Category Archives: Movies

‘Joseph, we need to talk?’

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

This was cute. h/t David Keen.

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In case you were wondering…

Posted on November 26, 2011 by
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Twenty-One Today

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

On October 24th 1990 I was ordained a deacon in the Church of the Resurrection, Holman, Northwest Territories (the church I had been serving as a lay minister in charge for two years), by Bishop Jack Sperry, Third Bishop of … Continue reading →

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Jane Eyre 2011

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

Charlotte Bronte is I think generally the best writer among the three Bronte sisters (Anne and Emily are the other two): I think Jane Eyre, Shirley, and Villette are my personal favourites among the dark and brooding novels of the … Continue reading →

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Is this the same ‘Hobbit’ that Tolkien wrote?

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

From Reuters: LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Peter Jackson’s two upcoming movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit have been given official names and release dates. The first of the two films, which are currently being filmed back-to-back in New Zealand, The Hobbit: … Continue reading →

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A Zealot has a conversation with Jesus

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

The following imaginary conversation between Jesus and Barabbas takes place in Franco Zeffirelli’s movie ‘Jesus of Nazareth‘. Earlier in the movie Amos, a Zealot freedom fighter, has been executed by the Romans. Now Barabbas comes to meet Jesus at the … Continue reading →

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‘None of it is real, you know’.

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

One of my all-time favourite movies is the romantic comedy ‘Notting Hill‘, with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. In this movie Grant plays Will Thacker, a rather diffident London travel bookshop owner, and Julia Roberts basically plays herself, only with … Continue reading →

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England, Britain and the United Kingdom explained

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

In case you were mystified… h/t Connexions

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Emma (BBC Miniseries 2009)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

I’ve just finished watching the 2009 BBC Miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’. I’m not going to write a proper review of this until I’ve watched it again. But I have to say that on first viewing I was mightily … Continue reading →

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Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

Over the last few days Marci and I have been watching the extended editions of Peter Jackson’s movie adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic book The Lord of the Rings. We saw the originals in the theatre when they were first … Continue reading →

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