“Nefarious” – A Review

It took me three sittings to get through Nefarious, the Christian horror film recently released by Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon, starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Jordan Belfi. I was curious about this artistic endeavor both as someone who appreciates the power of story and as someone who grew up around demonization. If you’ve heard …

“Unplanned” — a Canadian’s off-the-cuff review

Since Ottawa might only get a one-week screening of “Unplanned,” the autobiographical story of former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson, I figured I better show up. I caught a 1:45pm showing today after rock climbing, expecting that on a Wednesday it would be relatively empty. It was close to sold out. A glance at …

Singing in the Season — December 2009

(A review of White Christmas at Theatre Aquarius. Originally published by Mayday Magazine, December 2009.) Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a fun, sweet-natured family musical that gets your feet tapping for the Holidays. Directed by Ron Ulrich, the new Artistic Director of Theatre Aquarius, the show is lively and engaging, and passes by in a …