Notre Dame | The Screened Word

Bryce Chismire

Jan 2810 min read

Rudy - Director's Cut

For its real-life foundations and uplifting message, Rudy became a sports classic. 30 years later, does its new director's cut reaffirm it?

Bryce Chismire

Dec 31, 202310 min read

2023 Recap

Censorship. Hollywood labor unions. Wildfires. Anniversaries. Reconstructions. It sounds pretty topsy-turvy for a year like this, you think?

Bryce Chismire

Oct 14, 202320 min read

Rudy - 30th Anniversary Review

Against all odds, underling Rudy Reutigger won with the Fighting Irish in 1975. This film validates such inspiration, but how, and how else?

Bryce Chismire

Apr 24, 202217 min read

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Musical

As the book, it's a classic. As a Disney film, it's an underrated classic. As a musical on stage? What I saw of it you may find bewitching!

Bryce Chismire

Apr 3, 202226 min read

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Disney and Victor Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame. Sounds like they'd never mesh well together, right? My, oh my, are you in for a surprise!

Bryce Chismire

Feb 14, 202226 min read

Road to Fruition – A Screened Word Story

Adrian lived like a prince in Chicago, but a run-in with a young woman and a lost-and-found search set him on a crossroads he didn't expect.