by Mike Parnell | Feb 15, 2005 | Opinion
Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a pastor’s nightmare: He attends every service, pays attention to what is said, and asks questions about the faith so tough they can make a priest curse. Frankie is also a part of the sweet science called boxing, and we hear his...
by Mike Parnell | Jan 21, 2005 | Opinion
Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest directors never to win an Oscar. He made “Raging Bull,” considered by many to be the greatest movie of the 1980s, and “GoodFellas,” which others consider the greatest movie of the 1990s. Still, he has not...
by Mike Parnell | Jan 10, 2005 | Opinion
EthicsDaily.com movie reviewer Mike Parnell offers his “Top Ten” movies from 2004. No. 1: “The Incredibles” This is the best movie of the year. Most impressive is that “Incredibles” was marketed as a family movie, but there is so...
by Mike Parnell | Dec 24, 2004 | Opinion
When a movie tells its story through voiceover narration, it’s usually a bad sign. Unfortunately, “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” does just that and relies on a shadowy narrator (Jude Law), who tells the audience about all the...
by Mike Parnell | Dec 15, 2004 | Opinion
Rewatchability. Some movies have it, some don’t. The 2001 remake of the Rat Pack classic “Ocean’s Eleven” had—and has—it. Each time you watch it, you see something new. It’s got rewatchability. The same crew that made “Ocean’s...
