Category: Culture watch
Hail Caesar: A serious comedy in time for Lent
by Ted Giese On a storyline spectrum, Joel and Ethan Coen (aka the Coen Brothers) make films ranging from hard-boiled crime to whimsically quirky comedies. Their new film Hail Caesar! is firmly on the comedy side of things, although it leans toward their more serious…
Relationships in a galaxy far, far away — Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SPOILER ALERT: The following review includes significant spoilers about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. For a spoiler-free first look at the film, read this article instead. by Ted Giese By downplaying Luke Skywalker in the trailers of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director/writer J.J. Abrams…
The Force Awakens: Worth the Wait
Editor’s note: Rev. Ted Giese has since written a more in-depth (including spoilers) review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens here. by Ted Giese Write something spoiler-free about Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Challenging, it is. But here we go! Set 30 years after the…
Honouring Your Father: Star Wars and the Fourth Commandment
by Ted Giese At this point, writing anything about Star Wars is like adding a drop of water into the ocean. Even so, as people welcome Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Episode VII), it’s worth taking a look at the previous films, particularly the original…
Respecting life on Mars: The Martian in review
by Ted Giese Space exploration is dangerous, as Ridley Scott’s new sci-fi film The Martian illustrates. The movie tells the fictional story of astronaut Mark Watney, left for dead on the surface of Mars during an emergency evacuation of a NASA science mission. The stranded…
Black Mass: Cold and dark in Boston
by Ted Giese Set in South Boston, Black Mass details the criminal exploits of James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger, the Winter Hill Gang, and their entanglement with the FBI. More than a bio-pic, Black Mass deals with broader themes of truth and lies, secrets, and raw…
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