It?s not easy to be scary. No really, take a shot. We?ll wait. And when you get done with that, try your hand at being funny. Or endearing. Or poignant. Any luck? How about trying to be all of the above? A handful of actors can pull it off, maybe a few writers too. ?But…
Smith remembers telling God in a loud, demanding conversation, ?You can?t take my son from me. We asked for him seventeen years ago.?
you’re likely upset about what happened in Charlottesville maybe you’ve talked about it, maybe took ?some kind of social media stance, maybe just sort of saddened inside it’s probably super obvious to you that all these alt-right racists are wrong, that racism is wrong (“evil” as Trump (finally) put it), has always been wrong, that…
In his latest thriller, Dean Koontz gets creepy. That will come as no surprise to his loyal following, but?how?he gets inside the heads of his readers this time is … chilling. In this latest standalone (or is it first in a series) novel, Jane Hawk is an FBI agent on the hunt. She’s suspicious of…
if you’re like plenty other people (and you are, cuz look at all us humans, so much more alike than different), then you may intentionally read more than normal during summer months many of us (obv including me in this case) make a “Summer Reading List” of sorts (actually, i didn’t necessarily purposely set out…
Josh Larsen’s highly anticipated new book,?Movies are Prayers: How Films Voice Our Deepest Longings, is finally out! ?And ScreenFish wants to send a copy to you! Movies do more than tell a good story. They are expressions of raw emotion, naked vulnerability, and unbridled rage. They often function in the same way as prayers, communicating…
For many, sitting in a darkened theatre, munching popcorn and taking in the latest blockbuster film or drama with Oscar buzz is a respite from modern culture.? In a moment of escape, they allow themselves to be pulled into another world of space aliens, superheroes or suspense in an effort to ?turn their brain off?…
In the fifteen years I’ve spent writing about media online, only three things have earned me digital (and real-life) tongue-lashings. My proposal that?Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice?is better than?Captain America: Civil War. My belief that?The Shack?explains spiritual truths in a real and powerful way. My admiration for the sometimes bespectacled Rob Bell, former pastor,…
Tom Brady might be New England but David Ortiz is Boston. While the three-time World Series champion might have been “just” a talented designated hitter on an American League team fighting decades of failure to the world before Patriot’s Day 2013, afterward, he was the galvanizing face of a city that stood against terrorism, fear,…
In the debut our new page, “OtherFish,” where we’ll cover the various pieces of media that catch our attention that aren’t?movies or television, I am proud to present the work of one of our own ScreenFishers, Jason Norton. After years of slaving away over writing, editing, and journaling his own stories, Norton has proudly release…
