Posts Tagged ‘Steven D. Greydanus’

Revealing The Secret of Kells, Part Two – and what are your favorite works of non-digitial animation?

Monday, June 21st, 2010

“Revealing The Secret of Kells – Part Two”: My conversation with Steven Greydanus continues at Image journal’s blog.

Have you seen The Secret of Kells? What did you think? (more…)

Greydanus: “No movies, please. We’re Catholic.”

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Steven Greydanus is on a roll. His latest entries at The National Catholic Register are worth your attention. (more…)

Twilight and New Moon and “the hallmark of immaturity.”

Friday, November 20th, 2009

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON
“I think the ears are tastiest.”

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON
“Me, I prefer the chin.”

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON
“I’m a forearm man, myself. And things just taste better when the girl’s has helpless as this one.”

Yes, like it or not, New Moon is here. And last night’s midnight opening show set some kind of all-time box-office record for such arrivals. Basically, ticket-buyers told Hollywood: WE WANT MORE OF THIS. And so, that is what moviegoers will receive. Except what’s coming will be even worse because it will be even more derivative. (If somebody wants to pick up a worthwhile vampire story, get your hands on the rights to Robin McKinley’s Sunshine, which is actually worth reading.)

So, how’s the movie?

I turn to the discerning Steven D. Greydanus:
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Steven Greydanus reviews “Where the Wild Things Are”

Friday, October 16th, 2009

I’m going to see Spike Jonze’s long-awaited adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are this weekend.

The reviews coming in are very mixed. But my favorite critic, Steven Greydanus, likes it very, very much.

Roger Ebert remembers The Last Temptation of Christ

Thursday, October 30th, 2008


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