2012-10-30T13:40:22-06:00

Last updated on: October 30, 2012 at 1:40 pm   By

Tuesday specials: The New York Times looks at Walden Media’s Isabel Allende project. The Village Voice seeks to impale End of the Spear, the new film based on the famous and true missionary story Through Gates of Splendor. Coy crypto-Christian claptrap masquerading as feel-good ethnography, End of the Spear is part missionaries-in-peril potboiler (sans pot) and part Bush-era evangelical screed. It’s the kind of oversweet cinematic Kool-Aid they used to force-feed us in Sunday school…. … …its Davey and Goliath... Read more

2012-10-31T15:32:57-06:00

Last updated on: October 31, 2012 at 3:32 pm   By

Thanks to Beth Rambo for alerting me to the latest on the film adaptation of The Sparrow, one of my favorite sci-fi novels. (more…) Read more

2012-10-31T15:38:24-06:00

Last updated on: October 31, 2012 at 3:38 pm   By

As the results come in, I’ll be listing the decisions that make some sense, and the decisions that make no sense at all… (And some I’ll be ignoring because I don’t care.) YES Best Television Series – Drama – Lost You’d better believe it! It stumbles from time to time, but it’s full of surprises, great characters, and the sensational cast makes even the forgettable episodes worth watching. Best Actor, Drama – Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote Fan. Tastic. This really... Read more

2012-10-31T15:39:25-06:00

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Cory Edwards, former director of contemporary Christian music videos, just watched his first feature film, the animated Weinstein picture Hoodwinked!, win the weekend box office race. Congratulations, Cory! You’re in very rare company, being the first professing Christian to make a #1 movie since Scott Derrickson did it with The Exorcism of Emily Rose! Of course, being #1 is just a blessing. What really matters is whether or not the movie is good. I’ve seen Hoodwinked!, and I recommend it.... Read more

2012-10-31T15:50:53-06:00

Last updated on: October 31, 2012 at 3:50 pm   By

Wow… some real surprises here. And a few of the names that got my votes WON! Best Director: David Cronenberg, “A History of Violence” Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Capote” Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, “Walk the Line” Best Supporting Actor: Mickey Rourke, “Sin City” Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, “A History of Violence” Best Original Screenplay: “Good Night and Good Luck,” George Clooney and Grant Heslov Best Adapted Screenplay: “Brokeback Mountain,” Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana, based on L. Annie... Read more

2012-10-31T15:51:55-06:00

Last updated on: October 31, 2012 at 3:51 pm   By

Sunday’s specials: What a friendly neighborhood I live in! This morning, I’m walking around the streets of Shoreline, Washington, and as I’m waiting at a crosswalk, I see in the window of the house next to me… …a wooden cross… … a Bush/Cheney poster… … a digital-readout message panel that is flashing these words to all who pass by: “Liberals – THE ENEMIES WITHIN”… … and a security camera, pointing right at me and anyone who happens to walk by... Read more

2012-10-31T15:54:29-06:00

Last updated on: October 31, 2012 at 3:54 pm   By

The world bids farewell to Shelley Winters. (more…) Read more

2012-10-31T15:56:43-06:00

Last updated on: October 31, 2012 at 3:56 pm   By

Thursday specials: WHAT DID MR. BEAVER SAY? The official script of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe isn’t easy to get. But fans have put one together, if you’re willing to read their version… BRAD AND ANGELINA’S BABY NAMED SEXIEST FETUS ALIVE Borowitz strikes again. (via Mark Shea.) CATHOLIC PROFESSORS, YOU’RE FIRED! Wheaton, which proudly houses papers by the Catholic writer J.R.R. Tolkien, fired a popular professor recently for converting to Catholicism, says The Wall... Read more

2012-10-29T12:41:18-06:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2012 at 12:41 pm   By

What’s your favorite Robert Altman film? I love Gosford Park. And several others… He’s been one of the Oscars’ most overlooked talents for decades. At last, he’s getting some credit. Read more

2012-10-29T12:41:01-06:00

Last updated on: October 29, 2012 at 12:41 pm   By

Wednesday’s specials: SARRIS DARES TO SHRUG OFF BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Courageously stating some of the obvious problems with Brokeback Mountain, Andrew Sarris demonstrates that he’s willing to swim upstream against the tidal wave of hype: Hence, I suppose that my ultimate objection to Brokeback Mountain lies in its stretching out what originally begins as a physical relationship between two young men to, after 20 years, Ennis and Jack quarreling like an old married couple about the forced infrequency of their reunions.... Read more

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