Finding Your Feet – Never Too Late for a New Beginning
On the surface, this looks like a date night movie for the Leisure World set. But the wisdom the film imparts can be absorbed by people of any age.
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Against the Fright: 1on1 with Brian Cavallaro (director, AGAINST THE NIGHT)
Written and directed by Brian Cavallaro, Against the Night tells the story of nine friends who decide to sneak into an abandoned prison to film their own ?ghost-hunting? video. As members of their team begin to disappear, they quickly begin to fear that they may not be alone. Filmed in Philadelphia, Cavallaro believed that the…
READY PLAYER ONE Giveaway!
Are you ready? In the year 2045, much of Earth’s population centers have become slum-like cities due to overpopulation, pollution, corruption, and climate change. To escape their desolation, people engage in the virtual reality world of the OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation), where they can engage in numerous activities for work, education, and entertainment….
4.14 Piercing the Darkness with A WRINKLE IN TIME
Directed by Ava Duvernay and based on the book by Madeline L’Engle, A WRINKLE IN TIME has a powerful message for young girls about courage and how to make a difference. Still, for some reason, the film has yet to catch on with critics. This week, Steve welcomes Amanda Jane Smith (BRICKS WITHOUT CLAY) and…
Beauty and the Dogs – Persisting in a #MeToo World
?And yet she persisted? is a political statement in the US. It speaks to women seeking a voice to speak to power. But a woman?s persistence takes on a much deeper importance in the Tunisian film Beauty and the Dogs.
I Kill Giants – When Our Coping Mechanisms Remind Us What’s Real
Barbara (Madison Wolfe) is a delightfully nuanced young woman who wrestles with a??Dungeons & Dragons?… that no one else can see. In I Kill Giants, a film adapted by Joe Kelly from his own comic book (co-authored with Ken Niimura), Barbara fights against giants that she alone can see, while tangling with ‘typical’ middle school…
Aquaman: King or Hero?
Aquaman, the least appreciated member of the Justice League, finally has a standalone movie. Based on the stories of the man who is the result of a tryst between a lighthouse keeper and an Atlantean queen,?Aquaman?swims up with spectacular CGI?and?a ridiculously complex story in a superhero universe. While new fans might need the intro to…
Summer in the Forest – A Community of Hope
One of the points that Vanier makes in the film is that ?L?Arche is not a utopia, but a hope.? It is that sense of hope in the community of people who care for and about one another that is the real value of the film.
Deadpool’s Joe Kelly Tells Own Story in I Kill Giants
Joe Kelly is a prolific comic book writer, with credits on the extended mythos of Deadpool, Daredevil, Superman, and others. But he also penned the graphic novels, Four Eyes and I Kill Giants. which connect the everyday world of our expectations with fantasy-infused realities to create colorful, inventive worlds where our worst fears take on…
A Wrinkle in Time: Madeleine L?Engle’s Wrinkled Theology
One of my biggest regrets is I did not read more “classic novels” when I was growing up. I was well into my adulthood before I read such books as Of Mice and Men and Watership Down. My first reading of A Wrinkle in Time was in 2009 when I was spearheading Hollywood Jesus’ LOST…