The Light Between Oceans is set on Janus, a small island far off the coast of Western Australia. The Roman god it is named after has two faces and is often thought to be looking to both the past and future (hence the year starts in January, also named after Janus.) Janus Island we discover…
This week, Steve welcomes Peter ‘the Bearded Movie Guy’ Percival and Patrick ‘with the good beard’ Erskine to wrestle with one of director Martin Scorcese’s most nuanced works, SILENCE. ?Does God speak in the silence of our suffering? ?How does faith interact with action? ?All this and more, only on ScreenFish. Want to continue to…
In 2007, Sony Pictures released a ‘documentary’ about animated penguins who battle it out in a surfing completion, starring Jeff Bridgers, Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel, and Jon Heder. A decade later, Sony has teamed up with WWE Films to release a sequel, with Heder returning as Chicken Joe, and an otherwise new cast of characters…
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…
The film (as films noir often do) peels back layer after layer of truth and lies. That creates a setting for considering the morality (or lack thereof) of telling the truth in a world that seems to be built on a foundation of falsehood.
How do you know if someone is a good person? This week, Steve welcomes ScreenFish newbies Shelley McVea and Audra Gray to the show to talk FENCES, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. Want to continue to conversation at home? ?Click the link below to download ?Fishing for More? ? some small group questions for…
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…
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…
For our 1st ep of 2017, Steve welcomes?Kevin McLenithan (co-host, Seeing and Believing) to sing the praises of Damien Chazelle’s LA LA LAND! In a great conversation, they talk about the tension between nostalgia and reality as well as finding a balance between love and purpose. In addition, the guys also reveal their Top 3…
Warning: Huge Spoilers in this review. You will want to see the movie, if you haven’t yet, before reading on.? A week before Christmas, I posted a version of the above sign to Facebook, borrowed last year from a Facebook friend. Along with the picture, I posted: “He came to give new hope to the…
