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Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Reviewing The Hunger Games
As is customary, I will say that this post contains spoilers to the movie and the book of The Hunger Games. I knew The Hunger Games movie was going to be big when it seemed like everywhere I went … Continue reading
Hoping For a Ben Wade Noah
As regular readers (all 3 of you, thanks Mom!) of this blog are no doubt aware, I like movies a lot. I also am a fan of the Bible, so Bible movies are pretty much in my wheelhouse. (If only … Continue reading
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Thinking About “The Hunger Games”
This Friday, the much-anticipated movie, The Hunger Games, arrives in theaters. It will no doubt be a big hit. (Some are even predicting a huge 100 million dollar opening weekend.) Having read the book (by Suzan Collins) upon which the … Continue reading
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Harry Potter and The Taylors: Ending Well
A colleague and friend of mine, used to quote a Rosh Edah of her’s at Camp Ramah in New England as saying that it’s important to begin well, but it’s more important to end well. She was talking about havdalah, … Continue reading
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Friday Night Lights: My Point Proven
And by the creator of the show no less. Here’s Peter Berg (who also directed the movie) talking about the Friday Night Lights: People weren’t reacting to the football. It was expensive, but people weren’t reacting to it. How many … Continue reading
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A Clash of Lights
This blog is officially in trouble. As you may know, in my capacity as Chief Conservative Rabbi of the State of Louisiana, I have made known my deep love and affection for Game of Thrones and Friday Night Lights. I … Continue reading
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Friday Night Lights is Not About Football
One of the conversations I seem to be having a lot recently involves me trying to convince people to watch Friday Night Lights, the excellent NBC television show that is based (at this point fairly loosely) on the nonfiction book … Continue reading
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Game of Thrones, The Bible and ‘Nerd’ Genres
This is a bit of a departure from my usual fare, but I feel the need to applaud HBO for its terrific adaption of Game of Thrones, the first book in George R. R. Martin’s series A Song of Fire … Continue reading
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