Ladies and gentlemen… it’s Narnia Day at Looking Closer! My review of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe! My interview with Micheal Flaherty, president of Walden Media! The debut of my new monthly column, Response OnScreen! PLUS: Rev. Earl Palmer on the importance of Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe! My friend, colleague, and fellow novelist Clint Kelly on C.S. Lewis and the letters he still receives from children! And don’t miss “What if I love Aslan... Read more
Story here. In articles, interviews, and speeches, Pullman has described The Chronicles not just as “propaganda in the cause of the religion [Lewis] believed in,” but also as guilty of advancing views such as, “Death is better than life; boys are better than girls; light-colored people are better than dark-colored people; and so on.” And those are just Pullman’s G-rated charges. He also has blasted The Chronicles in public forums as “one of the most ugly and poisonous things I’ve... Read more
Peter T. Chattaway beats me to the punch: Last night, I went to the local Chapters and discovered that a whole slew of movie tie-in books have already been released — including a children’s novelization of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which includes descriptions of scenes from the film that are not in C.S. Lewis’s original book. As my friend and colleague Steven D. Greydanus has pointed out, it kind of makes you wonder why there has been... Read more
Mike Harris Stone somehow gathered from a piece of this photo (Was the telephone the big clue?) that it was from Paris, Texas. Here’s the whole photo: Mike Harris Stone wins the recognition due to the king of the world! Read more
Friday specials: GLOBAL WARMINGS Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the long-awaited return of the President of the United States… Will Ferrell. MAL… THE PUPPET Maybe this version will finally win Serenity the respect it deserves. LARK NEWS STRIKES AGAIN Pastor wins “Most Relevant” award. Read more
Okay, so the last one was solved far too quickly. Don’t get cocky. Try this on. Read more
Congratulations again to Danny Walter… actor, screenwriter, U2 fan… for guessing right on exactly what famous punch was being thrown in that last Half-Shot. Unto Danny I bequeath ETERNAL GLORY. The winner of this round will be blessed with ULLLLLLTIMATE POWER. Or, as Palpatine put it, “ULLLLLLLLLLTIMATE POW-AH!!” Here it is. UPDATE: Levi Nunnink will be blessed with ULLLLLLTIMATE POWER for guessing Labyrinth. Read more
Danny Walter guesses correctly… Raising Arizona. H.I.: What are you talkin’ about, Glen? Glen: What am I talkin’ about? I’m talkin’ about sex boy … I’m talkin’ about l’amour! I’m talkin’ that me and Dot are swingers, as in “to swing.” I’m talkin’ about wife swappin’. I’m talkin’ about what they call nowadays open marriage. I’m talk… H.I.: [Knocks Glen to the ground with a punch] Keep your g—–n hands off my wife! Read more
Thursday’s specials: AUSTEN AGAIN My full review (basically, an extended version of my blog entry) for Pride and Prejudice is up now at the Looking Closer movie page. THE AWARDS-MADNESS BEGINS The Awards season has really begun now. Capote (in my top ten, probably) and Murderball (still haven’t seen it) picked up Gotham Awards. And The Constant Gardener (ehhh, didn’t work for me) won a British Independent Award. A MUCH BETTER VERSION OF THE POTC2 PREVIEW Here’s the Pirates of... Read more
Okay, to heat things up a bit, this Half-Shot Contest is moving to STAGE TWO, revealing 3/4 of the image! Read more
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