Posts Tagged: film

November 5, 2009

God on Trial by Masterpiece Contemporary

God On Trial by PBS Masterpiece Contemporary

Last evening, I was scrolling through Netflix looking for a movie to watch when I noticed a film by PBS Masterpiece Contemporary titled God On Trial. The title was intriguing, but the synopsis of the movie was especially evocative. So, I sent it to queue and then hit play and I watched it, intensely. It is an incredible, thought provoking film. Read more…

October 24, 2009

Where the Wild Things Are

My wife and I took our children to see Where the Wild Things Are a few days ago. Our children loved it, a lot, but I think it would be safe to say that I loved it even more than they loved it! In fact, I would not be afraid to put Where the Wild Things Are in the second or third spot of my all-time-favorite movies list! Seriously! Where the Wild Things Are is a rich and wonderful story built upon a very simple and deep message about peace, anger, fear, comfort and family. Read more…

July 28, 2009

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A head full of wonderful childhood memories and a long forgotten cache of the most colorful plastic personalities and fascinating vehicles ever dreamed of compels me to go see what should be this summer’s biggest cinematic hit.

Incidentally: Storm Shadow > Snake Eyes.

May 14, 2008

A Top Ten Movie List

Memes. I have a love/hate relationship with memes. When I’m tagged, I kind of cringe a bit, initially, because I’m not sure what is entailed in any given meme. Some I skip; others I dive into head first because they are actually meaningful. I was just tagged for a meme, but luckily it is a good one! I am a huge move and DVD fanatic. My wife and I love collecting DVDs. Some day we will have a ridiculously over-sized home theater in which we will comfortably watch all of the movies we have collected over the years with our children and then with their children. Yeah, there will be an old fashioned popcorn machine in there too! We do love our movies!

At any rate, the rules of this particular meme are: 1. List your top ten favorite films (in no particular order). 2. If you are tagged, you have to post and tag 3-5 people. 3. Link back to the one who tagged you. 4. Tip the hat to Dan.

That said, here is my list of my top ten favorite movies of all time: Read more…

November 8, 2006

The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

The Exorcism of Emily Rose found its way into my Sony DVD player. The movie was done well. It was much better than most Hollywood “possession” movies, including the standard-setting “The Exorcist”. My 119 minute living room experience of Emily Rose was seriously accentuated by a 1000 Watt 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS Pioneer Receiver and Speaker System. This particular combination of ancient faith and modern technology had the tendency to scare the hell out of me on occasion. Demon possession in surround sound will force the staunchest skeptic toward a light switch. At any rate, the plot of the movie was not primarily focused upon the possession itself, but rather on the trail that followed Emily’s death. The movie basically turned out to be a cinematic debate between proponents of faith and reason. It was surprisingly well done. Read more…