Archive for the 'Culture' Category
- Contemporary Art and the Incarnation
ByFaith Magazine has a good article on Contemporary Art and the Incarnation.
The doctrine of the Incarnation both frees and compels us in our interaction with contemporary art. We are free from fear because we see history as the outworking of God’s perfect will, driven onward by the reality of the eschaton. If we submit [...]
- A Theology of Consumption
Television has been called the electronic babysitter. Parents worry about too much sex and violence being transmitted to kids. Yet half a century of rhetoric about television’s harmful influence hasn’t changed the fact that most viewers simply don’t care. They don’t consider television a classroom dedicated to the development of youth. While legislators grabbed headlines [...]
- New Get Smart Trailer
A brand new trailer for Get Smart has finally debuted. Get Smart stars Steve Carell as Agent 86 and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 and is based on the classic 1960’s TV show created by Mel Brooks. This looks amazingly hilarious! I know I say that a lot, but this time I’m 100% there. Steve [...]
- RIP HD-DVD
Toshiba announced today that it will cease development, production and marketing of its HD-DVD players and recorders. They had been struggling from the start to compete with Sony’s Blu-Ray in sales.
Early this year, they were dealt one of a series of deathblows by Warner Bros. who said that they would abandon HD-DVD and would [...]
- 2008 Summer Movie Calendar
The summer films of 2008 are shaping up to be some of the most exciting in years. While a handful look like they will be fodder for good theological/cultural discussion, most will be visually electrifying escapist fare. While there aren’t as many sequels as 2007, there are quite a few movies that look absolutely incredible. [...]
- Letterman vs. Leno
Kris Rasmussen from Idol Chatter on Beliefnet weighed in with his thoughts over Jay Leno getting more viewers last night than Letterman whose production company went out of their way to make a deal with the striking writers so they would not have to cross picket lines to begin production. And his observations were excellent.
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- Welcome to a False Blog
It just so happens that the Pope believes this to be a false blog because I am not sanctioned by The Catholic Church, nor is the doctrine I teach in accord with their stated doctrine. But I am in good company with: Dr. Al Mohler, Desiring God, Founders Ministries, Provocations and Pantings
- Do Hard Things
We often expect more of toddlers than we do of teenagers. They must be held accountable to do hard things for the sake of the gospel.
- Future Effects of Harry Potter
This weekend an entire subset of the adult nation spent six hours or so reading a teen-fiction book about a boy wizard. With 8.5 million copies being sold on the day of its release, it makes you wonder: What if that many people cared about something truly important that they would spend the same amount [...]
- The Deathly Hallows
Because I am immensely boring I will not be attending any midnight releases of the seventh and final volume in the Harry Potter saga. Though part of me would love to put on a big fur coat and fake beard and wig to look like Hagrid, and storm into Barnes and Noble to tower over [...]
- Five Things to Learn from Harry Potter
A few lessons to be learned from our favorite wizard.
- Ratatouille (2007)
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A rat named Remy (Patton Oswalt), living in Paris, longs for the food from the kitchens and tables instead of the garbage like the rest of his family, so he befriends a chef with little talent, Linguini (Lou Romano), and [...]
- Shaq’s Big Challenge
In case you didn’t know, last night was the premiere of an ABC special series called “Shaq’s Big Challenge.” We all know Shaq is big, but what is so big about the challenge?
Childhood obesity is a fast-growing epidemic in the U.S. And Shaquille O’Neal is trying to take 6 Florida kids from fat to [...]
- Dangerous Book For Boys
Finally, a book that embraces boys as boys. Benjamin, Joseph, and even I should read this.
- Essential Piper Library
My introduction to Dr. John Piper was in college, through a free cassette tape of one of his sermons which I picked up at a church in Dothan, Alabama while doing some drama for a JAM team there. My car at the time had no CD player and if you’ve ever tried to listen to [...]
- Rent (2005)
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This film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning Broadway rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers [...]
- Apocalypto (2006)
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At the heart of heart of Mel Gibson’s tale of the downfall and collapse of the Ancient Mayan culture is the story of Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), a young warrior living in a peaceful village where hunting and making babies [...]
- Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
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Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is your run-of-the-mill IRS agent, good at his job, but bored with a life filled with more numbers than people. However, one day while preparing for work in his usual fashion, all of that changes. He [...]
- Conversations with God (2006)
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These “conversations” are based on the best-selling books by Neal Donald Walsch. Canadian actor Henry Czerny (”The Exorcism of Emily Rose”) plays author Walsch, who was at his lowest point when he found a new purpose for his life.
According to [...]
- Candy (2006)
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It’s a story of love and addiction: addiction to another person, and addiction to that most insidious of drugs, heroin. Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish star as Dan and Candy, a would-be poet and a would-be artist respectively, whose romantic [...]
My Movie Reviews
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2008-10-24 15:24
With DeNiro and Pacino I expected much better. But it was dry and predictable the whole way through. Better than 88 minutes, but not by a lot.
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2008-10-24 14:09
I hate horror movies, but this one surprised all of the critics and did great at the box office, so I had to see it. And despite the lame acting and predictable plot, it was creepy! I had to watch another movie after it to get to bed.
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2008-10-24 14:06
Acting was superb. Expect posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger. Great action and twists. Can't wait for Christopher Nolan's next.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of...
2008-10-20 20:00
The movie was okay. But Indiana Jones and aliens (sorry, interdimensional beings) just don't mix. They should have left well enough alone. Most of the movie was goofy and campy, especially the monkeys and groundhogs.
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2008-10-20 12:00
I had high expectations of this move going in, and it lived up to them. The acting was fabulous, especially by the supporting roles, Martin Landau, Tim Robbins, and Bill Murray. Read my full review here.
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