Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Kevin Miller
To say this film has divided audiences—both Christian and non-Christian alike—is an understatement of biblical proportions. Like Jesus, the person whose final twelve hours on earth this movie portrays, The Passion of the Christ has been criticized from virtually every...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Kevin Miller
In making The Alamo, director John Lee Hancock faced a task similar to James Cameron when he made The Titanic. Both films are based on historical events where the outcome is certain. Thus, the challenge is not so much to surprise viewers as to depict characters and...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Kevin Miller
In a film full of great moments, it is difficult to choose one that defines what In America is all about. Perhaps the most poignant is a scene where eleven-year-old Christy Sullivan sings the Eagles’ song “Desperado” at her school talent show. As she delivers her...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Kevin Miller
I don’t think I’ve ever felt as depressed walking out of a movie theatre as I did after viewing this film. Not only did it feature one of the most horrifying civil war scenes ever filmed, it also—unwittingly, I think—conveyed such a strong sense of hopelessness...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Kevin Miller
Could there be a more appropriate time for a film like this? Released one month after Fahrenheit 9/11 with conspiracy theories about George W. Bush—“the Arabian candidate,” as he has been called—running at an all-time high, The Manchurian Candidate is a masterpiece of...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Kevin Miller
Writer, producer, director M. Night Shyamalan is known for two things: high concept premises and surprise, twist endings. After his breakthrough hit The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan has used this same approach to make Unbreakable, Signs, and now The Village. Unfortunately,...
