The Return is kind of a big ask for a mass audience. It’s slow, it has issues with motivation and pacing, and an entire scene devoted to stringing a bow. But it’s unique devotion to its source material is impressive… … Continue reading
So I checked out the 2016 remake of Ben-Hur, a movie that really doesn’t want you to think it has all that icky Jesus stuff in it. At least based on the marketing – the ads pretty much assure you … Continue reading
Rented the movie The Young Messiah which was released theatrically early this year but I missed. This is a faith-based movie about a seven year old Jesus as he (along with Joseph and Mary, his aunt and uncle, and a … Continue reading
300: Rise of an Empire is a side-story and a sequel to the original 300… telling a concurrent naval engagement that happened at the same time as the Battle of Thermopylae (as depicted quite accurately *snort* in 300)… and then … Continue reading
So someone got the chocolate of Gladiator in my peanut butter of Titanic and out spilled Pompeii… a disaster flick with gladiators, a rich girl who falls in love with a poor boy (ok, a slave/gladiator) while her unwanted rich … Continue reading