Feb 20, 20197 minWhatever Happened to Christian’s ‘Friend’ Pliable?Editor's Note: This is the fifth post in a series on John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, "Before There Was George Lucas or J.R.R. Tolkien -...
Feb 14, 20193 minI Walked Out of Two Movies and Learned Two LessonsThis title makes me sound like a protester. But if you know me well, you know that I don’t own a megaphone, and I can’t create a poster...
Jan 26, 20194 minA 1977 Film That Should Concern YouOver this last week, I sat down and watched Steven Spielberg's classic and highly acclaimed film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind,...
Jan 17, 20194 minHow Stories Sell You More Than a Product"Mom, I know your intentions are good, but your request for me to go to bed invoked the fallacy of faulty appeal to authority." You may...
Jan 2, 20197 minMy Origin StoryI've enjoyed a number of the Marvel films released lately, and because of that (and a host of villains looming on the horizon), I'm...
Dec 29, 20183 minWhen the Good Films are Actually the Worst OnesYesterday, my parents came up and visited my wife and me in our mountain cabin. With the fire going inside and the biting winds outside,...