Having grown tired of the Christmas filler to be found on Netflix, I decided to do some searching on Amazon Prime. One of the advantages of that platform… Read more “Four Christmases, 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.
A Boy Called Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III
Have you ever wished there was a Santa Claus origin story? No? Regardless, Netflix decided to make one, titled A Boy Called Christmas (2021). If you ever have the . . .… Read more “A Boy Called Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Napoleon, by Albert W. Vogt III
My dad and I can say that the depiction of the battle of Waterloo in Napoleon is inaccurate because we were there. To be clear, we are not highlanders, or… Read more “Napoleon, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Wish, by Albert W. Vogt III
The way I am sure Disney would like you to think of Wish is as an origin story for pretty much every fairytale it has ever bothered to put… Read more “Wish, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Knight Before Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III
Sometimes a dude claiming to be an English knight from the fourteenth century might actually an English knight from the fourteenth century. This is the literal message of The… Read more “The Knight Before Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III”
White Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III
Upon punching “Christmas” into the Netflix search bar, I noticed that there was one classic title I had yet to address. In hindsight, I am not sure this… Read more “White Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Best. Christmas. Ever!, by Albert W. Vogt III
With the Christmas season rapidly approaching, I suppose I should squeeze in a few seasonally appropriate films. Unfortunately, in a bid to cover the most familiar titles attached… Read more “Best. Christmas. Ever!, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Deep Impact, by Albert W. Vogt III
With Deep Impact (1998), you have another example of one of those movies you see once, forget about for years, and then it turns up somewhere and you say… Read more “Deep Impact, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
There is a fine line between keeping things simple and over-explaining them, and it is a moveable and permeable barrier. What might seem clear to one person is… Read more “Ghost in the Shell (2017)”
Ghost in the Shell (1995), by Albert W. Vogt III
As far as I can tell, there is no logical accounting for what becomes widely popular from Japanese animation (known simply as Anime), and what remains in… Read more “Ghost in the Shell (1995), by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Legionnaire 