Movie reviews and commentary through a Christian lens
In anticipation of The Dial of Destiny, I have been rewatching and reconsidering the Indiana Jones franchise films. I’m a little hesitant about the extent to which James Mangold’s addition…
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The final scene of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial remains a memorable and poignant moment for me replete with the distinct John Williams score in which the trumpets and tympanies accentuate…
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Welcome to part two of our Oscar picks! Here’s part one if you missed it: Oscars 2023 – Who Should Win? (Part One) Remember, these aren’t the movies that will…
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2022 will forever be known as the return to normal. After two years of our lives being frozen by Covid, 2022 was the year where old routines once again took…
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If you take Christopher Nolan’s work as a whole, it’s possible to discern the emergence of a common concept — what we might call a narrative MacGuffin unifying all his…
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NOTE: We just released a podcast about Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel 36 years in the making. Listen in as Jon and Tim dig in to the themes and why…
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, film festivals have grappled with the same questions facing many businesses and non-profits. Chiefly, how do they keep the money pouring in? We’ve…
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When’s the last time your body demanded movement? If you’ve watched Ari Aster’s Hereditary at any point in the recent past, perhaps you’ll have an answer. There’s a moment in…
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Welcome to part two of our Oscar picks! Here’s part one if you missed it: Oscars 2020 – Who Should Win? (Part One) Remember, these aren’t the movies that will…
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Here we go again. The Oscar nominations were announced on January 13 and everything felt familiar. Most of the nominees were deserving, but some of them weren’t. A handful of…
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