Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1996) Unrated Directed by Chuck Jones & Ben Washam Production Company MGM Television Starring Boris Karloff, June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft. A grouchy creature known as the Grinch decides to take out his distaste for Christmas by stealing the holiday from the Whos down in Whoville. Opening Thoughts It’s […]
Avonlea “Memento Mori”
Avonlea “Memento Mori” Not Rated Season 5 Episode 2 (air date 3/7/94) Directed by Don McBrearty Production Company Sullivan Entertainment Starring Sarah Polley, Jackie Burroughs, Mag Ruffman, Cedric Smith, Lally Cadeau In the quaint village of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island, Hetty, matriarch of the King family, prepares to celebrate her 50th […]
Walking Distance
Martin Sloan is a businessman, harried, tired, fed up with his life, and looking for a break from it all. He finds himself at a filling station just outside the town of Homewood, where he grew up…
Journey of Natty Gann
The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) Rated PG Directed by Jeremy Kagan Walt Disney Pictures Starring Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise, Scatman Crothers, Lainie Kazan During the Great Depression, a teenage girl travels across the country in search of her father. Opening Thoughts Seventeen years ago this month, I sat in my pastor’s […]
Here Comes the Boom
Here Comes the Boom (2012) Rated PG Directed by Frank Coraci Production Company Columbia Pictures Starring Kevin James, Henry Winkler, Salma Hayek, Bas Rutten, Mark DellaGrotte A high school biology teacher starts doing low-level mixed arts to raise money to raise his school’s budget, which is threatening his friend’s job. Opening Thoughts So back […]
Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Rated R Directed by Mel Gibson Production Company: Summit Entertainment Starring Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Hugo Weaving A young man volunteers for combat duty in World War II despite his spiritual convictions to not kill another human being. Opening Thoughts How was your Fourth of July? I spent mine […]
The Last Unicorn
A solitary unicorn discovers that all the rest of her kind have disappeared, and she sets out on a journey to find them, aided by a clumsy wizard and a bandit’s wife…
The Last Picture Show
This week I say goodbye to that old friend, Chunky’s Cinema Pub in Pelham, NH…
The Blues Brothers
It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses, so let’s hit it and see what God showed me in The Blues Brothers!
Luther
The movie begins in the year 1505 with Martin Luther, fearing death in a thunderstorm, promises God he will pledge his life to him by becoming a monk. He does so to the consternation of his family, who had hopes of him becoming a lawyer…