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Review of Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Lion
Category: Reviews Written by Nick Pitts

Born to an infamous and influential right-wing father, Bobby jaggedly maneuvered to the left throughout his life. The ideologue who worked with Joseph McCarthy somehow turned into the idealist that reminded people of the ripples of hope that can cause waves of change.
Known as the “runt of the litter,” Bobby was smaller than his brothers growing up. He didn’t stand out, which is not that surprising when you grow up as the little brother of a future president and another who would be known as the Liberal Lion of the Senate. His mother worried that he would grow up to be a “sissy.” But this runt sissy spent much of his childhood, according to Tye, trying harder than any of his brothers to get noticed or receive acclaim.
The Magnificent Seven: a movie review
Category: Reviews Written by Ryan Denison

The plot centers on the small farming town of Rose Creek, whose inhabitants have the ill-fortune of residing in close proximity to a gold mine run by the relentlessly evil Bartholomew Bogue. Boque's attempts at taking the town through intimidation and violence work quite well until the recently widowed Emma Cullen hires Denzel's Sam Chisolm to rescue them. Chisolm, a bounty hunter by trade, then proceeds to put together an unlikely team of miscreants and good-hearted bad guys to help in the endeavor.
Each character has his own reasons for helping the town, some more noble than others, but the why matters little in the grand scheme of things as each plays his part and the group is improved as a result. As Christians, we could do well to remember that fact when trying to work with other believers to accomplish God's will.
'Sully' and why we tear down those we should lift up
Category: Reviews Written by Ryan Denison

While that unprecedented water landing serves as the focal point of the film, much of the movie's tight hour and a half runtime is spent portraying the trials Sully faced after everyone was safely back on dry land. The pilot is plagued by recurring visions of how things might have gone differently as he stares out across New York's sky-line, only to see his plane crashing into buildings and homes. It's impossible to see the movie and not think of the 9/11 tragedy that previously rocked the metropolis, especially as we remembered the 15 year anniversary of that horrific attack earlier this week.
Sully's nightmares are exacerbated by the National Transportation Safety Board's inquiry, in which the panel of experts often seem more determined to find someone to blame than the truth of what actually happened following the accident. As IGN's Simon Thompson noted, the depiction of the panel is, in many ways, Eastwood "holding a mirror up and asking why we can't resist tearing down the ones we should be holding up, the ones whose actions give us hope." It's a question that deserves further reflection.
Pete's Dragon and the search for our true home
Category: Reviews Written by Ryan Denison

Pete's Dragon begins with a four-year-old Pete riding in the back of his family's car while they travel through the Pacific Northwest on vacation. However, tragedy strikes—as it seemingly does in every Disney film of late—when a deer runs across the road and the father swerves to avoid it. The car ends up rolling and Pete is the only one to escape the accident. When he hears wolves in the distance, he picks up his favorite book and runs into the neighboring forest where he meets Elliot, a big, green, furry dragon who saves him.
The movie resumes six years later as a now-ten-year-old Pete has made a home in the woods with Elliot. The pair has a seemingly wonderful life together when they stumble across a forest ranger named Grace—the first human that the young boy has seen since the accident. She would not be the last, however, as the local lumber mill has brought humanity closer and closer to Pete and Elliot's home among the trees.
Jason Bourne: movie review
Category: Reviews Written by Ryan Denison

However, he regains some sense of purpose when part-time ally Nicky Parsons—who has spent the last decade attempting to reveal the CIA's darkest mysteries a la Edward Snowden—approaches him with new revelations about his father's role in the program that turned Bourne into an assassin. After the pair meet in Athens amid protests outside of the Greek Parliament, Bourne is set on a quest that will feel quite familiar to those who've seen the previous films. After all, attempts to unravel a new element of his past while stopping those bent on either bringing him back into the agency or killing him are nothing new to the franchise.
Ultimately, that feeling of déjà vu is probably the defining characteristic of this installment. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though, and, as a fan of the series, I really enjoyed this movie. The car chases, hand-to-hand combat sequences, and the general awesomeness of Jason Bourne being Jason Bourne are great to watch. However, you're definitely left with the feeling that you've seen this movie play out before, even if elements of the plot are new and more relevant to our current global climate.
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