Jurassic World Review
It’s been years since the initial disaster of Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar. Now, thanks to Simon Masrani, the park has finally come under control and is a popular attraction for families all over the…
Category: Literary & Media Analysis
The Phantasia: Fairy Tales as Bastions of Hope
Very early on, children read in fairy tales that all sorts of monsters exist, and that everyone needs rescuing. The people need rescuing from the monsters, and the monsters need rescuing from themselves. The dragons,…
Day of Wrath: Sweeney Todd and the Search for Salvation
I have some Catholic reflections on the haunting use of the traditional Latin requiem chant Dies Irae in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", the 1979 musical by Stephen Sondheim, which was turned…
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Pro-Life Ethic of Hope
J.R. R. Tolkien, the noted English don and author of The Lord of the Rings, wrote that, as “a Christian, and indeed a Roman Catholic”, he did “not expect “history” to be anything but a…
Narnia in the Spotlight: Thoughts on the C.S. Lewis and His Classical View of Human Nature
The main effect that Disney’s film production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe had on me was to remind me just how central Narnia has been to my life and to the way…
Black Money Love: TV Show Review
During this COVID time, have you found a bit more time on your hands? How about a love story? Well, I have one for you to absolutely lose yourself in! Kara Para Aşk (Black Money…
Blood From an Ancient Stone: A Movie Review of “Robin and Marian”
Has anybody out there seen the film "Robin and Marian" with an over-the-hill Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn? I watched chunks of it last year on YouTube, but decided to re-watch it on DVD this…
A Priest in Disguise: A Review of “The Scarlet and the Black”
The year is 1943, and German troops have entered Italy. The general and the colonel of this unit seeks an audience with the Pope to extract the Catholic Church’s neutrality in an attempt to keep…
The Dynamic Power of Transcendent Communion in The Lord of the Rings
Tom Bombadil and Goldberry are an enigma, so much so that Peter Jackson left them out. So, who are they? Michael Organ has argued convincingly through his biographical analysis of Tolkien’s narrative structuring - and also evidence…
A Song of Redemption and Destruction: How the Writers Created and Ruined Jaime Lannister
I have a lot of thoughts about Game of Thrones. They're mostly good, most of them expanding long on the well-developed characters and plot-lines. It's a great show, deserving of the praise it has received.…