by Roger Thomas | Nov 25, 2003 | Opinion
Before the recent scandals at the New York Times, there was a reporter named Steve Glass who fabricated stories while writing for the political magazine The New Republic. “Shattered Glass,” a new film, tells the true story of Steve Glass and how he became...
by Roger Thomas | Nov 24, 2003 | Opinion
At the beginning of the new romantic comedy “Love Actually,” Hugh Grant’s character discusses love. Many people feel our society is prone toward greed and hate, he says, but he believes love is still everywhere. “When those planes were crashing...
by Roger Thomas | Nov 21, 2003 | Opinion
A few decades ago when Clint Eastwood was busy making spaghetti westerns and Dirty Harry movies, who would have conceived that he would one day be such an incredible director. “Unforgiven,” the film that won Eastwood the Oscar for Best Director and also...
by Roger Thomas | Oct 16, 2003 | Opinion
“There is nothing more dangerous than a virtuous man,” says Guo Yi to his friend Okwe, who happens to be the protagonist of “Dirty Pretty Things.” Okwe is not the only virtuous person in the film. Senay, Okwe’s friend, is so devoted to...
by Roger Thomas | Sep 10, 2003 | Opinion
One of the major criticisms some Christians level against Hollywood is that sin is portrayed constantly on screen. For years I have argued that, in most cases, there must be sin for there to be conflict, and thus a compelling story. Sin has always been in films....
