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Tag Archives: oscars
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
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
