The best storytelling shows, rather than merely describing. The Lost Medallion navigates what looked to be a tricky balance between telling and showing with admirable deftness. Rather than offer a […]

Let the doubters beware. Les Misérables is here, fully realized on film. It captures the breathtaking scenery of the French Alps and gritty underbelly of early 19th century poverty juxtaposed […]

In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit…. But not for long. And definitely not without hints of plot spoilers in this review, so readers be warned. It […]

“I need to say…I’m sorry.” For the Crusades. For calling evangelistic events crusades. For people in churches and denominations who do not know how to get along, much less care to […]

 Plot Spoilers in this review. Consider yourself warned. “Humans are beautifully flawed.” This statement uttered by a Roman Catholic priest to 19 year-old Hannah, the protagonist of the film, captures poignantly […]

This review of Hunger Games contains plot spoilers. Fair warning. Also, please carefully read the whole thing before choosing to leave a comment. “May the odds be ever in your […]

This review of Hunger Games contains plot spoilers. Fair warning. Also, please carefully read the whole thing before choosing to leave a comment. “May the odds be ever in your […]

Rio bursts onto the big screen in a dance of color and music. Set in beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the setting suggests the carefree life of tropical paradise. That […]

It is fitting that Hop lacks an e in its name. While it hops all about the screen in spasmic fits of bunnyness, it fails to deliver hope for animated […]

Warning: Contains plot spoilers. Read on at your own risk. “You can’t walk out on your own story,” drawls the Clint Eastwood-like sage as he leans back toward the defeated, […]