The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Most are familiar with the story of Judas Iscariot. The apostle has been a major player in the morality tale that warns Christians about the evils of greed. Although sincere repentance on the part of Judas remains somewhat of a mystery, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot hopes to shine […]
It was the summer of 2005 that I discovered the rambling wit and disarming charm of one Donald Miller on display in a weathered copy of Blue Like Jazz I borrowed from a friend. This was after my first year at university, a year filled with strange moments, people and ideas that […]
If ever there was a franchise built on a heaping, Olympus-high mountain of wasted potential, it’s Warner Bros.’s Titans series. 2009’sClash of the Titans, a remake of Desmond Davis’s 1981 cult hit, stuffed a monumental cast of thunderous mythological heavy-hitters into a stolid, directionless hack ‘n slash bore-a-thon that struck with all […]
For the month of March Pacific Theatre’s rendition of John Patrick Shanley’s (Danny and the Deep Blue Sea), Doubt a Parable has been getting much acclaim from both theatre enthusiasts and drop-ins alike. And how! Directed by Ron Reed, twisting the perception of both the characters’ in the play along […]
The Hunger Games is a good story in desperate need of a workable screenplay. An adaptation of the juggernaut young adult publishing phenomenon by Suzanne Collins, it’s yet another troubling entry in an increasingly long line of book-to-film translations – including Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and the Twilight sequels – that forsake narrative coherence, […]
Spoiler warning! My best compliment and worst criticism of the highly acclaimed and awarded The Hunger Games trilogy is bound into one simple confession: I’m hungry for the Games. Call me a blood-thirsty, heartless, ‘Capitolesque’ snob, but all I want are the Games. They are what is truly unique about […]