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Spiritual Popcorn: Noah
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An online discussion on the intersection of faith and film in popular culture today. Saturday, March 29, 2014. 8230;all were wiped out from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left…" Gen. 2:23. May be the first truly biblical epic of the twenty-first century - a cinematic effort that hasn't been seen since Charlton Heston parted the Red Sea in DeMille's 1956 opus, The Ten Commandments. No one can argue with Noah's determination. How often are we like Noah? Perhaps we have moments when...
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Spiritual Popcorn: Argo
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An online discussion on the intersection of faith and film in popular culture today. Sunday, October 14, 2012. When you give of yourself, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your almsgiving will be done in secret." Matt. 6:3-4a. Is a declassified tale of real-life events that transpired in 1979 and 1980 during the Iranian Hostage Crisis and the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Meanwhile in the U.S., CIA specialist Tony Mendez (portrayed by Argo. The ruse seemed so fantast...
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Spiritual Popcorn: January 2014
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An online discussion on the intersection of faith and film in popular culture today. Saturday, January 04, 2014. Saving Mr. Banks. He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were still." Ps. 107:29. Saving Mr. Banks. Is the backstage story of how Walt Disney's Mary Poppins. Came to the silver screen in 1964. It follows the journey of Pamela "P.L." Travers (Emma Thompson) as she considers selling the rights to her Mary Poppins. Children's stories to Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) and his team.
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Spiritual Popcorn: November 2012
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An online discussion on the intersection of faith and film in popular culture today. Saturday, November 17, 2012. With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right.". Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865 (Second Inaugural Address, Washington DC). Steven Spielberg's epic Lincoln. We know of oft-repeated statements the historical Lincoln once proclaimed, "A house divided against itself cannot stand.," "Four score and seven years ago.," and from hi...In th...
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Spiritual Popcorn: Taken 2
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An online discussion on the intersection of faith and film in popular culture today. Sunday, October 07, 2012. For the measure with which you measure will, in return, be measured out to you." (Lk. 6:38). In the first Taken. Like so many other heroic tales in the movies, we pay little attention to the body count as long as the goal of the film is accomplished: find the girl, defeat the villains, save the world, and so forth. However, Taken 2. For Bryan Mills, his singular focus on saving his daughter, no ...
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Spiritual Popcorn: Skyfall
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An online discussion on the intersection of faith and film in popular culture today. Sunday, November 11, 2012. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? Please note that this review contains a few spoilers. You just can't keep James Bond down for long. For fifty years, Ian Flemming's infamous MI6 agent has escaped from the clutches of death time and time again. In the opening sequence of the latest (and one of the greatest) 007 film, Skyfall. Where, O death, is your victory? Asks S...
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Spiritual Popcorn: December 2012
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An online discussion on the intersection of faith and film in popular culture today. Sunday, December 16, 2012. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay: small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.". Gandalf the Grey, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. As we begi...
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Spiritual Popcorn: July 2012
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An online discussion on the intersection of faith and film in popular culture today. Sunday, July 08, 2012. Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two." Matt. 5:41. In the first Spider-Man. Film in 2002 staring Tobey Maguire, the classic line passed on with sage wisdom from Uncle Ben (then played by Cliff Robertson) was "with great power comes great responsibility.". In The Amazing Spider-Man. Have been given a great responsibility. In what may be the most pivotal scene in the...
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Spiritual Popcorn: March 2014
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An online discussion on the intersection of faith and film in popular culture today. Saturday, March 29, 2014. 8230;all were wiped out from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left…" Gen. 2:23. May be the first truly biblical epic of the twenty-first century - a cinematic effort that hasn't been seen since Charlton Heston parted the Red Sea in DeMille's 1956 opus, The Ten Commandments. No one can argue with Noah's determination. How often are we like Noah? Perhaps we have moments when...
