Category Archives: Movie Reviews

Lenten Movie Reflection: To End All Wars (Movie Review)

Everyone has a film or two that they love… and no one else has seen. For me, The Power of One and To End All Wars are those films. The first stars a very young Stephen Dorff and Morgan Freeman, and the second stars … Continue reading

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The Monuments Men: Does History Matter? (Movie Review)

The latest collaboration between George Clooney and Matt Damon plays out like a mashup of Indiana Jones (or National Treasure) with splashes of Ocean’s Eleven and Saving Private Ryan. Robert M. Edsel’s The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History gets … Continue reading

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Gravity: Where Do You Get Your Strength? (Movie Review)

Castaway in space. That’s how my review was shaping up as I sat through the first two-thirds of the Oscar-nominated Gravity. Sure, Sandra Bullock was pulling off her typical ‘wow’ performance as Dr. Ryan Stone, first-time astronaut and survivor of a catastrophic … Continue reading

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Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete: Interview with Michael Starburry

After reviewing Lionsgate’s The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete last week, I was surprised to get a Twitter response from one of the first-time stars, Skylan Brooks, the director George Tillman Jr., and the screenwriter Michael Starburry. Starburry graciously agreed to … Continue reading

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Life Of A King: Protect Your King (Movie Review)

Eugene Brown (Cuba Gooding Jr.) gets out of jail after eighteen years and can’t get a real job. That’s the trouble with being an ex-con: you never really get to lose the ‘con’. But a stint as a high school … Continue reading

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The Lego Movie: Embrace Joy (Movie Review)

Should an animated kids movie really be this fun? In this film inspired by the little stacking blocks, Phil Lord and Chris Miller (the writer/directors behind the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films and, oddly enough, the big screen 21 Jump Street films) deliver … Continue reading

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Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete: More Than Survival Mode (Movie Review)

Every once and awhile, there’s a film that you’ve never heard of that blows you away. The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete is one of those films. Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Jordin Sparks headline this Lionsgate drama … Continue reading

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Grace Unplugged: The Prodigal Way (Movie Review)

AJ Michalka is a Christian musician in her own right, but in Grace Unplugged, she plays a young lady who longs to transition from church worship musician to full-time superstar. Grace longs to be respected and accepted by her rockstar-turned-worship leader … Continue reading

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The Nut Job: We’re In This Together (Movie Review)

Have you heard the joke about nuts? The Nut Job will treat you to all of the PG-rated jokes in the book! Surly (Will Arnett) is a squirrel loner, who destroys the Oakton park’s winter supply of food for all of the … Continue reading

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Jack Ryan, Shadow Recruit: For Love & Country (Movie Review)

Finally, some non-Middle Eastern bad guys. That was my first thought when Jack Ryan, Shadow Recruit introduces us to Kenneth Branaugh’s Russian financial power broker, Viktor Cherevin. While the new-and-improved (okay, significantly younger than Harrison Ford) Jack Ryan (Chris Pine, Star Trek Into … Continue reading

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