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Category Archives: Film
“One Hit From Home” – A Film I Enjoyed Sharing a Role in as an Actor
Some of you know that a few years ago I worked with several friends on a feature film. These two friends–Johnny Meier and David Stone–came to personal faith in Christ as young filmmakers and were powerfully nudged by the Spirit … Continue reading
Payback: How We Understand Debt and Revenge
The famous Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood defines the subject of her book “Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth” — which originated as the 2008 Massey Lectures in Toronto — as “one of the most worrisome and puzzling things … Continue reading
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Les Misérables: A Film That Reveals What True Faith Looks Like
Victor Hugo’s epic story, “Les Misérables,” is set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, times of revolution and upheaval aimed at a culture dominated by the Catholic Church for many centuries. As most readers already know “Les Misérables” tells a … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Film, Forgiveness, Gospel/Good News, Love
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Lincoln on the Big Screen (5)
Since the new film “Lincoln” deals directly with the passage of the 13th Amendment, and the abolition of slavery in the United States, scholars and pundits of all sorts are asking new questions about both Lincoln and slavery. I welcome … Continue reading
Posted in America and Americanism, Film, History, Race and Racism
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Lincoln on the Big Screen (4)
When producer Steven Spielberg began to talk with script writer Tony Kushner about his project to do the first serious film on Abraham Lincoln in seventy years their ideas began to coalesce when Spielberg asked, “Why don’t we make a … Continue reading
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Lincoln on the Big Screen (3)
The screenplay for the new “Lincoln” film was written by Tony Kushner (photo at left). Kushner began writing for the screen in 2000. He previously co-wrote the screenplay for “Munich” in 2005, a film also directed by Steven Spielberg. Kushner, … Continue reading
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Lincoln on the Big Screen (2)
The famous English/American journalist Alistair Cooke (1908–2004), best known for his moving works like Letter from America and Alistair Cooke’s America, was one of the most devoted students of American history, and personal life in the states, in the twentieth century. … Continue reading
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Lincoln on the Big Screen (1)
In Steven Spielberg’s new movie “Lincoln” we get a powerful glimpse of one small period in the life of President Abraham Lincoln, a period of only a month just before his death and right after his re-election to a second … Continue reading
Posted in America and Americanism, Film, History, Leadership, Race and Racism
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“Skyfall”–The Best Bond Film of All?
“Skyfall,” the new James Bond film, is more realistic and believable than any Bond film I’ve seen. It is also much less cavalier in its attitude toward morality and womanizing than we have come to expect from the various Bond … Continue reading
Trouble with the Curve
The new Clint Eastwood film Trouble with the Curve is much, much more than a baseball movie. It is really a character story with a baseball backdrop, much like the well-done book/film, Moneyball. In Trouble with the Curve an ailing … Continue reading
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