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Batman The Series: Pow! This IS Awesome (TV Review)

With the growing interest in Batman due to Tim Burton’s use of Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton in 1989’s Batman, and with the twenty-fifth anniversary of ABC’s live-action television series, Adam West toured, promoting his book and other ventures when … Continue reading

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Does God Love The Devil? (A Mustard Seed Musing)

A colleague friend of mine shared with me that his son had asked him if God loved the devil. We talked about how children have this tendency to see the world differently as adults; I shared that when I was … Continue reading

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Batman Zero Year- Secret City: A Reluctant Bruce Wayne (Book Review)

Sure, this is about Batman, but this is even more about Bruce Wayne. Before Gotham arrives on your television this fall! The origin of Batman has been told before. Whether it’s Tim Burton or Christopher Nolan on the big screen, … Continue reading

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Noah > Son Of God. Stop The Madness! (Mustard Seed Musing)

Hollywood wants to cash in on the Christian market that was the big score a decade ago with Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. This year, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey released Son of God, complete with the backing of evangelicals … Continue reading

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American Hustle: Broken Dreams (Movie Review)

I’d heard American Hustle billed as a period piece Ocean’s Eleven. I didn’t find it that clever (plot twist wise) or hilarious, but David O. Russell again takes a reasonably straightforward plot (The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook) and turns it into an engaging piece. … Continue reading

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Out Of The Furnace: Vengeance, What Cost? (Movie Review)

I was hooked from the moment I saw the preview: Christian Bale’s Russell Baze goes searching for his little brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) and finds himself up against Woody Harrelson’s mountain man Curtis DeGroat. Produced by Ridley Scott and directed … Continue reading

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