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The
Best Holiday Films
Here's
a list of movies sure to bring in some holiday cheer. |
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The
Majestic
The
Majestic is a refreshing film about remembering who you are,
learning to stand for something, and the meaning of America.
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Little
Secrets
Keeping
secrets seems innocent enough-especially if they are truly
kept. Who gets hurt?
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The
Internal Mormon-Media Conflict
The Mormon approach to the media
is to be terribly harsh with each other. We are more judgmental
with each other than we are with the media–and that’s
saying a great deal. |
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Tucker:
The Man and His Dream
Dreams are powerful things. They can
convince people; they can challenge people. They can change
the world. Preston Tucker had a dream for a new kind of car. |
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Holiday
Inn
Amazing
dance routines, memorable songs, and a fun story about eking
out a life worth living can all be found in this wonderful
Hollywood classic: Holiday Inn.
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Must-See
Movies of 2001
I
don't know about you, but I'm tired of critics lamenting what
a terrible year for movies 2001 has been.
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Spy
Kids
Spy
Kids entertains both children and adults with its creativity
and wholesome ideas.
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It's
a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
As
one entertainer realized: "Comedy is a serious business".
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World takes comedy serious—it
is a classic movie that excels in its writing, directing and
performances.
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Four
Halloween Films to Meet Your Mood
Halloween and movies usually conjure up images of slasher films
with people being subject to the most hideous deaths that debased
humanity can imagine. It doesn't have to be as bad as all that. |
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Arsenic
and Old Lace
This
movie proves that director Frank Capra didn't just do Christmas
movies, á la It's a Wonderful Life, but also
fantastic Halloween movies. |
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The
General
In this classic
black-and-white silent film, Buster Keaton's acrobatics shine
in comedic technicolor.
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Gold
Rush
The Gold Rush is one of Chaplin's most enduring comedies,
both for its scope and for its original comedy sequences. |
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Remains
of the Day
This film is a beautiful tragedy
that not only offers solid entertainment, but empowers us in
our own pursuit of happiness. |
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Disney's
The Kid
I
have an assertion that may surprise you. Hollywood can produce
good family films and occasionally does. However, I think
it can't market them. One of these films, that almost certainly
got overlooked by most of you (as it did me), was Disney's
The Kid.
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Il
Postino (The Postman)
The Italian film Il Postino (The Postman)
is all about poetic metaphors, but is also a filmic metaphor
for our own mortal journeys. |
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Destry
Rides Again
Destructive
patterns in life often mask our potential and keep us from
success. Destry Rides Again tells the story of how
people overcome their challenges to clean up the rebellious
town of Bottleneck in Hollywood's old west.
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The
Emperor's New Groove
Most
of us, at some point, fall into a groove. Only when something
throws off that groove do we have the best opportunity to
grow as people.
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Lilies
of the Field
We
often talk about God sending us blessings, but the extent
to which God plays a role in our lives rather than just people
acting on their own agency is rarely understood. Lilies of
the Field explores this issue and offers a compelling solution.
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Enchanted
April
This marvelous film depicts the obstacles to loving relationships,
and consequently the obstacles to living happily with other
people. |
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The
Truman Show
Ever
had the feeling that someone was watching you? Like 5 billion
people?
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Babette's
Feast (1987)
This
award-winning, G-rated film not only holds enough drama to satisfy
sophisticated moviegoers, but it delves into the purposes and
rewards of religious devotion. |
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His
Girl Friday (1940)
This film about finding love amidst
newsprint and deadlines is a classic. |
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Sense
and Sensibility
This
film beautifully explores the challenge of balancing reason
and emotion in our personal relationships.
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Chicken
Run
Organizing
a farm full of chickens is not an easy task, but getting them
together can accomplish great things.
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Places
in the Heart (1984)
This film is beautiful and praiseworthy
in both form and content, elevating and encouraging those who
experience it to greater acts of charity. |
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It
Happened One Night
This
is
an enjoyable comedy, but beneath it all, Capra tells a story
of people who need to learn to find happiness by treating
each other as human beings and not as means to an end.
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The
Bishop's Wife
One
doesn't need to call lightning from the heavens to organize
someone's files, help someone across the street, or brighten
a child's day.
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Christmas
in Connecticut (1945)
Christmas
in Connecticut revolves around the holiday, but it spins a
playful story about people and the problems dishonesty causes
them.
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God's
Army
A
film by, for, and about Mormons.
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Shadowlands
C.
S. Lewis: "I suggest to you that it is because God loves
us that he makes us the gift of suffering..."
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Groundhog
Day
Becoming
a better man, one day at a time.
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Not
One Less
This
Chinese "parable of the lost sheep" is a remarkable
film.
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The
Secret of Roan Inish
A
young girl is captivated by the stories spun from the past
by her Irish grandparents.
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Shall
We Dance?
Life,
love, and ballroom dancing in Japan.
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Wallace
and Gromit
Nick Park's creation skillfully pays
homage to and manipulates the conventions of popular genres. |
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The
Straight Story
If
you need a break from the ear-splitting explosions, diverse
killings, and vulgarity that belches forth from the summertime
multiplex, we have the film for you.
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An
Ideal Husband
A
remarkably entertaining costume picture features witty dialogue
and underlying truth.
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Citizen
Kane
Many
critics and film buffs agree that Citizen Kane is the greatest
film ever made.
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Stuart
Little
What
do you get when you cross Annie with Babe? A quirky story
about a family that adopts a mouse as a son.
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Trekkies
Why
would you rush to a video store to rent a documentary?
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A
Man for All Seasons
A Stirring Cinematic Sermon
on Integrity.
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Three
Ways Good Films Miss the Mark
Three
films with wonderful themes and a moral center miss the mark. |
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Babe,
the Unprejudiced Heart
Barnyard
animals flawlessly convey a meaningful and powerful theme.
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The
Winslow Boy
A
G-rated film for a sophisticated audience.
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Searching
for Bobby Fischer
A
film with substance, complexity and heart.
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Iron
Giant
He
found out he had a soul.
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The
Man Who Came to Dinner
If
you are a fan of intelligent comedy and old movies, "The Man
Who Came to Dinner" is a great find. |
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Avalon
A
Polish immigrant struggles to keep his family together amidst
tensions in their new land of America.
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