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Film Talks opened in:  June 2009

The Big Kahuna (1999)   

by Randy Heffner — June 1, 2009

The Big Kahuna insightfully explores the nature of true concern for another individual in the context of friend-to-friend banter, interactions with coworkers, personal crisis, and Christian evangelism. …more »»


The Big Kahuna (1999)   

by Randy Heffner — June 1, 2009

I came away from The Big Kahuna with a stronger desire to be sensitive enough to see another’s pain, to get to know them where they are, and to show them …more »»


Lars and the Real Girl (2007)   

by Randy Heffner — June 17, 2009

For me, the impact of Lars and the Real Girl went beyond the film’s top-line theme of forbearance and love in the face another’s mental illness. I came away thinking also …more »»


Lars and the Real Girl (2007)   

by Randy Heffner — June 17, 2009

Lars and the Real Girl asks big “what if” questions about how we, the “normal”, might love those with mental illness. It would be easy for the film to take the premise over the top into staged gags and crude jokes, but it doesn’t. …more »»