Hoping to do something relevant and helpful here, I thought I would offer a few of the sources I use for movie reviews and information, and ask you all to fill us in on where you go for yours. Some of mine are local sources, some are larger. Some are Mormon, some are not. I’m …
Monthly Archive: August 2010
Aug
23
Why I’m Likin’ Liken… Like a Lichen
I promise there’s a reason for that title. Really. LIKEN I first encountered the Liken the Scriptures series a few years ago, when I saw them on the shelves of a local LDS bookstore. I was interested, of course, but not willing to commit the purchase price. A while later, we found the franchise’s first …
Aug
20
Searching For Decent Films: Using Movie Ratings Appropriately
The current movie rating system in the US gets a lot of criticism – most of it deserved. However, it also gets prematurely dismissed as unhelpful and irrelevant. It’s not irrelevant. A movie’s rating – subjective as it is – still presents information about that movie.
Aug
17
Searching For Decent Films
Violence. Profanity. Sex. Nudity. Crude dialogue. Casual drug use. Dirty jokes. Vulgar and Blasphemous Language. With recent research suggesting movie content such as the above has been on the rise since 1992, it’s understandable that viewers who wish to make appropriate choices in entertainment (Latter-Day Saints among them) may ask themselves, “Where are the ‘decent’ …
Aug
13
Review: What Would Jesus Buy?
What *would* Jesus buy if He were living in America in 2010? Would he shop at Walmart? Would he buy only American-made products? Would He buy anything at all? What would He think of the rampant commercialism in modern society, particularly that connected to the holiday that celebrates His birth?
Aug
05
Review: Take a Chance (C)
Released in 2006, Take a Chance is a minor romantic comedy directed by John Lyde (One Man’s Treasure, Money Or Mission) and starring a handful of familiar faces from the LDS film world.
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