Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
“Twilight,” the Book: A Review
So I finally read Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, the vampire mega-hit that is so popular today with early adolescent girls. I give it a B-.
Until about the last twenty pages, the plot remained strong and engaging. I appreciate the unique remote Northwest setting, with its rain-drenched gloomy atmosphere. Vampires, it seems, do [...]
Midnighters Coming to Television
Haven’t you ever wished you had one more hour in your day? Many of us have fantasized about having more time, when in fact, we already have all the time there is.
Not so in the Midnighters universe, an inventive trilogy of speculative YA fiction by Scott Westerfeld. I just finished reading book one, The Secret [...]
Wassup with this Latest Vampire Craze?
You’d have to try pretty hard not to notice that vampires have invaded our popular culture to an astounding degree in recent years. What’s up with that? Vampire legends have existed in many cultures for many centuries and there have been quite a few variations along the way. Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, came out in [...]
Movie Review: District 9
District 9 is proof that you don’t need a ginormous budget or famous faces to put together a terrific movie. The special effects were stunning. The unknown main actor deserves to win awards. And the documentary style utilized by The Blair Witch Project (one of the scariest movies I have ever seen), Cloverfield, and Quarantine [...]
Dr. Dean Wenthe on the Recent ELCA Decision to Ordain Unrepentant Homosexuals
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Shifting Center of World Christianity
Is Christianity a Western religion? Would you say that the Christian Church is waning? Watch this short video of Dr. Douglas Rutt from Concordia Theological Seminary as he addresses these questions.
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“Don’t Come Knocking” from Wim Wenders
What if someone told the story of the Prodigal Son with an inventive twist? The story of the Prodigal Father. What would that look like?
In 2005, the masterful German director Wim Wenders, well known for the fabulous Wings of Desire, gave us Don’t Come Knocking starring Sam Shepard. The story was, in [...]
“Paradox,” New Time-Loopy Series on BBC
Remember the Tom Cruise flick, Minority Report? It was based on the classic story by Philip K. Dick. Set in the near future, the police were able to detect future crimes and stop them from happening. The BBC will soon air a new series with a similar premise called Paradox. It actually sounds quite [...]
How Geek Became Chic
Excited about the soon to premiere new Star Trek flic? Check out this perceptive article by Steve Daly in Newsweek. When the short-lived series first hit the airwaves in 1966, the Cold War war was angrily blazing away. But produce Gene Roddenberry broke the mold with his (mostly) optimistic view of the future. The general [...]
The Fairness Doctrine is Unfair
According to the so-called Fairness Doctrine, the government should regulate political opinion broadcasts to insure that both sides are equally represented. A bi-partisan article in National Review Online shows the weakness and danger in this proposal. It would be impossible, as a matter of practice, to enforce. And who says that are only two views [...]
