Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee is another movie in the tradition of young girl/boy whom has a dream that they won’t back down from and end up changing themselves, family, curmudgeonly mentors, community, and the whole world. In that vein, Akeelah does fairly well in stacking up to Because of Winn Dixie... READ MORE

Man on the Train (L'Homme du Train)

Thanks to the skills of director Patrice Leconte, L’Homme du train (Man on the Train) would have made an excellent silent film, except that we would have missed the enchanting tones of Jean Rochefort’s retired poetry teacher, Monsieur Manesquier. Manesquier talks like a... READ MORE

Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith

Personally, because of the failures of the first two prequel, in some ways for me ROTS is the worst of all six films. While some of the scenes (any with Sidious, the wiping out of the Jedi) rise above any sequence in the previous prequels, over all the writing and internal consistencies simply flail away... READ MORE

Jaws

This is simply my favorite Speilberg film. Also, it is the closest thing I have seen to a proper film adaptation of Moby Dick. Although condensed each of the main characters is a simulacrum of the key players from Melville’s classic novel: Chief Brody of course is our everyman, Ishmael type; ... READ MORE

TV Series - Now and Then, Here and There

Now and Then, Here and There (NTHT) is not only one of the best animated series I have ever seen, but one of the strongest pro-life films I have seen in any language. Now, I write this not just because of one its scenes deals directly with abortion, but also because the main character’s, Shu... READ MORE

Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo is a recent anime series from one of my favorite directors, Watanabe. Watanabe is of course famous for his other anime hit, Cowboy Bebop, a series about two futuristic bounty hunters who are always getting themselves into trouble set to amazing locations and music... READ MORE