Category: Archive
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Dune Movie Review
Overall, this was a huge disappointment for me. It was beautiful. But it was surprisingly empty spectacle, especially for a director who is capable of more.
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Dune: Taste Versus Quality
The characters in Dune don’t journey as much as are placed on a board. That’s ok! In fact, it’s excellent writing. I can appreciate it. But I don’t necessarily enjoy it.
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Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse: It’s Fine
How do you square a movie with highs, but pretty breaking lows? How do you take in the beautiful animation, while also acknowledge this is a story that’s falling apart? Do the two cancel each other out? I’d square it away by calling it “fine.”
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One Piece: Taking Your Characters Seriously
It’s not complicated. But it is so fun to just have focused, invested enjoyment. Good action scenes, a creative world, and most of all, characters that are taken seriously in the midst of the insanity. What’s not to love?
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Dominion by Tom Holland
Tom Holland views all of Western culture as an untethering of Christian values from their source. Is Western Culture really just a Christian heresy?
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Arcane Show Review
While Arcane shows us what are not the answers, personally, I believe Christianity has the answer. But whether or not you believe that answer, the question remains. What do you do when you’ve done something unacceptably wrong? Arcane is powerful enough to deal with that question, and many more.
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Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning Part One: How to Keep a Franchise Fresh
While Mission: Impossible has always advertised itself on being bigger and badder than the previous movies, what really makes the movies shine is the characters. This movie keeps it fresh through Hayley Atwell’s Grace, and the other characters that drive the twists and thrills of Dead Reckoning: Part One.
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The Force Awakens: Frantic Filmaking
What’s the Force Awakens about? It was about making people happy enough to watch the movie, and then recommend it to friends and see it again. It wasn’t about making a good movie. And a good movie isn’t what they made.
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Are Movies About to Implode?
I can’t predict the movie market for you. But what I can tell you is that things can’t go the way they’re going now. Or else movies will implode.
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Les Miserables: Volumes 3 through 5
While it may not be my favorite book I have ever read, it is probably the best and greatest book I have ever read. It is the culmination of a man’s views on the world told in a story that will move any heart. It is worth every second of the experience.
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