I watched Moana for the first time yesterday. I'm kind of ambivalent about it, since I can think of some good and some bad messages, an...

"I remember every detail. The Germans wore grey. You wore blue." "Yes. I put that dress away. When the Germans march o...

Moneyball is a movie about a man who almost single-handedly made baseball even more boring than it already was.   Yet I loved it.   I am no...

There is a movie called Leap Year, rated an edgy PG.  This in-control woman (whose control issues are a response to an out of control child...

Made by a young pair of brothers, Divided the movie is the film version of the Family Integrated Church propaganda.   Careful oversight wa...

This cinematic remake of J ane Austen’s Emma is delightful, from the music to the shadows.  It is less comic than the version starring Gwyn...

I posted a blog earlier this week that mentioned Avatar, and I was planning, when I wrote the entry a month ago, to balance it with a descri...

" But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is i...

On January 24, January 31, and February 7, PBS's Masterpiece Classic will be airing the new BBC Emma starring Romula Garai and Michael G...

I was watching a movie with my brothers last night, and the scene was one of those notorious "opportune moments." The hero had a c...

“Hello down there! Slow going?” – Inigo Montoya, Princess Bride Slow going down here in the blog world. I have two book reviews to post, a...

The politics of Star Wars are interesting. The philosophy, though? I was watching Revenge of the Sith the other night, a tense and moving ...

A friend was telling me about a book the other day. She said that in the first page not only had the author stated his thesis; he had also p...

The other night I watched a movie with a friend. It was a thinking movie, the kind I love. Do people ever tell you a movie is "about...

We got Prince Caspian for Christmas at our house. Some movies offer what no books can: moments of sight and sound and emotion woven togeth...

I have been camera crazy this year, filled with intentions of having one of those beautiful blogs filled with artistic pictures that speak e...

The following is a sort of running commentary on the movie, Remains of the Day . I wrote it while watching the movie. The movie is subtle...

I watched the Matrix for the second time last night. Actually I sped it up a bit, skipping the scenes with interminable punching, kicking, ...

I first looked up Michael Crichton after discovering the time travel adventure, Timeline. Starring all sorts of wonderful people with wonder...