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FilmNut: April 2012
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Reviews from a guy who likes movies. Sunday, April 29, 2012. Is terrific … in his portrait of real-life character, Bernie Tiede, a small-town assistant mortician who’s a bit dandified, a determined self-guided PR machine who quickly becomes the town’s darling in his care for the deceased and their families, and especially the darling of all the “little old ladies.”. He joins the local church and becomes a song-leader. He lives humbly and gives away most everything. Set in East Texas, with a wonderful ens...
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FilmNut: "Selma"
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Reviews from a guy who likes movies. Monday, January 26, 2015. Stunning in all regards. The story, in all of its complexity and sorrow, is told and pulled me in. The story ends triumphantly in Montgomery, with only a tag line at the end of his death. Musically, powerful, with a searing rap song woven in at the end mentioning Ferguson. The cast, superb . A must-see - for an important chapter in the American Story. A FB friend of mine offers the following:. For those who were disappointed in.
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FilmNut: December 2010
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Reviews from a guy who likes movies. Saturday, December 18, 2010. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. A sometimes-delightful blend of schlock, pretentious throw-away phrases that were so “weighty” they frankly seemed comedic, but with some touching moments, as the boy, who made a better dragon, comes to his senses. His transformation seems to be the heart of the film. Yet I often asked, “What’s the point here? 8221; Where is the story? Yet he’s drowned, if you will, in a sort ...
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FilmNut: March 2012
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Reviews from a guy who likes movies. Saturday, March 24, 2012. I enjoyed it and recommend seeing it, if not in your friendly neighborhood theater, then in the comfort of your home a few weeks from now. It's a fine story of loyalty, sacrifice and love in the face of oppression. These values are highlighted throughout most of the film, though at times, the message got a little muddy, though not in any terminal way. Is spared most of the killing. The same for her fellow Tribune ( Josh Hutcherson. I don't th...
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Chips and Salsa Today ................... by Tom Eggebeen: "Shorter History of Western Civilization" by Robert Lax, 1962
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Chips and Salsa Today . by Tom Eggebeen. I believe we are here to share bread with one another, so that everyone has enough, and no one has too much, and our social order achieves this goal with maximal freedom and minimal coercion." Robert McAfee Brown. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Shorter History of Western Civilization" by Robert Lax, 1962. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. Take a Breath - Scott Colglazier. Fine Poems by Bob Dahl. Church of the Savior. I Love Words .
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Thoughts by Tom Eggebeen: I Doubt It
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Thoughts by Tom Eggebeen. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts." Psalm 139:23. Monday, May 4, 2015. Some of the best words we can ever speak, when it come to things/ideas/peoples/religions/gods that seek to convince us otherwise. I grew up hearing all kinds of sermons, some of them even good, about the "dangers of doubt." But I always had my doubts. I've since memorized both, and am grateful, but grateful, too, for that 6th grade boy who had his own brand of integrity. But le...
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FilmNut: "American Sniper"
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Reviews from a guy who likes movies. Saturday, January 31, 2015. American Sniper is an excellent piece of work, a subtle anti-war film if I've ever seen one . "war is hell," and that's made abundantly clear here. I was worried, from some of what I've read, that it glorified war; it doesn't. Kyle had four tours of duty . a profound dislocation for him, for his wife and his children. Where was home? Was it with his family, or with his "family" over there? I thought the "enemy" was decently portrayed - mos...
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Thoughts by Tom Eggebeen: July 2015
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Thoughts by Tom Eggebeen. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts." Psalm 139:23. Friday, July 31, 2015. Not in every moment, of course. Nothing so big to change the world forever. But to keep the world moving. With more good than evil. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Mundane Christianity Gets My Vote. I like the word mundane with regard to faith (Dictionary.com) . at least in it's second and third definitions, with a few words from #1 . 1 common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative. So I v...
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Thoughts by Tom Eggebeen: March 2015
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Thoughts by Tom Eggebeen. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts." Psalm 139:23. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Lenten Devotional Psalm 118. From my good friend and colleague, Bob Orr, who wrote this devotional . Theme: Passion and Suffering. Palm Sunday, March 29. O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;. His steadfast love endures for ever! Let Israel say,. His steadfast love endures for ever.'. Let the house of Aaron say,. His steadfast love endures for ever.'. The right hand of ...
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Thoughts by Tom Eggebeen: June 2015
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Thoughts by Tom Eggebeen. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts." Psalm 139:23. Thursday, June 18, 2015. I'm Glad to be a Christian. I'm glad to be a Christian, not that I could really be anything else, since I was born into a Christian family in a culturally Christian world (Wisconsin and Michigan - the Reformed and Presbyterian traditions), educated and trained in the Christian Ministry. Had I been born in a Muslim or Buddhist nation/culture, that's likely what I'd be. To my...
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