Exploring the good news of the kingdom of God
What is it with filmmakers and nihilism these days? Melancholia, written and directed by Lars von Trier, is another in a long line of films pimping an oversimplified view of reality paraded as thoughtful art. The movie is divided into two parts. The first covers Justines’s (Kirsten Dunst) wedding reception and her abnormal reaction to … Continue reading “Movie Review: Meloncholia”
Blue Like Jazz, the movie based on Donald Miller’s best-selling book of the same name, opened yesterday at theaters. The movie is based on Miller’s spiritual journey from a Texas Baptist boy to Reed College pagan and back to a more mature Christianity. The book is a post-modern spiritual classic that is interesting and insightful, … Continue reading “Movie Review: Blue Like Jazz”
If you are looking for a biography of a famous person told in storybook form you may be disappointed. If, however, you are interested in what makes a leader, you will find much to value in The Iron Lady. This biopic is told from flashbacks of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who now, … Continue reading “Movie Review: The Iron Lady”
Unstoppable is a movie about how easily events in our lives can get out of control and send us on a seemingly inevitable, unstoppable path to destruction. I say seemingly because this movie is redemptive, and its theme virtuous: If you act courageously and are willing to lay down your life, you might actually regain … Continue reading “Movie Review: Unstoppable”
Eat Pray Love should have been titled Eat Pray Be Selfish. I don’t know why I wanted to see this movie; maybe because I knew it wouldn’t be the typical two-hour chase scene shoot-em up. I thought it had a good chance of being a thoughtful movie. I didn’t expect it to be a two hour … Continue reading “Movie Review: Eat Pray Love”