Heart of the Beast, by Albert W. Vogt III
With a title like Heart of the Beast, a Catholic reviewer might have some reservations. Perhaps I am making much out of nothing, but any time the word “beast” is mentioned, it carries connotations of the devil. Luckily, the story has nothing to do with the evil one. If it had, I probably would not…
Resident Evil: Extinction, by Albert W. Vogt III
What would make the Resident Evil franchise ever so slightly easier to follow would be if they numbered their movies like most other series of films. Granted, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), arguably the granddaddy of all franchise starters, had a confusing title, but they got straightened out eventually. Resident Evil:…
Resident Evil: Apocalypse, by Albert W. Vogt III
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) is the sequel to 2002’s Resident Evil, a cinematic version of a line of popular video games. Because of the success of the first installment, they figured they had a franchise in the making, so they greenlit Resident Evil: Apocalypse. As a practicing Catholic, I get uncomfortable with words like “evil”…
Resident Evil (2002), by Albert W. Vogt III
One thing I do not like in cinema is open-ended conclusions. I am also not a fan of zombie movies, which is essentially what Resident Evil (2002) is, with some action genre and video game influences. My Faith speaks directly against these kinds of stories. After all, in God’s wisdom He gave us only one…
A Ko-fi Mea Culpa
Last week, I announced that readers could now support The Legionnaire and my other writing through Ko-fi. I carefully explained the new page, described the Legionnaire Circle, created a handsome button—and then attached the wrong link to it. In other words, I invited everyone out for coffee and supplied directions to somewhere else. Mea culpa.…
The Horse Soldiers, by Albert W. Vogt III
When I choose a Western, it is usually because I tell myself that I need to see more of them. Incidentally, I have the same thought when it comes to films from the 1970s. The problem with The Horse Soldiers (1959) is that it is not a Western. It has many of the features of…
The Giver, by Albert W. Vogt III
The person who originally suggested that I read Lois Lowry’s The Giver (1993) is now lost to me. A small instinct in the back of my mind tells me that it was probably a girl I had been trying to impress at whatever time in my life it was given to me. Whenever it was,…
