Friday film roundup: “Chewy and Tasty” This Week Means Sin Eater, not Hannibal Rising
It’s Friday, which means a new round of films in time for the weekend. Here’s the scoop from Past the Popcorn:
The Christian film community gets a shot in the arm this week from Fox Faith and Michael Landon, Jr. Kathy Bledsoe calls The Last Sin Eater “entertaining, enthralling, absorbing, thought-provoking, and blatantly proud of Jesus Christ.” She can’t say enough about this period-piece tale of Appalachian lore.
Past the Popcorn’s Mike Smith also gives raves to Absolute Wilson (a documentary about an eccentric performance artist), the Oscar-nominated foreign-language film The Lives of Others, and Breaking and Entering (an R-rated domestic drama that’s just now going belatedly into limited release).
Mike Brunk also offers an interview with novelist Katherine Paterson, whose adapted version of Bridge to Terabithia opens in theatres next week.
There’s some bad news this week, too. Greg Wright has real serious narrative problems with Factory Girl, Mike Brunk finds Norbit relentlessly mean-spirited, and Jenn Wright can’t find enough bad things to say about Hannibal Rising. Sometimes you just have to be honest.
