The First Last Great Christmas Movie

If there is one subject or theme that filmmakers repeatedly fumble, it is Christmas. For every good Christmas film there is a Bad Santa, Elf, or The Santa Clause. Yet, for a generation that prefers cynicism over sentimentality and values objects and people only for what they can contribute to pleasure, Christmas will always be misunderstood.

Posted at 2:41 pm on December 6, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Film | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | read on

Against too Many Writers of Science Fiction

A great poem by C. S. Lewis.

Posted at 8:37 pm on November 5, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Poetry | Tagged: , | read on

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