This film is the story of how the writers of the Beat Generation began: basically, they met at Columbia University, which Allen..
October 8, 2013, Dallas, Texas Presbyterian Outlook (Ronald Salfen): How did you get Daniel Radcliffe (the actor who played “Harry Potter”)..
When you’re sixty-something, the old-age jokes take on special meaning. But also, when you’re sixty-something, you appreciate a comedy that doesn’t just..
Rarely is there a performance that so overpowers the story that it becomes the story. Matthew McConaughey, as Ron Woodroof, gives an..
“Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of..
“Blue Caprice” is a chilling film. It’s a low-budget, under-hyped, starkly real story of the two still-anonymous men who became the 2002..
It’s quite an undertaking to do the original Shakespeare play in the olde Elizabethan English and to do so with quality..
As a flag-waving United States citizen who also happens to be a journalist, I watched this film with a great deal of..
The acting is great, the directing is top-flight, the script is suitably complex, the atmosphere is carefully creepily nuanced, but this is..
“Gravity” is a most believable space thriller that’s just a fantastic ride. Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) is the pilot, and Dr...
Those of us who have ever been hunting before realize that there is a terrible possibility with a high-powered rifle: if you..
“Rush” tells a good story about an intense rivalry between two Formula One race car drivers in the 1970s. James Hunt..
We “baby boomers” do not often find a warm, touching, funny romantic comedy for people “our age,” much less one that takes..
This month I received a phone call here at the church from a man wanting to know if we hosted 12-step groups. ..
“Money For Nothing” is a documentary about economics. If that sounds a little dry, it is. Though, they try very hard..
“Short Term 12” is one of those indie films that can pack an emotional wallop just because it is so small-scale. The..
If you’ve not yet heard of One Direction, the musical group that’s taking our culture by storm, then you’ve been under the..
Roundtable Interview with Morgan Spurlock Director of “One Direction: This Is Us” August 7, 2013, Dallas, Texas Click here to read..
How to remark about a movie that is generally unremarkable? They tried to make this one of those indie movies that..
The recent revelations about government snooping in the communications of private citizens serve as a timely trigger for a movie like “Closed..
Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) has had a precipitous fall from grace. She once was high society New York City, with an enormously successful..
The voiceover world is apparently a very small one. Either you have to be a well-known actor already or be so golden-throated..
Roundtable Interview With Lake Bell Star/Writer/Director/Co-Producer of “In A World” August 13, 2013, Dallas, Texas Presbyterian Outlook (Ronald Salfen): What drew..
Purgatory is a concept that won’t go away easily. Though Catholics have embraced it since the Middle Ages, most Catholic’s views are..
One way of doing humor is the “pity me” format, famously perfected by Charlie Chaplin. A sad-sack clown figure has all kinds..
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