So … I just got blindsided by a movie. Yeah. I went to the theatre expecting to see the love story of Solomon and the Shulamite translated into modern times. I came out of the theatre having seen a good movie, but definitely not Solomon and the Shulamite. Or Christ and his bride. Let me… Continue reading The Song
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Warning: This review may contain spoilers; if you have not seen the movie and haven’t read the book, please do not read further if you do not want key plot points revealed to you. If you are going to see The Hobbit, and you expect a straightforward, word-for-word and scene-by-scene rendering of the book into… Continue reading The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Tyler Perry’s “Good Deeds”
Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds represents a triad of firsts for me. It is the first Tyler Perry movie I have seen. It is the first time I have intentionally planned to see two separate movies on their opening nights, sequentially. And it is the first time I have stayed up until midnight to see the… Continue reading Tyler Perry’s “Good Deeds”
Red Tails: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen
Red Tails, the movie, captures the strength, the spirit, and the determination of these American heroes who led the way for their brothers to be accepted as equals in a world that wanted to see them as inferiors.
THIS was a hit movie?!
Okay, so, since I am sick and kidless this weekend, I decided to rent some movies to keep me company. Thought I’d catch up on some of the newer movies I haven’t seen … people look at my funny when I don’t know the references they make to pop culture stuff. So one of the… Continue reading THIS was a hit movie?!
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Just got back from the theatre, where the children and I watched The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It was fantastic. Spectacular. Wonderful. Marvellous. Enthralling. Astonishingly true to the book, the movie begins in London during the Blitz. You see the Pevensies coming to the country to live in the… Continue reading Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
What “Finding Nemo” Means
This was a great movie. Not a run-of-the-mill kid’s film by any stretch of the imagination. A truly great kid’s film. The plot is simple. A mother clownfish is killed while trying to save her eggs from a barracuda. The father clownfish finds only one of the eggs left, and from it comes Nemo. Nemo’s egg was… Continue reading What “Finding Nemo” Means