Category Archives: Movie Review

Greetings, friends! It’s been a while since I’ve posted content. Life has been WILD this summer, and with the school year kicking into gear, I haven’t had much time recently to write. However, I’ve got some exciting ideas for a future blog series, and I plan to start fleshing them out as soon as IContinue reading “What I’ve Been Watching This Summer: 7 Movie Reviews”

Imagine that you’re about to be stranded on a desert island. You’re allowed to take one fragment of a piece of art from any genre with you – not a complete work of art, but a tiny piece of that work of art, such as a chunk of a painting or sculpture, a chapter fromContinue reading “Gifts from the Sea”

Shortly after my wife and I started dating, I made a horrifying discovery: She had never seen the original Star Wars trilogy. Well…that wasn’t exactly true. She had seen the opening minutes of George Lucas’ sci-fi epics, which are consistently ranked among the most influential works of cinema ever created. She had just fallen asleepContinue reading “The Return of the Last Jedi: Why Rian Johnson’s controversial film is better than you remember”

What makes a trustworthy leader? In the opening scenes of Top Gun: Maverick, we’re invited to eavesdrop on an elite group of fighter pilots, each of whom is pondering this question. It’s no mere intellectual curiosity. For these young aviators, the answer will spell the difference between life and death. They’ve been given a seeminglyContinue reading “The Lamb in the Cockpit: Christ-Like Leadership in “Top Gun: Maverick””

“Home, is it just a word? Or is it something you carry within you?” In the opening minutes of Chloe Zhao’s film Nomadland, we see these words inked on the arm of an Amazon employee named Angela, who is showing off tattoos to her new friend, Fern. It’s a quick scene that may not seemContinue reading “Joy in the Journey: Chasing Sehnsucht in Zhao’s “Nomadland””

It was almost the best day of his life. Joe Gardner, a resident of New York City, had spent most of his years teaching jazz band classes for middle-schoolers. The work had its own peculiar charm. Sure, the racket cooked up by distracted brains, untrained ears, and clumsy fingers could be grating. But there were momentsContinue reading “The Music of the Mundane”

With all the news and chaos surrounding the recent spread of the Coronavirus, you may have forgotten that today is St. Patrick’s day. I sure haven’t. March 17 is an opportunity for the people of the Emerald Isle to celebrate their history and cultural heritage. It’s also an opportunity for those of us who wishContinue reading “The Celts, the Coronavirus, and the Kingdom of God”

What do World War I and Holy Week have in common? Earlier this week, my dad and brothers and I watched Sam Mendes’ acclaimed war film 1917. It’s an amazing movie. The acting is terrific, the narrative is gripping, and the cinematography is unreal. If you’ve seen the film, then you know what I mean. 1917 was nominated forContinue reading “The War and the Waymaker: Echoes of Easter in 1917”

“I thought that we could build our nest high up – fly away like birds to the mountains…” These are the first words that we hear in Terrence Malick’s new movie A Hidden Life. Shortly afterwards, we’re plunged into a world of startling beauty – the forested mountain slopes of Austria. Here, in the tiny villageContinue reading “Walking the Way of the Cross: Glimpsing Christ in “A Hidden Life””