HJ Movie News, December 26: True Grit. Merry Christmas!

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Hollywood Jesus Movie News 12/26/10

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New This Week

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True Grit

About A Girl
Jacob Sahms

Jeff Bridges makes sure that one of his two movies in December is excellent (this is it), but Hailee Steinfeld (rightly) steals the show.

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Little Fockers

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Your Host, Fritz Nosferatu
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Principle of Dueling Natures

Silent Tribute Series, Part XIV

12/26/10 | Comment Here

As Jean-Jacques Rousseau reminds us, "Our greatest evil flows from ourselves." Perhaps the sentiment that best describes our attitude toward evil is stated by noted "sociologist" Mae West when she said, "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."

This duality has been fertile ground for screen and stage. The struggle between competing natures makes for great drama. This conflict is often best seen in the tragic hero or the anti-hero who is a deeply flawed character that nonetheless finds a path to redemption.

Possibly the best known example of this duality is Dr. Jekyll and his alter ego, Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson penned (The) Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the late 1800s. It is an effective tale in part because it is among the most overt of this genre...

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The Meaning of Christmas, Part I

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New on DVD & Blu-ray

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Legend of the Guardians:
The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Who Tells Your Story?
Jacob Sahms

Now on Blu-ray. Seriously, we've seen mice, bugs, lizards, etc. as parables of how we interact with each other in the world, but owls? Aren't they usually left to just point the way?

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