Archive for the 'Theoretical' Category
- On The Horizon: The Road
On The Horizon is a feature that takes a look at movies that are coming down the pipeline that I predict will be either critically successful or particularly interesting. This time of year, everyone is talking about all the summer blockbusters, but just after the summer buzz begins what I call the critical season. In [...]
- Expelled Preview Screening
If the posters popping up around campus are to be believed, there will be a preview screening at Southern of the new Ben Stein documentary on intelligent design, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” on April 1st. I had trouble believing it at first, It sounds like a cruel prank that Dr. Moore might play on his [...]
- 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 [...]
- Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Click on Reviews in the header menu for an overview of how I approach film reviews.
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 [...]
- Church: The Lost Art
The following is an excerpt of a commentary on the modern church written by an unbeliever.
It would be wonderful to imagine these places as sites where people gather to appreciate great art, music and poetry, and experience the best of religious history. Think again. A typical church service is a few hymns, a harangue from [...]
- The Source and Importance of Beauty
tells us to “logizesthe” on beautiful things, among others. The word “logizesthe” means to dwell on deeply, to meditate. It does not mean to skim over. It would be silly to imagine that Paul would urge his readers to “logizesthe” on things that were not worthy of it. So, what things are worthy of [...]
Movie Reviews
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
2008-05-19 18:16
Jason Segal was funny, I could have lived my life without seeing his junk though. Russell Brand took the show though, he was hilarious, great timing. But overall the movie was a disappointment. I'd been expecting Knocked Up 2 but it just didn't live up to the hype for me.
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2008-05-19 17:12
I'm not a huge fan of the Bond movies. I like the Sean Connery era, But Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan were too clean cut and high brow for me. Daniel Craig plays a more sadistic and heartless Bond. And the Poker game is fantastic, riveting.
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2008-05-19 16:58
McClane is back! I liked Justin Long as the sidekick. Not the best of the series, but at least it's better than #2.
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2008-05-19 16:50
I love Iron Man. It's intelligent, exciting, and funny. Plus fanboys (like me) love it for all the Marvel world references.
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