Category: Culture watch
Beauty and the Beast: Fairy tales, morality, and making all things new
by Ted Giese Bill Condon’s adaptation of Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson is a live-action version of the 1991 Disney musical animated fairy tale of the same name. It’s the story of a spoiled vain prince cursed by an enchantress to live his…
Is The Shack Worth the Trip?
by Ted Giese Occasionally a product hits the market after interest has peaked and people have moved on. Stuart Hazeldine’s film adaption of the popular 2007 novel The Shack by Canadian author William P. Young may be this kind of product. The opening weekend box…
Silence raises questions of faith
by Ted Giese Martin Scorsese’s Silence is an adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s 1966 novel of the same name. It is the story of two Portuguese Jesuit priests, Father Rodrigues and Father Garrpe, infiltrating Japan nineteen years after the authorities had banned Christianity and enacted a…
Rogue One: A New Force in the Star Wars Franchise
by Ted Giese With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards goes back to that galaxy far, far away that kids and adults first fell in love with way back in 1977. This new film is another prequel but, unlike the George Lucas’…
Doctor Strange: A dazzling spiritual junk drawer and a jerk
by Ted Giese Doctor Strange introduces the Marvel cinematic universe to magic through Dr. Stephen Strange, an arrogant brain surgeon who becomes” sorcerer supreme.” The general premise of Doctor Strange is summed up by one of the film’s characters, Wong, who observes, “While heroes like…
Ben-Hur: Help! My Chariot is Stuck!
by Ted Giese As expected, Timur Bekmambetov’s 2016 adaptation of Ben-Hur differs from the 1959 William Wyler film starring Charlton Heston. And that begs the question: Is that good or bad? Bekmambetov’s film is about an hour shorter and that alone makes for a different…
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