This "reel" of Snickers commercials is worth some cross-curricular media mindfulness analysis (very funny, too.) … [Read more...]
Media, Faith & Values Online Course begins 10/19/08
October 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Hi everyone, This course is sponsored by the University of Dayton's Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation: http://vlc.udayton.edu. If you would like to join this course (which I will be facilitating if we have enough students), please visit http://vlc.udayton.edu , scroll to the bottom of the front page, and follow through. You can create a student profile even if you decide not to register at this time. Please sign up as soon as you can. Next time I will let you know … [Read more...]
Nicholas Nickleby: a Movie for Today
October 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Nicholas Nickleby, based on Charles Dickens' critique of the effects of unscrupulous capitalism expressed through market "speculation", is a tale for our times. This 2002 version isn't necessarily the best of the many screen and TV adaptations produced through the years, but it was nominated for a Golden Globe and is highly "watchable" (the comic burlesque aspects are very entertaining.) And it offers much to talk about in terms of the side-effects of capitalism. Dickens wrote the novel … [Read more...]
The 25 best L.A. films of the last 25 years
October 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This article is from the LA Times, August 31, 2008. I know, it is a bit dated now, but I am just catching up after being away for so long! Their #1 film is L.A. Confidential: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-ca-25filmsintro31-2008aug31,0,595627.story From the list, my favorites are Chinatown, Crash, Clueless, The Big Lebowski... … [Read more...]
Religulous the Movie and new blog
October 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Hi folks, I am migrating my blog to WordPress - if I can! http://sisterrose.wordpress.com/ AOL is discontinuing its JOURNAL service at the end of this month! Tags: Religulous the Movie; SisterRose's blog aoljpictureUpload, aoljpictureUpload_1 … [Read more...]
Religulous the Movie
October 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Hi everyone, Here is my first entry in my new blog. I hope to import my AOL blog but I am not sure if it will work! Keep an eye on this space! Here is my take on Bill Maher's film: Late night HBO comedian Bill Maher’s (Keeping Time with Bill Maher) signature new film is a “mockumentary” that lampoons organized religion. Actually, the people he interviews lampoon themselves because they are mostly unable to articulate their faith according to Maher’s often ill-informed questions. … [Read more...]
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