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Cheesy Christian Movies Month 2 – Newsboys: Under the Big Top
Unlike most Christian movies, this one doesn’t really have a central message. It’s mostly a silly comedy, created by the Australian Christian pop rock band, Newsboys. There’s very little information about the making of this movie online. In fact, like … Continue reading
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Tagged cheesy christian movie, christian movie, circus, clowns, comedy, comedy movie, duncan phillips, jeff frankenstein, jody davis, john james, kevin mills, lost the plot, movie review, movies, musical, newsboys, newsboys: down under the big top, peter fuller, phil joel, shine, steve taylor, take me to your leader
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Cheesy Christian Movies Month 1 – Second Glance
While I am a Christian, I generally try to avoid talking about religion on a blog about entertainment. For this month though, I’m making an exception to the rule. I’ll be celebrating Christmas this year by making fun of some … Continue reading
War Movies Month 4 – Hot Shots! Part Deux
As much as war is a serious subject, whenever I do a War Movies Month on this blog, I like to talk about at least one movie that shouldn’t be taken seriously. Last time, I looked at Hitler: Dead Or … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century fox, charlie scheen, comedy, comedy movie, gulf war, hot shots!, hot shots! part deux, jerry haleva, lloyd bridges, martin scheen, movie review, movies, parody, richard crenna, roger ebert, rowan atkinson, ryan stiles, saddam hussein, slapstick comedy, topper harvey, valeria golino
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War Movies 3 – Troy
This is a slightly different approach for a war movies month subject. While we now know that there was a historic walled city called Troy, and it was completely burned sometime in the 12th century BC, there isn’t a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged achilles, agememnon, brad pitt, brendan gleeson, brian cox, cynthia well, diane kruger, epic historical film, eric bana, fort ricasoil, greek mythology, james horner, josh groban, malta, menalaus, mexico, movie review, movies, odysseus, orlando bloom, peter o'toole, roger ebert, rose byrne, sean bean, tanja tzarovska, trojan war, troy, tyler mane, war movies, wolfgang peterson
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War Movies Month 2 – A Bridge Too Far
Even after I said last week that I’d be watching Battle Of Britain, I changed my mind for this month’s World War 2 movie. I ended up watching A Bridge Too Far, which was one of the movies I considered … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony hopkins, bafta, gene hackman, gene siskel, james caan, john addison, laurence olivier, michael caine, movie review, movies, operation market garden, richard attenborough, roger ebert, sean connery, second world war, war movies, washington post, world war 2, ww2
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War Movies Month 1 – 1917
It often feels like there aren’t enough good movies about the first World War. Most war focused movies tend to revolve around either World War II, the Vietnam war, or relatively modern wars. Even with movies about ancient wars, a … Continue reading
Tom Hanks month 4 – Mazes and Monsters
While Splash is generally considered to be Tom Hanks’s breakout performance (along with several others), it’s not his first starring role. Before Splash, he landed the starring role in a made-for-TV film, Mazes and Monsters. This movie was part of … Continue reading
Tom Hanks month 2 – Splash
For this week’s look into Tom Hanks’s early career, I was split between this movie and Big. Both are comedies with a touch of romance. Both are also movies that helped propel him into stardom. As much as I remember … Continue reading
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Tagged brian grazer, comedy, comedy movie, daryl hannah, disney, eugene levy, fairy tale, hans christian anderson, john candy, mermaids, movie review, movies, new york city, roger ebert, romance, romantic comedy, ron howard, saturn awards, splash, tom hanks, touchstone pictures
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Tom Hanks month 1 – Forrest Gump
Most people who have even been casually watching movies at some point between the mid-80s and today would at least recognize Tom Hanks if they saw him in a movie, whether they know him by name or not. His movies … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, comedy, comedy movie, dick cavett, drama, elvis presley, forrest gump, gary sinise, haley joel osment, historic fiction, kurt russell, lieutenant dan, movie review, movies, mykelti williamson, peter dobson, robin wright, sally field, siobhan fallon hogan, tom hanks, vietnam war, winston groom
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