Whether you will enjoy this film depends a lot on your personal theology. It helps if you’re intrigued by the question of how human free will intersects and interacts with the divine plan.
“The Roommate”: Minka Kelly plays Sara, who goes off to college taking potluck for a roommate, and the one she gets turns out to be a psycho off her meds.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand Random House. 2010. 473 pages.
reviewed by Roy W. Howard
My father was a Japanese POW for 42 months, having been captured when he was 19 years old in the Philippine Islands while serving with the Army Air Corps.
This book is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to learn about the history, theology, and significance of the Belhar Confession from a South African perspective.
by Scott C. Sabin, edited by Kathy Ide Judson Press ISBN 13: 978-8170-1572-5 $18.00
reviewed by Alison Bennett
Tending to Eden is a personal memoir and witness to Scott Sabin’s experiences in different countries and the lessons he has learned as he comes to understand the theological foundations for environmental health and ecological stewardship.
The classic romantic comedy is now working backwards. Instead of friendship leading to personal attraction leading to romance leading to physical intimacy, this one does the reverse. And the weird part is that it feels almost normal.
The Company Men” is so real it hurts. Ben Affleck plays Bobby Walker, a coat-and-tie, up-and-coming junior executive, who swaggers late into the staff meeting bragging that he just shot an 84 on the club course. Everybody sits in stunned silence.
Yes, “The Green Hornet” is a re-make, and homage, both to the 1940s version, and its subsequent radio program, and the one-season 1960s television show, introducing Bruce Lee.
“Somewhere” goes nowhere. Supposedly, that’s part of the point, but just because you’re trying to show that the main character is bored doesn’t mean the viewers need to feel the same way to identify with the character.
This movie seems, at first glance, to have a lot going against it. It depends almost exclusively on two actors who are neither the most famous nor the most critically acclaimed.
Despite all the complaining people do about the seemingly exorbitant salaries of successful entertainers (including sports), the truth is, in our grand American democracy (here I’m waving the flag), it’s a strict meritocracy.
Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott. The third in the series of novels that began with Rosie and continued with Crooked Little Heart, I think this is Anne Lamott's most well-written and fully realized novel. She has a perfect ear for the moral and psychological nuances of a teenager coming to adulthood.
