The upcoming Noah film made Hollywood headlines when the rains and flooding of Hurricane Sandy halted production and damaged the ark kept in Oyster Bay, NY. Noah film Star Emma Watson tweeted about the irony, and Russell Crowe (who plays the title character) even managed to need a Coast Guard rescue after kayaking too far out during a break […]
Gladiator
For all their piety, the Bible epics of the past are best remembered for their violent set-pieces. God smote evildoers with earthquakes and lightning, armies clashed on land and at sea, and villainous charioteers were trampled to death by their opponents’ horses. Death and destruction were what kept the crowds coming; but audiences wanted more […]
The Insider embodies clear moral vision
Entering the theatre, you pretty much know what to expect from The Insider. The latest film from Michael Mann is a dramatization of the events that led former tobacco-industry executive Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) to confess in a 60 Minutes interview that his company had knowingly made its cigarettes more addictive, only to see his […]