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: Charles Dickens, Christmas, Frank Capra, George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life, James Stewart, Joe Carter, love, Love Actually, morality | 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: C. S. Lewis, science fiction | read on
