The Triumph of Sentimentality: An Argentinian Film, Tom Wolfe, and Marriage
Appalling, sloppy sentimentality pervades Hollywood, best-selling books, soap operas, women’s magazines, and popular culture generally.
Sound of Freedom: See the Children
We have a duty to oppose child trafficking, but one imagines that looking too closely might deliver a blow to our psyches from which we couldn’t recover. We need to go see “Sound of Freedom” anyway.
Thinking About Catching the new Padre Pio Film? Don’t
The new Padre Pio film isn’t really about Padre Pio, and its neither entertaining, edifying, nor evangelistic.
Truths Unlooked For
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a return to the good action/adventure/sci-fi romp, with excellent story and spectacle and no wokeness. More surprisingly, it’s also profound thanks to its shocking religious themes.
Nefarious Is…
Nefarious is not a horror movie along the lines of Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Nightmare on Elm Street. It was basically a conversation between an unbeliever and a demon. And the demon had all the muscle.
The Jesus Revolution Remembered
The Jesus Revolution had all the elements of something I’d love: Jesus; the marvelously gifted Jonathan Roumie; the beautiful beaches of southern California; and redemption. Recipe for success; but it left me strangely unaffected.