By Charlie W. Starr I use the phrase “almost wholesome” in my title in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. Today’s TV writers are seldom going to give us a TV series which we will completely agree with, show after show. Their agendas will creep in, their ideas will be far from ours, and they may include attacks […]
By Charlie W. Starr Last November saw the release of a new Christopher Nolan film (he directed the Batman trilogy, among others). In Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, the earth is dying and humanity is one generation away from extinction. When some force beyond earth creates a black hole near Saturn through which […]
By Dr. Charlie W. Starr After America hosted the 1999 Women’s World Cup in soccer and Team USA won, T-shirts became popular which read, “I Kick Like a Girl.” The opening game of that tournament had the largest audience ever recorded for a women’s sporting match—more than 90,000 people. In addition to the rise of […]
By Dr. Charlie W. Starr Beauty appeals to the imagination. In part that means it appeals to our senses (like sight and sound). One of the qualities of good art is that it shows rather than tells. Art doesn’t tell us that we should be brave. It shows us courage so profound that it is […]
By Dr. Charlie W. Starr Peter Jackson’s third Hobbit film has been in theaters for a month now, and people are making up their minds about whether or not the trilogy as a whole is any good. I’m going on record here to say these movies are bad . . . and good. Adaptations […]
