Bonus: I suggested a book in this round-up of “15 Books That Are Good Enough to Give” at Christianity Today’s Her.meneutics.
Miss You Already review
Christianity Today Movies, Nov. 6
Let’s first celebrate how many movies released this year pass the “Bechdel Test” (in which at least two women talk to each other about something other than a man). As a woman and a movie fan, I’m especially pleased by that. But watching Miss You Already, I couldn’t help but wonder why a movie that takes female friendship seriously has to revolve around childbirth and death.
A First Look at the 2016 Winter Warmer
5280.com, Nov. 30
Winter is hard. Drinking shouldn’t be. Fortunately, the Winter Warmer is here to guide you to the coziest spots for cold-weather drinking.
How Quentin Tarantino Protege Zoe Bell Traded Stunts For Acting
The Credits, Nov. 18
It’s not easy to switch from movie “staff” to acting, and Zoe Bell credits being “deluded” or at least “clueless” for her move from stuntwoman to actress. Quentin Tarantino deserves some credit, too. After working with Bell as Uma Thurman’s stunt double in Kill Bill, he went on to cast her in 2007’s Death Proof, her first acting role and one she took reluctantly. This year, Bell is the star of Camino, an independent movie making the rounds that just screened at the Denver Film Festival. She will also appear in Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, which filmed in Colorado and hits select theaters on Christmas day and goes wide on January 8.
Industrial Light & Magic’s Ed Kramer Discusses What It Takes To Work in CGI
The Credits, Nov. 18
Ed Kramer is interested in “historically significant moments” for computer-generated imagery (CGI) in the movie industry. It’s no wonder this has become his passion, since as a computer graphics artist or supervisor he has been a part of many of them —from the seamless blend of real and computer generated water in The Perfect Storm to the dynamic cloth simulation of Jar Jar Binks.