~ by Avellina Balestri The movie Silence, based on the book by the same name which chronicles the persecution against Christians in 17th century Japan, has been pretty controversial in religious circles. In summary, it’s…
The Last Temptation of Christ, directed by Martin Scorsese, and based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, is one of the most controversial religious films ever made. There is no way of covering all of…
Earlier this year, I watched “Braveheart” fully through for the second time. Random assembled notes: 1. The beginning was fair because it was in touch with deeper emotions. The end was fair because it was…
Thanks to the miracle of Netflix, my family and I are able to spend quality time together by glutting ourselves on entire seasons of worthwhile TV programs, compressing years, if not decades, into a few…
In the forty years since its December 1979 release, Star Trek: The Motion Picture is still something of an enigma in the Star Trek canon. From 1979 to 2016, thirteen Star Trek movies were produced.…
I don’t call myself a Trekkie, but Star Trek has been part of my life since I was a kid. My earliest memory is from when I was maybe five years old, sitting on the…
Thoughts about (spoilers) Dragon Lady from Game of Thrones (y'all know who I'm talking about): Okay, so I had for at least two seasons on this show predicted that Daenarys Targaryan was on a route…
When the great Italian director of screen and stage, Franco Zeffirelli, passed away on June 15, 2019, obituaries and tributes to the man primarily focused on his 1968 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo &…
Filming: Color Length: 127 minutes Genre: Drama/Adventure/Fantasy Maturity: PG-13 (for intense themes, scary images, and fantasy violence) Cast: Kristen Stewart (Snow White), Chris Hemsworth (the Huntsman), Charlize Theron (Ravenna), Sam Claflin (Prince William), Sam Spruell…
For most of my life I had heard good things about Les Miserables the musical. And I greatly enjoy a good musical. For the last few years I’ve kept a lookout at the library for…
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