In 2017, yet another wave of “buddy movies” were released. Although they did not follow the precise formula of the original “odd fellows on assignment” model—like Starsky and Hutch, Cagney and Lacey, Batman and Robin, the latest wave of films—Central Intelligence, Snatched and Baywatch, poured old wine into new bottles. For many of my colleagues… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Tom Cooper
Nothing can Equal the Gore Sequel
Many of us who saw Al Gore’s Academy Award winning, An Inconvenient Truth, have long awaited his sequel entitled An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, which was released in theaters at the end of July. In some ways the film could not hold a candle to the original since almost every environmentalist or Gore… Continue Reading
Journalism That Matters
To injure no man, but to bless all mankind. This was the lofty goal of the newspaper The Christian Science Monitor, which Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science and The Monitor as it came to be called, wished to share with the world. She succeeded not only in raising the standard of… Continue Reading
Wonder Woman as the Queen of Primal Spirituality?
What if I told you that the feminine icon for Primal Spirituality is not Mother Theresa, not the Virgin Mary, and not even Marianne Williamson? You’d probably say, “What?” Well, with all due appreciation for Marianne, Mary, and Theresa, I want to advance for your consideration the Hollywood reinvention of Wonder Woman as portrayed by… Continue Reading
Media That Matter About King Arthur
Have you seen the latest feature film about King Arthur, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, by Guy Ritchie? There is so much violence and destruction in the feature that it sometimes resembles a video game. Ironically, the “round table” vision of Arthur was to create a more civil society and reduce violence, not… Continue Reading