“Hamlet, Threepio, and Us”
Anyone who can write an inspiring piece linking Rosencrantz and Guldenstern, The Hidden Fortress, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and R2D2, has my full attention. Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Shea!
View ArticleGive Us Somebody We Can Blast Into Pieces!
Anthony Lane on Battle: Los Angeles: Politically, the film is calculated to a tee. The real America remains in the claws of two foreign conflicts that have been morally and practically contentious from...
View ArticleOf Gods and Men: One of those movies we need, but few people really want.
I finally saw Of Gods and Men. The film received a rave review from my favorite film critic, Steven Greydanus, so it’s been high on my list of must-see priorities. I’m so glad I spent a Saturday...
View ArticleMy Kind of Loser.
To continue this week of celebrating the 30th anniversary of my favorite adventure movie, here’s an excerpt from my memoir of dangerous moviegoing… the book called Through a Screen Darkly: • The...
View ArticleIndiana Jones and the Fall of My Favorite Hero, Part One: King of Heroes?
On June 12, 1981, moviegoers watched Indiana Jones disarm a gunslinging traitor with one swift lash of his bullwhip. The bloodied villain, caught red-handed (literally), fled, and we saw Harrison...
View ArticleQuentin Tarantino, America’s Competition Addiction, and Movies That the...
This story stars a gunslinging hero, some Trappist monks, a French chef, and a little golden statue called Oscar...
View ArticleSometimes There’s a Man: Who’s the World’s Most Masculine Guy?
Close your eyes. If I say the word "masculine," who is the first familiar face that you see? Who's the man?
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