In the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones’ final season, Aaron Rodgers makes a negligible impact and everything burns. King’s Landing. The Iron Fleet. Varys. The Mountain and The Hound. [I wonder if anyone who didn’t burn might still actually be alive, even if they appear lost.] And maybe our hopes and dreams for just… [Read More]
The Biggest Little Farm: Rebuilding Eden
When a person finds purpose in what they do, every day is an opportunity just waiting to be explored. In the case of John and Molly Chester, their purpose lies on 214 acres of land just north of Los Angeles. That swath of land, known as Apricot Lane Farms, is one of the most unique… [Read More]
Tolkien: Should You Watch … or Not?
The filmmakers have admitted the new Tolkien movie uses some poetic license to capture a glimpse of the now-famous author of The Lord of the Rings. But did they use too much license and make him into something other than what he was? This a difficult question—one which I will attempt to answer as I… [Read More]
What Men Want: Breaking In
Adam Shankman is best known for judging Dancing with the Stars but he’s directed nearly ten feature-length films, from the early 2000s (A Walk to Remember, The Wedding Planner) to more recent (Rock of Ages). In remaking Nancy Meyers’ What Women Want, he pushes Taraji P. Henson into the center of a shift in understanding… [Read More]
The Lego Movie 2: The Toxic Gender Wars
We all owe Disney a collective ‘Thank You’. After their unceremonial firing as directors of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Phil Lord and Chris Miller were immediately offered involvement in two projects that needed guidance. One such project was Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse, an animated spin outside the confines of the MCU that was… [Read More]
General Magic – The Success of Failure
“Failure is not the end. Failure is actually the beginning” In the early 1990s a group of Apple employees left the company to try to take computing to the next step—a handheld computer that people can carry around. And they did. Except the company they started failed. But failure isn’t always failure. General Magic documents… [Read More]
Thursday at #NBFF20
For my final day at the 2019 Newport Beach Film Festival presented by Pacific Sales, I took in a pair of documentaries. But before I get to those movies, I want to thank the festival for providing me with tickets to see the films I saw, and especially thank the hundreds of volunteers without whom… [Read More]
JT LeRoy: Finding Yourself in Someone Else
BBased on Savannah Knoop’s memoir, Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy, JT Leroytells the true story of deception and lies behind one of the greatest literary hoaxs of our time.Author of a NY Times best-seller,Laura Albert (Laura Dern) writes as her “avatar,” a disenfranchised young queer man named JT LeRoy. When JT becomes a… [Read More]
Lady Hater: Laughing with the Ladies
Written and directed by Alexandra Barreto (The Fosters),Lady Hateris a hilarious look at the current conversation surrounding femininity and gender. While running late for what she thinks is a yoga class, a self-proclaimed ‘guy’s girl’ (Allyn Rachel) becomes stuck in an all-female ‘goddess’ seminar. As she attempts to leave, she is drawn into a conversation… [Read More]
Hesburgh – Conscience of the Nation
He was called “the Conscience of the Nation.” He was the advisor and friend of Presidents of both parties from Dwight Eisenhower to Ronald Reagan. He served (and eventually chaired) the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. And around the Notre Dame campus (where he was President for 35 years) he was Father Ted. Father Theodore Hesburgh… [Read More]
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