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Favorite films

  • Lars and the Real Girl
  • Into Great Silence
  • The Waterdance
  • Pumpkin

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  • No Leg Power

    ★★★★

  • The Last Supper

  • Smile As You Kill

    ★★★★

  • The Other John

    ★★★★

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  • No Leg Power

    No Leg Power

    ★★★★

    Fresh off its world premiere at Slamdance LA, No Leg Power tells the story of CJ Bellamy. Bellamy seemingly had it all going for him as a promising high school basketball player with a D-1 scholarship and legit prospects of making the NBA.

    One night of being in the wrong place at the wrong time changed everything.

    Written and produced by Reign Burton and directed by Tristan Anthony Ortiz, No Leg Power follows the story of how Bellamy discovered his…

  • The Last Supper

    The Last Supper

    There are a couple important points that may lead you toward a reasonable understanding of what to expect from the latest film from Pinnacle Peak Pictures, the studio that brought us The Case for Christ and God's Not Dead.

    The very first thing I noticed is that Jamie Ward (television's His Dark Materials), the actor who portrays Jesus here, doesn't, in fact, receive top billing. Depending upon where you look, that's either James Oliver Wheatley (Peter in the film) or…

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  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    ★★

    As I was winding my way out of Indianapolis's AMC Castleton 14 after the press screening for James Cameron's long rumored and finally realized return to Pandora with Avatar: The Way of Water, I approached the studio's marketing rep who was eagerly standing by awaiting the obligatory feedback that was most certainly expected to be enthusiastic superlatives for our dear cinematic St. James.

    Instead, I spewed forth "I hated every minute of it." If I'm not mistaken, I may have…

  • Thor: Love and Thunder

    Thor: Love and Thunder

    ★★

    There were so many kids with weapons in "Thor: Love and Thunder" that I couldn't decide if I was watching a Young Republicans convention or a junior high production of "Lord of the Flies."