‘Ant-Man’ Brings Heroes Back to Reality
In “Ant-Man,” the latest addition to the ever–growing Marvel cinematic universe, our hero is not exactly a conventional one. In fact, he’s more like you…
In “Ant-Man,” the latest addition to the ever–growing Marvel cinematic universe, our hero is not exactly a conventional one. In fact, he’s more like you…
If you’re looking for this summer’s most action-packed blockbuster, then you should not see The Fault in Our Stars. But if you’re looking for a…
I’ve always wanted to go to Europe. However, I never imagined that anything could make me want to walk 500 miles — the entire width…
JB Bernstein is at the end of his rope. He’s had a slick car, a stylish house, and a smooth living as a sports agent,…
With Darren Aronofsky’s Noah out in theaters, one of the major questions that’s been floating around is: Is the film accurate? The answer, honestly, depends…
Many figures in pop culture are simply blips on our radar — people we acknowledge for a moment and then forget about. A select few,…
Warning: This article contains some spoilers about the movie. It’s the perfect Hollywood plot: “the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous…
For some, it will not be possible to separate the movie There Be Dragons from their views about Opus Dei, as it tells the story of that organization’s founder, St. Josemaría Escrivá. The majority of viewers, though — whose only awareness of Opus Dei is the absurd fictional albino killer monk in Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code — will find an inspiring and moving, if at times melodramatic and muddy, film about forgiveness and the choices people make in tough times.
Bethany Hamilton never really saw the 14-foot tiger shark that bit off her arm in the Hawaiian waters. In the recreation of that scene in Soul Surfer, a film that follows the incident and its aftermath, the viewers don’t see much of the animal either. Which is fine. Because although the way in which the now-nationally-ranked surfer lost her arm in 2003 at the age of 13 is terrifying, it is, in many ways, the least interesting part of her story. Far more engrossing and inspiring are the role of faith in her recovery, the series of physical struggles, and the family tensions that followed, all of which are captured successfully — for the most part — in Soul Surfer.
The first images of the monks’ daily lives in Of Gods and Men are peaceful ones: They tend to gardens, pour jars of golden honey,…