Movie Review: Silver Linings Playbook. **** out of 4. Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, and reintroducing Chris Tucker. Written and Directed by David O. Russell.
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2012 Christmas Movie Smackdown
THE RULES: A fantasy style draft, in which Joseph Williams and contributor Sutter Vaught will go back and forth for five rounds, selecting picks to create a roster of the ALL TIME GREATEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES.
Why We Need Christmas w/ Christmas YouTube Hall of Fame
It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged. Clayton has commissioned me, as King of Christmas Joy, to write a good number of Christmas posts. And that is going to happen. I’d planned on starting on Friday before leaving for a few days experiencing Christmas time in New York City. While I was beginning this post, the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut happened. As I was plugged in, absorbing the news (true and false) as it rolled in, I was in no place … →
Where We Go From Here: Reflections on 2012 Election Results
So with the 2012 election over, where do we go from here? America has a lot of problems facing it today.
Poverty In America: How We Have Failed
Author’s Note: This article is a “director’s cut” version of an article review I wrote for Fare Forward. I highly recommend you visit that site, like the publication on Facebook, and even become a subscriber. It’s a collection of people much smarter and much better at writing than me, discussing all topics you could imagine through a deeply intellectual Christian worldview. I’m humbled to have written for their second issue, which is the basis for this post. I’ll also be … →
The Sequel Casino Royale Deserved – Skyfall Delivers
Skyfall: ***1/2 out of 4. I remember it well. It was November 2006. I was a sophomore in college. A bunch of my friends dressed in suits, tuxes, and Bond girl cocktail dresses to attend the midnight premiere of Casino Royale. Bond was back. He had more brawn. The film had more grit, emotional heft, and began the (three film?) process of depicting James Bond’s origin story from the rough-around-the-edges MI6 agent to the suave, debonair, womanizing, sharpshooting, martini-swilling, terrorist-mastermind-stopping hero … →
The Exceptional Ones: Because of Mary
This is by far the most personal post I’ve ever written. If I had to sit down and write this to be published on The Wise Guise, it would have never been written, for a litany of reasons. But I wrote it as my personal statement for my law school applications. But as I recently watched the E:60 piece about the blessings of family members with special needs, as I went home to visit my sister and see her new … →
The Exceptional Ones: The Perfection of Down Syndrome
This post will be brief. What I lay out will be clear. My commentary will be minimal. This is because the stories and statistics within this blog post speak for themselves. Commentary from me on this post would diminish the power of the story and stats within it. Anyone who knows me knows that my faith and family have had the largest impact on the man I am today. Anyone who really knows me knows that my special-needs sister, Mary, … →
