Tag: Pacifism

  • Oscars 2020 — Who Should Win (Part Two)

    Oscars 2020 — Who Should Win (Part Two)

    Welcome to part two of our Oscar picks! Here’s part one if you missed it: Oscars 2020 – Who Should Win? (Part One) Remember, these aren’t the movies that will win, these are the movies that should win. Here are our picks for the most coveted categories of the night…   Best Supporting Actress  …

  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    As Hollywood obsesses over superhero movies, power has shifted from directors to producers. Just ask Edgar Wright and Patty Jenkins — two veteran directors who dropped blockbuster projects after learning Marvel Studios was in charge, not them. But there is one director who continues to buck the trend and maintain his legacy as a true…

  • Oscars 2017 – Who Should Win? (Part Two)

    Oscars 2017 – Who Should Win? (Part Two)

    Welcome to part two of our Oscar picks! Here’s part one if you missed it: Oscars 2017 – Who Should Win? (Part One). Remember, these aren’t the movies that will win, these are the movies that should win. Here are our picks for the most coveted categories of the night…   Best Supporting Actress  …

  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    “Rebellions are built on hope.” — Jyn Erso Sitting in the theater on a snowy December night watching Rogue One, I had to come to terms with a few realities of life. The first is that I am a complete fanboy of anything Star Wars. The second is that I love rebellions. So if you…

  • Hacksaw Ridge

    Hacksaw Ridge

    Sometimes it’s easy to wonder if Mel Gibson wants to find redemption in his work as a filmmaker. Gibson’s shortcomings are clearly documented: some will tell you he’s a drunk, an anti-Semite and a clinically insane person. Others will tell you he’s a broken man seeking to honor God in his craft. And I think…

  • Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Few films arrive with as much controversy as Birth of a Nation. A promising run on the festival circuit (complete with a standing ovation at the Toronto Film Festival) gave way to scandal when disturbing details emerged about writer/director/star Nate Parker’s past. The movie is here now, but is it any good? Birth of a…

  • Copperhead

    Copperhead

    For the most part we in the Northern states look upon the Civil War as a tragic but noble and necessary episode to preserve the Union. And most of us rank Abraham Lincoln as one of the greatest, if not the greatest of U.S. presidents. But we gloss over how much opposition to the war…

  • Seven Days in May

    Seven Days in May

    “The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience,” Rod Serling, the adaptor of Seven Days in May, addressed the Congress in 1968. “He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism…”* Serling’s vehicle was a bulldozer, through which he endeavored to level the…

  • Is Indiana Jones a Hero?

    Is Indiana Jones a Hero?

    There were three fictional characters I wanted to be when I was young: Fox Mulder, Han Solo, and Indiana Jones. They were everything I wasn’t — cool and confident, always up for adventure, and irresistible to the ladies. Mulder and Solo faded with time, but Jones stuck with me. He wasn’t an outcast like Mulder…

  • Son of Saul

    Son of Saul

    Son of Saul is a movie unlike any other I’ve seen.  Critics agree. It has recently racked up an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, four awards at the Cannes film festival, as well as thirty-eight others. This is more than just another holocaust film. In fact it was intentionally made to be different than most…