Commentary Have you ever heard of Tom Breneman? Although he isn’t a big name anymore, this radio personality was the host of a 1940s radio show which attracted ten million listeners daily, “Breakfast in Hollywood.” The show became so successful that, in 1946, it inspired a movie of the same name, which was produced by…
Mount Everest and Lhasa | Tough Rides Season 1 Ep5
February 21, 2023
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A local Zhongba motorcycle repairman comes to the Pyle brothers’ rescue, managing to get the BMW bike clutch back in working order. But further disaster strikes when Colin’s bike blows a tire. The journey is now in real jeopardy. …
Film Review: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’: Third Time’s Not a Charm
PG-13 | 2h 5m | MCU, Fantasy, Action | February 17, 2023 The “quantum realm” is the abiding, main feature of the “Ant-Man” films. How should we understand the quantum realm? The word “quantum” refers to the smallest amount of something that you can have. I find the following concept helpful: What if the model of our solar system—the…
‘Key to the City’ From 1950: Gable Goes Back to San Francisco
Commentary In 1936, Clark Gable made a very successful film called “San Francisco.” Starring alongside Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy, he played a tough nightclub owner on the Barbary Coast around the turn of the century. His character runs for public office to clean things up in the low rent district. Fourteen years later, he…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘People Will Talk’: Focus on a Healthy Spirit as Well as a Healthy Body
G | 1 h 50 min | Romantic Comedy | 1951 Screenwriter-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s tongue-in-cheek film has a hard time taking itself seriously, opening as it does with the comically self-conscious line, “This will be part of the story of Noah Praetorius, M.D. That is not his real name, of course…” The winsome, if…
Traveling Light Ep4
February 20, 2023
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This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. Most of us like to travel. What we don’t like is the baggage we’re carrying around. But what if you could travel through life with no bags at all? In this 18-part teaching series, bestselling author and speaker Max Lucado invites you…
Towards Tibet | Tough Rides Season 1 Ep4
February 20, 2023
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After Ryan recovers from the worst motorcycle fall he’s ever had, the Pyle brothers aim for Tibet on the G219 highway, passing mountains and lakes, including one of the most holy places in Asia, Lake Manasarovar. …
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’: Imagining Abundance
PG | 2 h 8 min | Drama | 1945 Betty Smith’s partially autobiographical novel inspired Elia Kazan’s coming-of-age film that won three nominations and was awarded two Oscars. Like many of Frank Capra’s films, Kazan’s directorial debut about the needy Nolan family, in 1912 downtown Brooklyn, prioritizes the heart over the head. Playful singer-daydreamer…
5 Movies About Recurring Lifetimes
The U.S.A. has always been a racial and cultural melting pot. Due to the internet, social media, and the spread of yoga throughout Western culture, Eastern concepts have been taking root in the West for some time now. Back in 1969, when John Lennon wrote “Instant Karma,” nobody knew what he was talking about. Now,…
‘All Quiet at the Western Front’ Triumphs at BAFTA Awards
LONDON—A German remake of anti-war classic “All Quiet on the Western Front” was the big winner at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, triumphing in the key categories at the ceremony seen as an indicator for next month’s Oscars. Based on the 1928 novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque about the horrors of…
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