by Mike Parnell | Apr 8, 2011 | Opinion
You awaken on a train. You don’t know where you are or how you got there. Sitting in front of you is a young woman who seems to know you. You try and get your bearings. When you see your reflection, you don’t look like who you know yourself to be. Then...
by Mike Parnell | Mar 17, 2011 | Opinion
“Rango” is unlike anything you will ever see. It is the strangest, funniest, most warped invention. It’s a Western but with desert critters playing the parts. “Rango” was created by director Gore Verbinski and writer John Logan....
by Mike Parnell | Mar 10, 2011 | Opinion
“The Adjustment Bureau” is about a group that adjusts people’s lives to a predetermined script. That script is written by the Chairman, who oversees people’s activities to ensure a proper outcome. It’s a Calvinist movie. The story...
by Mike Parnell | Feb 18, 2011 | Opinion
Watching “127 Hours,” I was reminded of what Viktor Frankl found in his concentration camp. When he was deported to Theresienstadt, he noted that some prisoners endured while others caved in to the camp’s horror. Those that survived did so because...
by Mike Parnell | Jan 28, 2011 | Opinion
My second favorite day of the year came this past Tuesday. On Jan. 25, the Academy Award nominations were released, which leads to handicapping the Oscars and an on up to my favorite day of the year, Feb. 27 – when they will hand out the golden statues. “The...
