The StoryMen podcast I do with Matt Mikalatos and Clay Morgan put out our 10th episode today. Head over to the StoryMen page to check it out! In this episode, we talk about Crowdsourcing, and how the Church should be taking note to recapture the spirit of the Body of Christ we see in the […]
Olympus Has Fallen took me off-guard. Studios typically reserve the first quarter of the year for movies they don’t think will make much money (because they’re not very good), so I went in hoping to be mildly entertained (like I was in Dead Man Down). But I got more than I was expecting, and I […]
Remember that story about a handsome young man whose beauty masked an ugly soul? He was cursed, so that his exterior truly represented his interior – he was turned into a monstrous beast. That curse could only be broken when he truly changed, and when that change was observed by a young beauty who loved […]
You need to know that I really wanted to love A Good Day to Die Hard. John McClane is my hero. I saw the original Die Hard way to young (though it was on USA). And I loved all the sequels. Yes, even number 2. I saw a midnight showing of 2007’s Live Free or Die […]
There’s a precarious period in any trend when we have to wonder if it’s on the decline. We’ve reached that moment with the Zombie craze. Every time a new project is announced, there are a few more eye-rolls than before. We all wonder: will this be the movie/book/tv-show that breaks the Zom-bubble? (Spoiler: It’ll be […]
So I saw Warm Bodies. Then this happened. Did you see Warm Bodies yet?
Last night’s Super Bowl was full of firsts, at least according to the commentators. First interception thrown by a San Francisco QB, longest kick return, longest TD scored by a San Francisco QB and so on. But the commentators didn’t mention the one that caught the attention of our party: Beyoncé’s Half Time Show performance […]
Mama, the new horror film from producer Guillermo del Toro opened this weekend. Overall, it’s a great horror film that will definitely creep you out. The film has a lot going for it – the effects are great, plenty of smart, atmospheric tension and scares, and a message about the dangers of helicopter parenting aimed […]
The end of a story is always a huge clue to how we should interpret that story. Comparing the endings of two films that released (to wider audiences, anyway) against each other this weekend makes for a fascinating comparison, especially since both films are asking the same question. Zero Dark Thirty is the Oscar-nominated story […]
The Dark Knight Rises It’s no surprise, so I’ll list it first. I wrote eight separate pieces discussing themes in The Dark Knight Rises, and for good reason. This film is in my top 10 not just because I’m obsessed with Batman, but because it’s easily the most ambitious film of the year. It’s a […]