Rating 4-4.5

Creed: A Crisis of Identity

Posted by Gene on December 29, 2015

Posted in: Action, Drama, Movie Reviews, Sports. Tagged: christian identity, christian movie review, christian review, Fruitvale Station, identity, michael b. jordan, phylicia rashad, Rating 4-4.5, Ryan Coogler, sylvester stallone. Leave a comment

Review by Gene

Rocky is one of the most well known and beloved characters in movie history. Sylvester Stallone has accomplished quite a bit with this punchy, blue-collor “everyman”. Along the way many other characters in the series of films have notched out their own corner in our memories. Who can forget the shy, humble working girl that would inspire one of the most famous lines ever; “Yo Adrian, we did it!”. Or the crotchety old trainer who would just as soon verbally abuse our champ as protect him. And of course who can forget Rocky’s original foe; Apollo Creed.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Posted by Logan Judy on December 19, 2015

Posted in: Movie Reviews, Sci-Fi. Tagged: Chewbacca, darth vader, Finn, han solo, Kylo Ren, Leia, luke skywalker, Rating 4-4.5, Rey, Scifi, Star Wars, Star Wars 7, the force, The Force Awakens. 3 Comments

Review by Logan

Just what is it that makes Star Wars Star Wars?

Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi… My favorite

Posted by Tres Barker on December 16, 2015

Posted in: Action, Movie Reviews, Sci-Fi. Tagged: C3PO, Chewbacca, Harrison Ford, Jabba the Hutt, Mark Hamill, R2D2, Rating 4-4.5, Star Wars. Leave a comment

Review by Tres

Re-watching Return of the Jedi brings back some great memories from my younger years. Being the oldest guy on our blog I can say I actually remember every release of the original 3. Return of the Jedi in 1983 was a much anticipated film for me. I was under 10 when I first saw Star Wars: A New Hope. I had matured to a grown 12 year old now with RotJ. I wanted to be the first there, that didn’t happen because I couldn’t drive. However, it was the first family film that my (step)dad took all of us to. It was a good evening. I sat mesmerized at the graphics, the film, what would happen with Luke and his dad, Vader, and what about Yoda?

Had I forgotten any of Empire? (This was before our family ever had a VCR.)

Review by Logan

Darth Wrinkles. The Abominable Snowman. A midget green alien space ninja. The biggest plot twist in cinematic history. Of all the films in the Star Wars legacy, The Empire Strikes Back had the biggest task at hand. Having introduced the concepts of the jedi and The Force in the first film, it now had to open the universe up to a much larger, more expansive world, with some pretty fantastical elements, and still leave us saying that was pretty cool. Amazingly, it’s often touted not only as a good film in the series, but some arguing that it’s the best of the series.

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

Posted by Nate Sala on December 9, 2015

Posted in: Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Sci-Fi. Tagged: darth vader, George Lucas, han solo, luke skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rating 4-4.5, Star Wars, Star Wars Episode 4, the force. 1 Comment

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

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

Posted by Amber on November 22, 2015

Posted in: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Movie Reviews, Sci-Fi. Tagged: christian review, fantasy, Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence, Mockingjay, Rating 4-4.5, sci-fi, young adult fantasy novel. 1 Comment

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

Posted in: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Movie Reviews, Romance. Tagged: Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, christian review, Ed Norton, Frances McDormand, Moonrise Kingdom, Rating 4-4.5, Wes Anderson. Leave a comment

Review by Amber

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

Selma: Motivated by Dignity

Posted by Gene on September 5, 2015

Posted in: Biopic, Drama, Movie Reviews. Tagged: Ava DuVernay, black voting, Christian, christian review, civil rights, David Oyelowo, desegregation, march from Selma, racism, Rating 4-4.5. Leave a comment

In 2013, Lee Daniels tried to capture the spirit and heart of the civil rights movement in his biopic, The Butler. Daniels decided to span three generations within that story and the movie suffered some due to that. It was tough to connect with the characters in their experiences because we were so quickly moved onto the next trial. With Selma, Ava DuVernay focuses her lens on a specific event in the life of Martin Luther King Jr.; the march from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL in 1965. Honing in on this event allowed her to explore the depths of the people themselves, and succeed where The Butler fell short.

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

Posted by Tres Barker on July 18, 2015

Posted in: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Movie Reviews. Tagged: christian movie review, marvel, Rating 4-4.5. 1 Comment

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.

Tomorrowland: Feeding the Right Wolf

Posted by Nate Sala on May 26, 2015

Posted in: Movie Reviews, Sci-Fi. Tagged: Bible, Britt Robertson, Christian, flesh, george clooney, Rating 4-4.5, review, Science fiction, Scifi, spirit, Tomorrowland, worldview. 3 Comments

Review by Nate

Once upon a time it was the 21^st century; and in the 21^st century dystopian stories ruled the day. From renewed interest in Brave New World and 1984 to their watered down, contemporary counterparts Hunger Games and Divergent, stories of societies beyond the brink saturated the culture. In the midst of this doomsday zeitgeist Tomorrowland emerged.