Category: Culture watch
In Review: The Creator
by Ted Giese In a future where the western world is at war with Artificial Intelligence (AI) while the eastern world seeks to live in harmony with them, growing fears of a secret weapon prompt the American military to attempt to neutralize the AI threat….
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: Messy Heroes in Need of Mercy
by Ted Giese A botched kidnapping attempt by the golden-skinned alien Adam Warlock gravely injures the target, Rocket. With Rocket’s condition critical, Peter Quill (“Star-Lord”) and the rest of the Guardians venture into danger to save their friend in a showdown that sees them face…
In Review: The Banshees of Inisherin
by Ted Giese Near the end of the Irish civil war in the 1920s just off the west coast of Ireland on the island Inisherin two long time friends suddenly become estranged when folk musician Colm Doherty stops talking to the affable but somewhat oblivious…
Jesus Revolution: Church history, 20th century-style
by Ted Giese When Janette Smith brings home a hippy hitchhiker named Lonnie Frisbee to meet her father, Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California, Smith is surprised to discover the young man is a street preacher. By embracing the growing swell…
Black Adam: Triumphantly Average
by Ted Giese Black Adam is a DC film that tells the story of a modern-day return of a virtually indestructible champion Teth-Adam (Dwayne Johnson). Teth-Adam had been entombed for five thousand years following an ancient conflict with a tyrannical king, Anh-Kot, over the control…
Top Gun still flying high
by Ted Giese Capt. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, portrayed by Tom Cruise, is sent to the United States Navy’s Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (SFTI, otherwise known as “Top Gun”) to train a team of the Navy’s best pilots for a clandestine mission. With only weeks…