By JJ Prisoners is one of the best crime /mystery films I’ve ever watched; it is a near-perfect story from beginning to end. It has layered themes throughout it, and in many ways allows the viewer to project or intelligently speculate elements of the story for themselves. The symbolism is done right in Prisoners. Honestly,…
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The King (2019) and me
There are many different ways one can interpret or analyze the new Netflix film “King” (2019) with its cornucopia of themes: coming of age, Kingship, duty, honor in combat, court intrigue. This cinematic representation of Shakespeare’s play “Henry V” up to and a bit after the Battle of Agincourt has many coursing streams. The one…
Somebody Else’s Yoda
Submitted by Bad Billy Pratt If you got caught up in the opening minutes of “The Mandalorian” thinking Disney finally got something even half-right, you’re not entirely wrong. Turns out, third time’s a charm with the Boba Fett character after not getting enough of him in the original trilogy, and way too much in the prequels. The mouse…
Dekalog: Requiem for the Law
In the dispensation of the Old Covenant, God placed the Israelites under the Law as a means of disciplining and chastening a hard-hearted people. The Law under Christ and the dispensation of grace is reconfigured—not abolished, but fulfilled—as it was never an end unto itself, but was always pointing to the One to come. In…
Joker: The Superhero Skinsuit
When a Hollywood news blast first stated Joaquin Phoenix would play the Joker in the new Warner Brothers DC vehicle, I rolled my eyes. When the first teaser trailer was released, I thought we were getting a Taxi Driver remake. As I left the theater thoroughly entertained, I realized what a trick Phoenix and director…
Clown Among the Ruins: Kino for the Postmodern Aristocrat of the Soul
“What I am about to say does not concern the ordinary man of our day. On the contrary, I have in mind the man who finds himself involved in today’s world, even at its problematic and paroxysmal points; yet he does not belong inwardly to such a world, nor will he give in to it….
The American Sun 