Small Family Comedy Introduces Some Big Talent
DIRECTED BY NATE BAKKE/2019 (Festival Release)
A few days ago I watched a movie about brothers going o...
Stay Informed, Wash Your Hands, Watch Some Movies
Stuck inside? We feel you.
The stock market, news outlets, and grocery stores are in a tailspin, but f...
Class Warfare Goes to the Movies
I saw ninety-seven 2019 movie releases, and five of my top 20 deal with the struggles between rich and poor, between th...
The Real Rom-Com-Athon Was the Friends We Made Along the Way
We did it we did it we did it! 50 movies finished and over $2600 pledged or donated directly t...
In Which I Offer a Modest Defense of Christmas Rom-Coms
I am nearly done: just five more movies to go. Having my last few movies coincide with the last fe...
In the Tale of Roger Ailes' Downfall, the Big Story is How Little Has Changed
DIRECTED BY JAY ROACH/2019
We are drowning in news, and not just becaus...
Practical Wisdom from Holiday Movies
I have now watched 40 Christmas rom-coms, and I feel qualified to share with you some of the lessons I'm acquiring. Th...
The Eternal Sunshine of the Hallmark Mind
I have watched more movies. I have the titles, because I wrote them down. I have some idea of what happened in t...
There is Gold Among the Dross
I've made it over the hump and feel encouraged that I may survive through 50 of these movies. It helps that in this most rece...
Sharon is an experienced writer with her own blog and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's religion blog. A wife and mother to 5 kids, she in on staff with her church and enjoys running, coffee, and good books. A bit of an activist around certain topics (politics, religion, sexuality, gender), Sharon looks to cinema for the empathy and fun it can provide. “I believe art is a gift from a good Creator. Sometimes Christians are suspicious of film, but I find that thoughtful engagement with movies has been a means of personal and spiritual growth for me. I hope my involvement with Zeke helps others to have a similar experience with film!”
