While watching Expecting Amish (2014), I developed the distinct feeling that I was watching a Lifetime movie. As it turned out, I was right. There is nothing wrong with this variety. If… Read more “Expecting Amish, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Author: Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.
Greetings! If you are wondering why the funny robes, it is because I have a Ph.D. in American History from Loyola University Chicago. While there, I wrote my dissertation on Catholics in film. With this blog I intend to bring my Catholic perspective to current film content.
Barbie, by Cameron J. Czaja
Despite not ever owning a Babie doll or ever intentionally playing with one, I was somewhat looking forward to the film adaptation of the famous doll. Two… Read more “Barbie, by Cameron J. Czaja”
Liar Liar, by Albert W. Vogt III
What is truth? Put differently, for the purposes of this review of Liar Liar (1997), what does it gain a person to lie? These kinds of questions have puzzled philosophers of… Read more “Liar Liar, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, by Albert W. Vogt III
What does it take for you to snap? We all have our limits, or so we tell ourselves. This is often a moveable threshold. If we are experiencing periods of… Read more “The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Guard, by Albert W. Vogt III
Ireland is a country I would like to spend more time in at some point. I watch quite a few Irish YouTubers. I enjoy Irish food. I took Irish History… Read more “The Guard, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
When I was a kid growing up in the 1980s, I was as into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as any other young one at that time. I… Read more “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”
65, by Albert W. Vogt III
My usual modus operandi upon the conclusion of a film I have watched at home is to open up the old computation device, look up the International Movie Database… Read more “65, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Uncle Buck, by Albert W. Vogt III
Uncle Buck (1989) was not what I was expecting. Never had I had an interest in watching it over the years, though random friends have occasionally said they enjoyed… Read more “Uncle Buck, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Lovebirds, by Albert W. Vogt III
Usually, I avoid modern comedies. They are predictable, and this results in them being largely not funny. One can point to a variety of reasons for why this genre… Read more “The Lovebirds, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Kodachrome, by Albert W. Vogt III
One of the lines that stood out for me in Kodachrome (2017), among many, is when famous photographer Benjamin “Ben” Asher Ryder (Ed Harris) is describing the word for… Read more “Kodachrome, by Albert W. Vogt III”
