For my 54th birthday yesterday, we did something decadent: we watched a movie. Gran Torino is one of my favorite movies of all time, a...

Dinosaur King is a 2007-8 animated TV series based on a Japanese card game of the same name.  It has all the elements that would appeal...

We enjoyed seeing the children's movie " Turbo " - an unlikely tale of a snail in the Indianapolis 500.  It was a fun mov...

This is a series of six trailers from a really cool cinematic project to retell some of our Lord's parables in the current age.  Th...

We sang this hymn tonight...  But what I heard in my head was this...    (Note: cartoon violence, but remarkably accurate his...

The following quote from actor and cycling enthusiast Ewan McGregor sums it up... " W hen I leave work on a motorbike, pull on ...

Above is a 2010 John Stossel segment on the controversial novel Atlas Shrugged by author-philosopher Ayn Rand , still a best-seller h...

Above is the video of this report from FOX-8 News (New Orleans). On the heels of Will Ferrell's "Dog Fight," another crew...

The above is a recent speech before the European Parliament.  And Mr. Bloom is right! Central banking (including our Federal Reserve Sys...

"Father Hollywood" as a name for this blog began as a joke (I was working at Hollywood Video during my first call).  But it see...

From this  New York Times article : "'We will have a robust continuing presence throughout the region, which is proof of our on...

There is a new movie out: Atlas Shrugged .  I have not seen the movie.  I have read the book . The author of the book, Ayn Rand , was a ...

Here is a link to a poignant scene from a great (at least in my opinion) film.  The "embedding" feature is disabled, so you'...

                         On this date in 1170 AD, St. Thomas Becket , archbishop of Canterbury, was slain by assassins at the altar of his...

If you're looking for something out of the ordinary to watch on the telly (especially if you have Netflix), you might enjoy the 3 DVD se...

Just to be clear, I did not show Easy Rider to Lion Boy, just the YouTube clip - which you have to admit is an especially funny tableau for...

A powerful scene from Casablanca , which is even more poignant when one considers the words of the anthem... especially the part about spil...

I've heard the Ironman 2 movie isn't so good, but I love the clip from Tony Stark's testimony before Congress. The above video...

One of my classmates and colleagues in the ministry, Rev. Paul Beisel, is looking for a "outline/character description" for the la...