Jul 15, 2023 Is the anti-sex trafficking film Sound of Freedom based on lies? A conservative podcast looked into the film, which is being marketed to Christian audiences, and found its story wanting.
Jul 15, 2023 Cultural Diet Yes, Madam! by Corey Yuen (1985) You go into Yes, Madam! expecting to see Michelle Yeoh (billed here as Michelle Khan) and Cynthia R…
Jul 11, 2023 Cultural Diet Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny by James Mangold (2023) I appreciate the desire of director James Mangold et al. to send out one of cinema’s most iconic he…
Jul 11, 2023 Cultural Diet Elemental by Peter Sohn (2023) I haven’t been too impressed with Pixar’s recent output. Films like Incredibles 2, Onward, and Turn…
Jul 11, 2023 Review Roundup: Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One Critics respond to the latest installment in modern cinema’s best action franchise.
Jul 7, 2023 Cultural Diet AKA by Morgan Dalibert (2023) I went into this knowing nothing about it other than it starred actor/stuntman Alban Lenoir, who pr…
Jul 5, 2023 Disney+ Deletes Crater Less Than Two Months After Its Release If a streaming title catches your eye, you should watch it as soon as possible before some studio exec deletes it for a tax write-off.
Jul 2, 2023 Cultural Diet Ocean’s Eleven by Steven Soderbergh (2001) A favorite of our family’s, and one of those movies that we can watch practically anytime, it’s tha…
Jul 2, 2023 Cultural Diet Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets (2023) The term “deconstruction” has become something of a four-letter word in some Christian circles, tan…
Jul 1, 2023 Cultural Diet G.I. Joe: The Movie by Don Jurwich (1987) The Saturday morning before the Fourth of July seemed like the perfect time to watch the G.I. Joe m…
Jun 30, 2023 Dune: Part Two’s New Trailer Is Suitably Epic, Intense Everything suggests that Dune: Part Two will more than deliver on the first Dune’s promises.
Jun 30, 2023 Cultural Diet After Yang by Kogonada (2021) Given its premise — an interracial couple tries to repair the malfunctioning robotic child that the…
Jun 29, 2023 Review Roundup: James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Critics respond to the final adventure for the world’s most famous archaeologist.
Jun 27, 2023 Cultural Diet Sisu by Jalmari Helander (2022) You’d think watching Nazis get dispatched in gory, ignominious ways would be its own cinematic rewa…
Jun 24, 2023 Cultural Diet Heaven and Earth by Haruki Kadokawa (1990) I watched this on VHS almost 25 years ago, and something about it stuck with me over the years. So …
Jun 22, 2023 Review Roundup: Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City Critics react to Wes Anderson’s latest, in which an ensemble cast attend a desert astronomy convention.
Jun 17, 2023 Cultural Diet Dark City by Alex Proyas (1998) More than 20 years have passed since my last viewing of Dark City, but I was obsessed with it when …
Jun 17, 2023 Cultural Diet Extraction 2 by Sam Hargrave (2023) Most people probably know Chris Hemsworth as cinema’s most beloved “himbo” courtesy of the Thor mov…
Jun 13, 2023 Cultural Diet Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson (2023) This was actually my second viewing; my first was plagued by poor sound issues that made it difficu…
Jun 12, 2023 Cultural Diet Let Me Have My Son by Cristobal Krusen (2023) I confess: I expected Let Me Have My Son to be in the same vein as some inspirational “Lifetime Ori…