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Max
Directecd by: Boaz Yakin
In one of my favorite films, The Shawshank Redemption, there is a scene in which ...

Extending Boredom
Cox, Adam J. "The Case for Boredom" The New Atlantis (Spring 2010)
Three cheers for having nothing to do and ...

Merrily We Roll Along
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life By: William Deresiewicz ...

Parasite
Directed by: Bong Joon Ho
Parasite is the most surprising nominee of the nine contenders for Best Picture, ...

Paul: A Biography
By: N.T. Wright (New York: Harper Collins, 2018)
Biography writing is a fascinating study in itself. Sometimes ...

The Master
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
The “R” rating of The Master is well-deserved. Filled with the sexual ...

Take Shelter
Directed by: Jeff Nichols
Take Shelter may have been the best movie to be entirely snubbed in the awards ...

Truth
Directed by: James Vanderbilt
Truth is the story of the scandal involving CBS news reporting it had ...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
The wait is over. Star Wars is back.
After less than a month in theaters (I’m ...

The Power of the Word
The Rise of Liberal Religion: Book Culture and American Spirituality in the 20th Century By: Matthew Hedstrom ...

In the Heart of the Sea
Directed by: Ron Howard
In the Heart of the Sea got a lukewarm response both from the critics and at the ...

The Odyssey
By: Homer, trans. Robert Fagles (London: Viking Penguin, 1996)
Summary:
Over 2,700 years ago Homer ...
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