Blog Detail
Mosaic Movie Connect Group
http://mosaicmovieconnectgroup.blogspot.com
This blog informs the readers of future Connect Group events, and provides a forum to share insights on other movies, both new and old, from an ethical and biblical perspective. I encourage respectful conversation, even if we disagree
- Added on: Jul 24th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Martin Baggs
- Listed in: Film Christianity
- Tags: christianity reviews movies morality ethics
Recent Posts
The Secrets (Ha-Sodot) -- compassion, connection and change
Director: Avi Nesher, 2007.Who doesn't have some secret that should not be revealed? In Nesher's film three women have secrets that slowly emerge to transform their lives. At the heart of the Israeli film The Secrets is Naomi (Ania Bukstein), the dau...
Watchmen -- watching society, saving humanity
Director: Zach Snyder, 2009.Snyder has done what many thought impossible: turned Watchmen into a movie that is faithful to the novel. Alan Moore's book has been called the greatest graphic novel of all time. It is certainly no comic book story. Rathe...
No Man\'s Land -- the absurdities of war
Director: Danis Tanovic, 2001."War is hell." Civil War General William Sherman said this in an address to the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy in 1879. Films have explored this thought, most notably Saving Private Ryan. Spielberg sho...
The Taste of Others (Le goût des autres ) -- the power of art
Director: Agnès Jaoui, 2000.What value does art have in our lives? Can it bring transformation? Is it an acquired taste? Actor-writer Jaoui puts the spotlight on art and love in her directorial debut. This is a slow French comedy of sex, good taste ...
Carlito\'s Way -- honor, loyalty and change
Director: Brian De Palma, 1993."And I want to thank a lot of people for that. I look over there and I see that man there, Mr. Norwalk. I want to thank you, sir. . . . And I want to thank AImighty God. . . . I can't believe this. I must have forgot. H...
State of Play -- playing our friends
Director: Kevin Macdonald, 2009.The new movie from MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland) makes us watch and think to the very end even while taking us on a taut and tense thrill ride. That should be no surprise given that Tony Gilroy wrote the screen...
