Category: Film Reviews/Hollywood
Five Bad Reasons Not to See “Expelled”
The ever-tyrannical majority over at Wikipedia may have won the word-battle to spin Ben Stein’s Expelled as an uninteresting documentary “for Christians and the Discovery Institute,” but no matter… The truth is not killed when angry people stamp on it....
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Delightful, shocking, informative, perpetually light-hearted while deadly-serious, at times almost moving… Ben Stein’s documentary on the “Big Science’s” resistance of “smart new ideas” in biology, physics and cosmology, is a must-see. Stylistically, the film cuts back and forth from 50’s...
Movie Week at Mere-0: No Country for Old Men
In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. So far I have reviewed Juno, Michael Clayton, Atonement, and There Will Be Blood. No Country for Old...
Movie Week at Mere-O: There Will Be Blood
In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. So far I have reviewed Juno, Michael Clayton, and Atonement. It might be tempting for some Christians to...
Movie Week at Mere-O: Atonement
In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. So far I have reviewed Juno and Michael Clayton. Based on the bestselling novel by Ian McEwan (which...
Movie Week at Mere-O: Juno
In honor of the Oscars next Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. Previously: Michael Clayton. Juno is an engaging and stimulating story that is instructive without being preachy, stirring without...
Movie Week at Mere-O: Michael Clayton
In honor of the Oscars next Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. As Michael Clayton is the only movie I reviewed previously, I thought I would start with it. Apparently,...
A Test for the Academy: Michael Clayton
When the Oscar nominees were announced, I was mildly surprised to see “Michael Clayton” among the nominees for Best Picture. After seeing it, that mild surprise turned into astonishment. The idea that this film could win Best picture over No...
Under Review: The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters, Denzel Washington’s second foray into directing, recounts the historic run by Wiley College’s–an all black school in East Texas–Debate Team, which eventually defeated the University of Southern California (not Harvard, as the movie depicts it). The unlikely...
Doing Something with Nothing: “I Am Legend” Under Review
Occasionally, movies manage to be entertaining in spite of themselves. In these instances, solid acting, excellent special effects, and competent directing work to overcome what would otherwise be a fatal flaw: no plot. I Am Legend, Will Smith’s newest film,...