

Here is the third compilation of 2021 movies, a weak year for the cinema.
A Quiet Place 2 — starring Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy can’t quite compete with the original. Nevertheless, it is a fairly worthy successor, and includes a prequel showing the dreaded sightless monsters first taking over earth. The ending is decent.
The Last Leonardo — as documentaries go, this is outstanding. Featured only in art house theatres, you don’t have to be an art lover or be knowledgeable about the art world to quickly be drawn into this real-life ‘who done it?’ mystery. The producers spared no expense in taking us around the world and in interviewing subject matter experts. Side note: I recently read Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, and the book offers countless clues to da Vinci’s genius and the subtlety of his detail. Thus, I likely know whether or not the painting is genuine.
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye — starring Andrew Garvey and Jessica Chastain is a rather so-so movie. As she has done so often, Jessica Chastain offers an Oscar-worthy performance, perhaps enough to draw in movie-goers.
One Shot — a gripping tale. A prisoner being held at a base outside of the U.S., who has knowledge that could stop a major terrorist attack, is to be transferred by the FBI to Washington. Terrorist-paid mercenaries invade and seek to kill him. Intense battles, hand-to-hand combat, and on-the-spot-executions — certainly not for everyone, but it has its merits.
The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of CS Lewis — the protagonist, the elder Lewis, stares into the camera, literally, for 3/4 of the movie. This simply does not work for me. Also, (sorry to my Christian friends who loved this flick) the lead-up to his conversion is unconvincing.
King Richard — Will Smith, in another of his many great roles, is the over-strategizing, stubborn, resolute father who creates a 78-page manual on how his daughters will become tennis stars; in essence giving you a vivid idea of how the plot unfolds. Some good supporting roles. And Venus and Serena are executive producers!
Ghostbusters Afterlife — with Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, and a variety of competent child actors, is a misguided attempt at extending the franchise. The humor is a bit flat, the action is predictable, and there’s not much here worth viewing, including the contrived surprise ending.
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Family
Student Drinking and Drug Abuse on Campus is Over the Top
What kind of society, de facto, condones such reckless behavior?
The senseless loss of five university students in a house fire has stung my community. These were top students, accomplished individuals, and potential leaders.
Someone has got to ask the tough questions right now, while the pain of their loss is intense. In what kind of society do presumably the best and brightest engage in highly questionable activities? An all-night party? Started at what hour? Preceded by what? To end when?
How much alcohol flows? How many drugs are dispensed? Obtained from and by whom? Ingested by whom? How many cigarettes are lit? How many butts wantonly burn down to nothing? What else is lit and smoked?
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Foolish Behavior Condoned
The largest and toughest question of all behind these is what kind of society, de facto, condones such foolish and, in too many tragic instances, reckless behavior? Drunk students falling out of windows to their death, engaged in chugging contests until they vomit, on weeknights no less, walking the campus in a state of high lethargy? Being rushed to emergency wards?
Sure, install the proper sprinkler and alarm systems, but acknowledge the ruthless reality that confronts us. Colleges today are the stomping grounds for legions of students who drink and take drugs with abandon. They sit like zombies in morning classes if they can make it out of bed at all. Professors pretend that it is not happening. University administrators accept such behavior as ‘part of the times.’
Such phenomena are more wide sweeping than anyone cares to admit. They are testament to the abandonment of standards, the ‘everything is allowed’ overly permissive culture in which no student is safe.
Break the Silence
If the students who died were among the finest people that communities engender, what does their loss portend for others? And when will responsible adults break the silence about the utter absurdity with which too many students live their lives?
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This is what the bible says about sex…
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