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Movie Review: Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.

[Warning: There be spoilers below.] The film “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.” takes its lead from the sprawling biography of the same name written by Eric Metaxas and it manages to present a compelling picture of a complicated man whose views … Continue reading

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Film Review: The Accountant

[Note: There are spoilers below. This is a film that has been out awhile, but caveat lector all the same.] In The Accountant, a film from 2016 that I just got around to seeing on my flight from LAX to … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Deadpool & Wolverine

Is this movie a great one? While it is little surprise that Deadpool & Wolverine, the retitled and somewhat repurposed third film in the Deadpool franchise (something Deadpool seems as surprised about as many critics might feel) is a crude … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Oppenheimer

What makes this film so compelling is not an easy thing to determine. In terms of its acting and directing and cinematography, this film is spectacular, which you would expect from a director of Christopher Nolan’s caliber. In many ways, … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Sound Of Freedom

The Sound Of Freedom is a movie whose story of how it came to be released in theaters–and the surprise hit of 2023–is filled with nearly as many twists and turns as the movie itself. Originally produced by 20th Century … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Program

The Program is a 2015 movie, and I had not heard of it during its original release (it was during a period when I didn’t watch many movies or pay attention to them), though as it happened to be a … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Patterns Of Evidence: Journey To Mount Sinai: Part Two

I was one of two people who sat in a theater outside of Portland, Oregon, one of the most irreligious cities of the United States, to watch a film that was made by a prolific documentary filmmaker who has made … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Sisu

When watching a movie like this, it is probably easiest to think of the films that this Finnish production calls to mind. It features an indestructible hero, much like John Wick, who may often be down but is never out. … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Super Mario Brothers Movie

It seems striking that this movie, of all movies, would spark so much in the way of discourse. Given the way that this movie has a functional plot (in that it is much like John Wick 4, which is no … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Generally my attitude when seeing movies is that I do not tend to go to the theater unless I am pretty sure that I will enjoy the film, and despite some mixed accounts of the film before I saw it, … Continue reading

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