The Empire Strikes Back begins on a seemingly dead ice planet, Hoth. The bleakness of the planet is contrasted with the warm relationship which has evolved among the four main protagonists. Although Leia is furious that Han is planning to leave, their conflict only thinly veils the affection between them. And even though she continues…
Most of us will probably not need to give up our physical lives for the cause of Christ. But Jesus did talk about ?taking up our cross? and following Him. Yes, many disciples were martyred, but there is another meaning Jesus had in mind with His words. It involves giving up what we want for the benefit of others.
?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…
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…
The first official look at the new Star Trek film, set to be released this summer, was like a Christmas miracle to Trekkie fans overwhelmed with Star Wars hoopla. A small gift to the fans of the other Star franchise. Here is the trailer for Star Trek: Beyond. Go ahead, it’s okay, take another look….
?I just wanted to give people a reason to believe.? In Don Verdean an archaeologist and dueling pastors seem to be trying to find ways to bolster people?s faith, but it all finally boils down to feeding their own egos. We have to keep in mind this is very broad satire from Jared and Jerusha…
?You must love this?living in a camper on the streets of New York spreading Christmas cheer.? In Christmas, Again Noel (Kentucker Audley) works the night shift at a New York City Christmas tree lot. He has worked here for the last few Christmases. But this year he is doing it without the woman who has…
Early on in?A Charlie Brown’s Christmas,?Charlie Brown tells both Linus and Lucy that he isn’t feeling the season. Linus (who is generally the source of wisdom in these situations) isn’t terribly receptive to his complaint, but Lucy pushes Charlie toward involvement – after diagnosing him as suffering from?pantophobia. While it’s hard to doubt the genius…
Youth is a meditation on what it means to have grown old. Writer/director Paolo Sorrentino (who won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for The Great Silence) says in the production notes, ?The question I asked myself was, how does one look to the future when one is no longer young?? That kind of existential…
The widespread critical and commercial success of?Despicable Me I & II?guaranteed that the little yellow beings would get their own film. While the character of Gru (Steve Carrell) was their leader/master/boss in the original pair of films, the prequel,?Minions, promised to fill us in on how Kevin, Stuart, and Bob ended up working in the…
