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Reviews
‘Supa Modo’ Shows Power, Pitfalls of Child-like Imagination
The star of “Supa Modo” is a bright young girl living in rural Kenya. Jo loves comic books and Jackie…
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Opinion
Classic Tales Deserve Our Respect, Not Politically Correct Updates
I was a first year student at seminary reading nothing but study books, so I thought I would look for…
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Opinion
Why All Movie Lovers Need to Watch ‘Cinema Paradiso’
The disconnect between movies and reality is unavoidable. Contrary to what we assume from films like “The Breakfast Club,” life…
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Opinion
How ‘Chicago Father’ Addresses What Hollywood Won’t
“All our kids are dying out here on these streets.” These are the words of Nathan Wallace, a father in…
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Opinion
Inquisitions and Heroes, Then and Now
The Spanish Inquisition ended in 1834. Its junior partner in crime, the Portuguese Inquisition, finished in 1821. So should we…
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Industry News
The DIY Movie Experiment That Made All the Difference
I started making movies because I hated “Napoleon Dynamite.” I started acting in movies so I could start making movies…
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The Timeless Virtue of ‘High Noon’
Hollywood’s subversion of Judeo-Christian morality has never been more obvious. What was once considered vice is too often celebrated as…
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Lists
10 Amazing Social Isolation Movie Scenes
The never-ending pandemic gives us a deeper understanding of social isolation and a kinship with the fictional characters who experience…
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Contributors
How Dystopian ‘Low End Kid’ Captures Our Risk-Averse Age
Why did I write “The Low End Kid?” I started with a simple idea. What if the heroes we worship…
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Here’s What Makes Faith-Based ‘Miracle on Christmas’ Different
What a phenomenon the Christmas movie has become. Between the Hallmark networks and Lifetime, some 70 new Yuletide flicks will…
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