Follow a story which ponders not the way imperfections suddenly mean nothing in the face of love, but how both John and Amanda deal with the reality of the very imperfections of both their own love and that of others.
"Your greatest weakness can be your greatest strength and that's the big picture about this movie. It's like finding that thing inside you that you can say, 'I may not be good at this but I'm extraordinary at this,'" -- Brandon T. Jackson
Despite what appears to be appalling behavior, Charlie is the one who seems to have it right on. However admirable it may seem that James is putting his fiancèe above all else, it compromises his mission at hand and nearly costs him his life.
Bridges does especially well with Bad's downward spiral. He gives us little to love about Bad early on, but then lets us see a bit of what is lovable in the character only to break our hearts with his behavior, just as he breaks Jean's.
Leap Year has enough faults that it would be easy to be critical. Sometimes, though, a leap of faith can lead us to a loving experience. This is one in the month of love that couples could learn from.
Film noir as a genre focuses on the darker side of life—hard-boiled detectives, gangsters, corruption. Often it may involve a certain amount of moral ambivalence or an antihero. What an excellent entrance to discussion of the decisions we make!
Mel Gibson is back on screen in as an aging Boston Homicide Detective. Filled with spiritual symbolism this drama is just that: a drama, not the action adventure many may have thought it was from the trailers. Is it good? Well, that just depends...
Avatar's wow factor is off the charts from an effects perspective, but don't be fooled: this story is all about having faith and waking up. Seriously, how can you better combine the excellence in special effects and story than in this mind-bending flick?
The movie's only character that you might actually want to get behind is Nick, but you want to push him in a different direction than he seems determined to go. He also can't seem to go anywhere without falling into open manholes.
As delightful as some of the supporting characters are, they can't save this movie from being one worth skipping. The message is sweet and important, but the packaging is stale and dull.
From the moment God says "I am" to Abraham, to the moment the disciples go forth after Jesus' resurrection to share the Gospel, Eli's life gives us a course in Survey of the Bible. Kind of in parallel, his story is also the story of the life of Jesus.
The theme of redemption—something for which the current culture is desperate—is present, but oddly enough it is a rebellious archangel who seeks to save. From what little I know, the last rebellious archangel's escapades were not quite so noble.
I went in apprehensively. Could Ritchie and Downey make this work, or would it be laughable? Would I love it anyway? But the truth is, there's a blend of true-to-legend and expanding-the-margins here that would make Arthur Conan Doyle proud.
The key significance of the Chipmunks is that between them they make up every child. Some children may seem like a Theodore or like a Simon or like an Alvin, but most children will have bits of all three of these characters.
To quote William A. Simpson (and to paraphrase C.S. Lewis) "For, without the possibility of evil, there would be no yardstick of the good, and all would lose its meaning." Without bad relationships we would not know how great a relationship we may truly be in.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
