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Lars and the Real Girl, and a Community’s Acceptance
I watched the 2007 movie Lars and the Real Girl a couple of nights ago. You can read about it here. Also check out Roger Ebert’s excellent review of the movie. There were plenty of times when I was bored … Continue reading
Posted in Asperger's, Autism, Church, Movies, Social Skills
Tagged church of the brethren, drama, entertainment, lars and the real girl, oscars, roger ebert
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Jester Hairston, Amen
At church this morning, the pastor in his sermon was talking about the 1963 movie Lillies of the Field, in which Sidney Poitier played a handyman who built a church for a group of East German nuns. (According to wikipedia, … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Movies, Television
Tagged comedy, entertainment, jester hairston, lillies of the field, oscars, sherman hemsley
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Ernest Borgnine
I just learned that actor Ernest Borgnine has passed on. My two favorite Borgnine performances: 1. The 1955 movie, Marty, in which Borgnine plays a lonely butcher from the Bronx who finds love when he meets a lonely chemistry teacher. … Continue reading
Posted in Deaths, Little House, Movies, Television
Tagged chemistry teacher, entertainment, ernest borgnine, hollywood, little house on the prairie, oscars
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E.T.
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of E.T. To commemorate this, I’d like to post a thoughtful quote that I encountered years ago on the review for the movie by Ken Priebe of Christian Spotlight on the Movies: “Novelist Martin Amis … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Religion
Tagged christian spotlight on the movies, entertainment, hollywood, john baxter, novelist martin amis, oscars
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