre, the latest entry into the world of Bond, James Bond. And they are definitely intentional. Directed once again by Sam Mendes, Spectre picks up the action soon after the events of 2012?s Skyfall as Bond (Daniel Craig) is left dealing with…
On Starbucks, Hollywood, & “Defending The Faith”
What do Starbucks, Seth Rogen, & Jesus have in common? I’m all for apologetics, the “reasoned arguments or writings in justification of something, typically a theory or religious doctrine.” In their place and in their time. But why do people of faith find themselves hung up on apologetics when it comes to films made by…