The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
My childhood memories of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe evoke two different emotions in me: first, I remember my second grade teacher (and first love) reading to us after lunch time…so I was of course doubly enthralled by the experience. My second, and most vivid memory, is of crying my eyes out while…
Sunrise on a desert. In the haze, there are throngs of migrant workers crowding around buses. The scene is emblematic of one of many central themes struggling to be heard in this movie. The very next scene takes us into a city—a party in stark contrast to what we’re used to seeing when the media feeds us imagery of the Middle East. Bob Barnes (George Clooney) is asked by a friend, “Have you ever tried…