X-men: First Class ‘No Such Thing as Good and Evil’
X-men: first class opened in cinemas yesterday. Not content with being a great multi-layered summer blockbuster, X-men (as all the films have been to an extent) is a film bursting with issues and ready made discussions. Over the next few weeks as I mull the film over, and probably go and see it again, I [...]
Inception and the Power of Ideas
***SPOILER WARNING*** I could write pages and pages about the different theories and thoughts I had when watching the film but for this particular post I will focus solely on the power of ideas. Cobb (Dicaprio’s character) explains to Ariadne (Page’s character) the power of ideas. “What’s the most resilient parasite? An Idea. A single [...]
Moses VS Kick-Ass
“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the [...]
What Would Jesus Say to Bruno?
In 2006 ‘Borat’ brought to light the xenophobia at the heart of America. ‘Bruno’s’ attack was a little more scattershot. Over the course of 86 minutes he took aim at celebrity culture, fame, homophobia and how Osama Bin Laden looks like a “dirty wizard”. As Tim Berroth says on “Hollywood Jesus”, it would be too [...]
