Posts Tagged ‘Movies’

Leaving “The Dream” for Salt Lake City

By Jay Workman Andrew Conroy knows Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger of Life of Pi, better than you. Orange Juice too; which is why “Andrew Conroy. . . . Animator” appears in the credits for three seconds at the end of the film. Admirable as that may be, Andrew’s life is more than a title or credit. Born...

January 14th, 2013 | Featured | Read More

Blue Like Don: A Fangirl’s Response to Blue Like Jazz

About once a month, I treat myself to a little something I like to call No-Hat Day. No-Hat Day is when I temporarily cast off all the roles I try to fill in my life and do something that is purely me in the moment. For a few hours, I’m neither doting mother nor dutiful daughter, boss nor subordinate,...

May 7th, 2012 | Arts, Essays, Film | Read More

Faith, Sonic the Hedgehog and watching the Movie of my life with God

One thing I do have is faith. Whether it’s strong or weak, good or bad, blue or green, it’s there. Maybe it’s always been there, possibly hiding like some invisible ink etched on my heart and dreams which you can only seen under special light… It’s funny, we remember some random things...

April 27th, 2012 | Essays | Read More

Why I’m Taking Teenagers To See Blue Like Jazz

As the Blue Like Jazz team has screened the film for audiences across the country and across the spectrum of faith, one of the things that keeps coming up is the “appropriateness” of the film for high school age teens. The film’s PG-13 rating and depiction of collegiate parties and...

April 12th, 2012 | Family | Read More

Blue Like Jazz Contest

Blue Like Jazz opens this weekend, and we’re excited. We’re excited like these guys, who are giving away free stuff. And it’s just been brought to my attention that we’re doing the same. So…we’re, well, you know. Here’s how to win both a copy of The Way with two free...

April 12th, 2012 | Film | Read More

My Thoughts on The Hunger Games Movie

Editors Note: For anyone who hasn’t read The Hunger Games book or movie, this review contains spoilers. I have never read the Hunger Games books so I wasn’t a “super fan” or anything. But I did go to a midnight showing of the movie simply because my 15 year old wanted to go,...

April 3rd, 2012 | Culture, Essays, Film | Read More

Asking the Right Questions

Over the past few years I have started to take a hobby of mine, watching films, and turn it into more of passion. Through understanding more fully what makes a good narrative, I have gained new insights into Jesus’ parables, which in turn has changed the way I’ve tried to share my faith with other...

March 29th, 2012 | Film | Read More

Dinner for Schmucks: Morality in Movies

“That’s a curse word.” My Christian friend and junior high school classmate scolded me for using the inappropriate word–schmuck. I had assumed it was another way to say “jerk,” but my companion corrected me. I waited for him to smile and add the punchline,...

August 23rd, 2010 | Film | Read More

MIND-BLOWING SYNERGY

I’m…astonished. Right now, Zondervan is advertising a book on Deadspin.com. I’m not even sure what to say. Who pulled this off? The only guy I can think of at Zondervan with this kind of forward thinking doesn’t even work there anymore, and doesn’t care too much about...

September 30th, 2009 | Blog | Read More