Adding this new material to the story does make the movie feel a little long, but the added character information is welcome…
+ MoreA new creative team goes back to the well for Kong: Skull Island. Other than the two elements of its name – Kong and the island – they’ve made the rest anew.
+ MoreThere were two films that stood out above the rest for me, but then such a strong contingent of others that it became hard to order favorites.
+ MoreSome have called Logan the “Dark Knight” of the Marvel adaptations. Are these films really comparable?
+ MoreAll of the clips referenced in God in the Movies: A Guide for Exploring Four Decades of Film
+ MoreA discussion about Logan.
+ MoreI’d like to write briefly about the four main referents I noticed in hopes of enhancing your enjoyment of Logan, encouraging you to watch a few great films from the past, and to get at the film’s potential theological imports.
+ MoreThe footage featured in The Road Movie mostly consists of crashes. Lots and lots of crashes. Industrial trucks tip over. Cars careen across the icy Russian highways. Buses explode. Tanks try to go through drive in car washes.
+ MoreDespite contemporary society’s best efforts at forgetting them, life does not end for senior citizens on their move to a nursing home. They still have life, wit, and memory. Distant Constellation aims to paint these particular elderly people with sensitivity and warmth.
+ MoreThough the talking head segments that comprise most of the film begin as audition spiels, they quickly morph into more personal statements.
+ MoreThe precise beauty of Still Tomorrow starts with the camerawork. Fan Jian puts on a masterclass in classical framing: lots of symmetry with significant deviation at key moments.
+ MoreDo we need a humorless, high school version of Groundhog Day? Why not?
+ MoreIn a few brief chapters, How to Talk to a Movie will forever change the way you watch movies by opening your eyes and ears to what movies are saying, how they are saying it, and how God might be speaking to you through them.
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