by Mike Parnell | Apr 15, 2010 | Opinion
Being a teenager is hard work. Peer pressure calls on them to conform to the demands of the group. Parental pressure pushes them to follow the ideals of their parents. And cultural pressure says they must fit into the mold to be like everyone else. It’s a wonder...
by Mike Parnell | Mar 19, 2010 | Opinion
A Martin Scorsese movie is always an event. He is a master storyteller and a great student of the art of motion pictures. But “Shutter Island” is mostly a departure for him. It’s not a mob movie, but a psychological thriller set in 1954. Teddy...
by Mike Parnell | Mar 12, 2010 | Opinion
“Alice in Wonderland,” directed in 3-D by Tim Burton, is a wonderful story and Tim Burton is a great director, but something is missing here. Maybe it’s that Alice appears not as a child, but as an adult. She now faces an impending proposal from...
by Mike Parnell | Mar 5, 2010 | Opinion
It’s an oft-told tale, usually found on television as a Hallmark Hall of Fame broadcast: a small Southern town torn apart by a racial killing. Sadly, there are lots of these kinds of stories, so the one told in “Blood Done Sign My Name” has to try...
by Mike Parnell | Jan 21, 2010 | Opinion
Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens have published best-selling books that speak to their belief that faith and religion poison society. But what would a world devoid of faith and religion look like – a world where all the Bibles have been taken and burned. ...
