by Mike Parnell | Oct 15, 2003 | Opinion
Joel and Ethan Coen make wonderful movies, many of which focus on love and marriage. One of their funniest movies, “Raising Arizona,” deals with a couple’s search for completeness through the kidnapping of a child. “O Brother Where Art...
by Mike Parnell | Sep 17, 2003 | Opinion
A recent survey declared 1939 the greatest year for movies. That year W.C. Fields starred in “You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man,” one in a long line of con movies with flim-flam men, grifters and con men as protagonists. The title says it all: You...
by Mike Parnell | Jul 18, 2003 | Opinion
“Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate’s life for me!” If you have ever been to Walt Disney World in Florida or Disneyland in California, those words are probably welded into your brain. One of the best rides of the park is now a pretty good popcorn summer movie....
by Mike Parnell | Jul 2, 2003 | Opinion
During my seminary days, I was required to take pastoral care, where the professor explained that all of us are messed up, and that our parents are the ones who did it to us. “Hulk” is a movie that attempts to deal with the ways that family messes us up....
by Mike Parnell | Jun 10, 2003 | Opinion
Several readers have asked EthicsDaily.com to recommend films to jumpstart spiritual discussions. EthicsDaily.com’s three movie reviewers have each weighed in, offering 10 films apiece. “The Grapes of Wrath,” 1940, Not Rated This movie has one of my...
