The Visual Bible: ACTS (1994)
The NIV text of the Book of Acts is the script, with a narrator reciting the narrative & actors acting out the action and speaking the dialogue.
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018)
When I was a teen fan of science fiction my favorite artist was Chesley Bonestell whose vast output of space art thrilled thousands of fans of the genre. He was the go-to man for Hollywood’s George Pal who depended on his art and technical expertise for Destination Moon, When Worlds Collide, and War of the …
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Miss. Summer Freedom Project – Part 6
This is the sixth and final posting in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of my participation in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, highlighting Parts 14, 15, & 16 of the Journal I kept during the two weeks I was at Shaw, Mississippi, a small town about 125 miles north of Jackson in the northwestern section …
Shogun (2024)
Set in the 1600s when Poruguese Catholics have been trading with and have converted a few Japanese, this second adaptation of James Clavell’s historical novel, created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks is so msemerizing that it demands binge watching. Thus far you can watch on Hulu the ten sessions already produced, with two more seasons promised. The …
MaXXXine (2024)
Director Ty West’s hard-R film is only for fans of the horror genre, several of its gory scnes being very graphic. It is part of a trilogy—X, created in 2022, and Pearl, also in that year. I have not sen the others, although I know that all deal with some aspect of filmmaking and the …
At the 60th Anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, the truth still matters
Faith-and-film expert the Rev. Edward McNulty shares his memories of going South in 1964 to help Black colleagues campaign for civil rights.
Fresh (1994)
After a few minutes of watching Boaz Yakin’s film set in a Brooklyn ghetto I was thinking of John Singleton’s Boyz n the Hood. Both films, loaded with “F bombs and “m-f”s provide a portal for white viewers to enter the red-lined world that white racism has created. And both feature a strong divorced father …
Thelma (2024)
It is a delight to come across another film with an elderly person as the main character, showing that life does not end at 80. Inspired by a real-life Thelma who is now 103, director Josh Margolin’s movie Thelma is centered on a 93-year-old that gives actress June Squibb a chance to shine. It is …
Inside Out 2 (2024)
It has been about 9 years since Pixar’s innovative Inside Out helped children and their familis understand the emotions that dwelt within them, sometimes controling their reactions to the external world. Like many fans of that film, I wondered if a sequel could live up to high quality of the original, and am glad to …
The Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (2024)
Director/co-writer (with his wife Rebekah) Joshua Weigel tells a story that we’d say is too Pollyannish, but for the fact that it is based on a true story. It is a heart-warming story of a community of people opening their hearts to dozens of abused children, so broken that no one wanted to take them …
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