Drama

The Master

I spent 3 days as an extra in PT Anderson's latest, The Master.   The experience began after a 1950s haircut, wardrobe in vintage wool suit, and two days in front of massive lights in 102 degree weather in a room full of smokers.  PT trying to get the atmosphere right.  At one point I thought I fainted but it was just the delirium.

But on the third day, they asked if anyone knew how to swing dance...

Are You A Man For All Seasons?

A Man for All Seasons?  Wait, that's an OLD movie. It's about some white male in the 1500s who refused to accept the king as head of the church of England or something. Why not discuss The Dark Knight Rises, the shooting and our gun laws, the election, this Chick Fil-A outrage, etc?

Pretentious Like Jazz

I wanted to like Blue Like Jazz (BLJ).  I want to like every movie I pay to see, and since so many Christians lose their faith while in college, it's a topic worth exploring.

But they really should have consulted with professionals before going into production.

Anonymous: Analysis

Ah, historical revisionism.  My favorite.   And Anonymous tackles one of history’s greatest “what if” conspiracies: was William Shakespeare (WS) NOT the writer of his plays?  

The movie is daring, engaging and the acting is top notch, but it will probably leave the audience cold.  It left me disappointed.   

Courageous. Yeah, kinda...

The latest, and most watchable of the Sherwood Baptist's movies, revolves around men desiring to be better fathers.  It's not a great film, but it does contain all the “Jesus-porn” you'd expect, along with some truly funny gags, workman-like action scenes and a strong dose of ham-fisted family drama.

Atlas Shrugged, and so did I

I've been hearing a lot of internet buzz about Atlas Shrugged Part I, that Hollywood panned it because of a liberal agenda, or that the production quality wasn't good enough, or that the acting was stilted.  Wrong.

The real reason Hollywood panned the movie is because it violated some of the most basic principles of storytelling. Perhaps this is Rand's fault.   I believe it is.  I came home and watched The Fountainhead with Gary Cooper to see if time and acting quality made a difference.  It didn't.

The Passion of Christ: a Great Opportunity Missed

First of all, it is hard to fault a $450M+ return on a $30M investment. Call it an act of God or a successful marketing concept - either way, many would say this alone makes the movie a success. Herds of Christians (and others who wanted to know what all the hubbub was about) piled into theaters to see the spectacle, to discover Mel's vision of the Greatest Story Ever Told.

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