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Groundhog Day
It’s Groundhog Day! To celebrate, we should all take a trip to Punxsutawney, to see the unveiling of Phil. But since that’s not quite feasible, why not just watch Harold Ramis’ fantastic film Groundhog Day. Bill Murray shines in this … Continue reading
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Tagged Atmosphere, bill murray, Groundhog Day, Movies, Stephen Tobolowsky
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The Guard
Ambiguity inherently makes things more mysterious and a bit more interesting to watch and The Guard is full of it. Gerry Boyle, played deadpan by Brendan Gleeson, is a protagonist that some people would have a difficult time getting behind, … Continue reading
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Tagged ambiguity, Brenden Gleeson, Don Cheadle, film, film school, films, In Bruges, John Michael McDonagh, Martin McDonagh, moral ambiguity, morality, movie, Movie Reviews, Movies, the guard
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Top Ten Films of 2011
Top ten lists are a tricky business. It is such a subjective list when it comes to best of’s. These are my ten favorite films of 2011. The films that I am drawn to are ones that speak to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, best of, film, films, hanna, hugo, martha marcy may marlene, midnight in paris, movie review, Movies, the descendants, the muppets, the tree of life, tinker tailor soldier spy, top 10 lists, warrior, win win
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The Artist
The Artist, Michel Hazanaviscius’ new silent film about an actor struggling to adapt to talkies (movies with sound), is a solid effort, but not worthy of all the awards and praise that it has been getting. The novelty of watching … Continue reading
Stranger than Fiction: Movies through a Biblical Worldview
Sometimes it takes the voice of God to get people to live a great story. Sometimes that story takes them to unexpected and tragic places. Not knowing if life is comedy or tragedy can lead to a life of stops … Continue reading
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Tagged A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, biblical worldview, Creation, Divine, Donald Miller, dustin hoffman, emma thompson, film, film review, God, humanity, Jesus, John, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marc Forster, moral order, Movie Reviews, Movies, movies through a biblical worldview, Purpose, queen latifah, story, Stranger than Fiction, Truth, Will Ferrell, worldview, Zach Helm
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“Inception”: The Dream-Filled Reality of Guilt, Forgiveness, and Home
A refreshingly original idea from Christopher Nolan is like a virus. It embeds deep into the subconscious and blossoms into something that spreads and infects the lives of many. Inception is that virus of an idea. It’s a film that … Continue reading
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Tagged art direction, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Cobb, dreams, ellen page, fear, film, forgiveness, guilt, home, Inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, marion cotillard, mind-bending, Movie Reviews, Movies, reality, shame, story, Tom Hardy, Writing
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Watching Movies Through a Biblical Worldview
Movies are an influential medium. A myriad of worldviews are on display and like it or not, those worldviews seep into the consciousness of the public. Screenwriters, even if they aren’t aware of it, input their own worldview into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, Behavior, Bible, biblical worldview, Creation, culture, Eywa, God, humanity, Jesus, moral order, movie, Movies, Na'vi, Nature, Pantheism, Purpose, Richard Wright, the joshua centre, Values, watching movies, worldview, Worldview Quote
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Top 10 Atmospheric Movies
The setting of a movie can be its own character when done well. Place is extremely important to any movie, but not all movies pull of place as character. These ten movies are extremely atmospheric – movies in which the … Continue reading
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Tagged A River Runs Through It, Al Pacino, bill murray, Brad Pitt, Christopher Nolan, Courtney Hunt, daniel day-lewis, Danny Boyle, dead poets society, film, films, Frank Darabont, frozen river, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, Insomnia, Into the Wild, Jaws, Melissa Leo, movie, movie list, Movies, Paul Thomas Anderson, peter weir, Robert Redford, Robin Williams, Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, steven spielberg, The Shawshank Redemption, There Will Be Blood, top 10 lists
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Toy Story 3
When thinking about the best trilogies ever to grace the screen, people might talk about The Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, Back to the Future, or Star Wars. Out of those four, The Lord of the Rings is the … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure films, andy, animation, Back to the Future, buzz lightyear, escape films, film, lord of the rings, movie review, Movies, ned beatty, pixar, ratatouille, star wars, The Godfather, tim allen, tom hanks, toy story 3, toys, trilogies, trilogy, Up, wall-e, woody
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Paradise Now
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not going away any time soon. At least that is what it seems like. Both sides want what they want and both sides feel they have a right to it. In Paradise Now, the story of … Continue reading
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Tagged cross cultural, culture, cultures, dignity, film, Hany Abu-Assad, humanity, Israel, movie review, Movies, Palestine, Palestine-Israel Conflict, Paradise Now, peace, suicide bomber
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