Adventure

In The Heart of the Sea: The Edge of Insanity

Posted by Gene on December 14, 2015
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HEART OF THE SEA

Review by Gene

Moby Dick is often referred to as America’s first great epic. The story that inspired this novel is the sinking of a whale ship, the Essex, in 1820 at the hands of a giant sperm whale. With widespread notoriety and the source of a beloved novel, this film adaptation of a Nathaniel Philbrick book by the same name has a lot to live up to. While most wouldn’t argue that Ron Howard is up to the task, early criticism indicates in the heart of the sea does little more than tread water.

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Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope – Impersonal Force/Personal God

Posted by Nate Sala on December 9, 2015
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Review by Nate

Roger Ebert once said that it was difficult to see Star Wars: A New Hope “simply as a motion picture, because it has so completely become part of our memories.” I emphatically agree. As a matter of fact, the film has so thoroughly captured us into its tractor beam we not only get gleefully lost in the galactic tale of jedi knights and the struggle against the Empire, we also long to bring the universe back with us into our own. Continue Reading

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – Cast Out Fear

Posted by Elliott Prasuhn on November 25, 2015
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Chancellor Palpatine: And you, young Skywalker; we shall watch your career with great interest.

Review by Elliott

Intro

Growing up, whenever we visited my Grandparents, the first thing I would do was run down to their basement and watch one of the original trilogy movies on VHS. Before the age of 10 I probably had seen them each a hundred times. As I got older I started reading the books/comics and playing lots of the video games. Needless to say I’m a big fan. The Phantom Menace came out in 1999, which is when I was just starting High School. At the time I was blown away and loved every minute of it. However, as time has gone on, I’ve become a little more objective. My goal with this review is to briefly go over the plot, pull out some moral application and conclude with what I liked and disliked about the movie. Continue Reading

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2: or How Do We Keep History from Repeating Itself?

Posted by Amber on November 22, 2015
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Review by Amber

In the action-packed finale of The Hunger Games series, Panem is in the midst of a massive uprising. War and death are everywhere. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and her friends and allies are in a fight to the death to free their homeland from the oppressive rule of the Capitol and President Snow (Donald Sutherland). While Mockingjay falls under the post-apocalyptic sci-fi fantasy genre, it raises a lot of questions that are (chillingly) relevant to both historical and current events. Continue Reading

Moonrise Kingdom: A Place to Belong

Posted by Amber on October 4, 2015
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When two young lovers flee their homes in a tiny New England town to start a new life, the island is turned inside out with the search to find them. Written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, and shot in Wes Anderson’s signature quirky style, this 2013 Oscar- and Golden Globe- nominated movie is a sweet story about love, family, and finding a place to belong. Continue Reading

Avatar: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

Posted by Elliott Prasuhn on August 29, 2015
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Jake Sully: All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.

Review by Elliott

Introduction

Avatar, not to be confused with Avatar: The Last Air Bender(The best animated series ever made), is one of if not my favorite movie of 2009. That’s saying a lot consider there were a bunch of great movies that year, like; Up, Sherlock Holmes, and Zombieland just to name a few. Apparently I wasn’t the only one that liked it, because it ended up grossing 2.8 billion worldwide, which dwarfed its whopping $280 Million production budget. However, the amount of money a movie makes certainly doesn’t correlate with how good it actually is. For the many that loved it, there was a comparable number who didn’t and were very vocal about it. Despite its polarizing effect, everyone recognized that it was one of the most breathtaking films ever made, which resulted in it winning 3 Oscars. Regardless of whether or not you liked it, I think it has a number of good messages, which is why I decided to review it. Continue Reading

Ant-Man: Did Marvel hit it big or make a little splash?

Posted by Tres Barker on July 18, 2015
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Review by Tres

I saw a Thursday showing of Ant-Man.

I did not go into the theater expecting a lot; but rather, always excited to see a superhero movie.  (I don’t want the debate of hero or not since he doesn’t have special powers, but rather a special suit.)  The biggest thing I had to brace myself for was Paul Rudd: Superhero.

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Guest Review: Chariots of Fire

Posted by Gene on June 23, 2015
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Guest Review by Tyler Smith of More Than One Lesson

There are a handful of non-Christian movies that the Christian culture has embraced over the years. These are movies seen as largely inoffensive to our sensibilities with an easily-digested Christian subplot. We have accepted these movies often because the Christian in the film looks pretty good and speaks in generalities that we approve of. Many of these movies please Christians because they are meant to please everybody and offend none. Every once in a while, though, one of these “Christian-approved” films turns out to be not merely spiritually challenging and faith affirming, but also pretty compelling films.

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Mad Max: Fury Road – Hoping for Redemption

Posted by Gene on May 16, 2015
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Review by Gene

In the shadow of Marvel’s latest behemoth, Age of Ultron, is not where most movies want to find themselves being released. But that is exactly where George Miller’s reboot of his cult classic character Mad Max finds itself in 2015. If you’re a fan of the originals and looking for modern camera quality to amplify already terrific stunt work and desert car chases, you won’t be disappointed with Fury Road.

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