Doing Something with Nothing: "I Am Legend" Under Review

December 21st, 2007 | 1 min read

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.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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Doing Something with Nothing: "I Am Legend" Under Review

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