Doctor Strange is an origin-story film set within the Marvel universe. It is not your usual origin story as this is of an ordinary guy (albeit skilled and qualified) who, by accident, stumbles into the realisation that reality may be far more complicated than his science-only worldview had allowed for. And through this his life,
The Brand New Testament [NON-USA Format / PAL / Region 4 The Brand New Testament ( Le tout nouveau testament ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import – United Kingdom If your piety allows for no humour around images of God – don’t watch this movie where God lives in Brussels and is a grumpy
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I enjoyed the dramedy movie, Dough, the story of “an old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.” Yes, it’s a bit “paint by numbers”, but, with Jonathan Pryce (or was that Pope Francis), Pauline Collins, and other excellent
The following post was prepared before the Triduum, and has been published automatically. There will be no further activity on this site until Easter Monday. Those who are not celebrating in church might consider going to the movie Risen. I recently went to the movie, Risen. It is the story of a Roman Tribune, Clavius
The irony of going to the Coen Brothers’ movie Hail, Caesar! was that it was preceded by a trailer for a “religious” film coming out by Easter, Risen. The religiously-motivate Risen is about a Roman soldier, at the time of Christ, coming to terms with who Jesus is. I have been sorely disappointed with recent
Risen – the Movie With some good actors (eg. Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Cliff Curtis), and promising trailers, oh that we might have a religious film that is worth going to the cinema for. I hope for a movie that can be watched by the intelligent devout as well as atheist and agnostic. The recent
I saw the movie Spectre recently. It had the fascinating exchange: Madeleine Swann: Why, given every other possible option, does a man choose the life of a paid assassin? James Bond: Well, it was that or the priesthood. Connections have been made with films before. Men in black – Protecting the Earth from the scum
The 2014 documentary, Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago, has just come to cinemas here. My understanding is that this is a not-for-profit documentary by Lydia Smith who walked the Camino in 2008. She managed to get people walking the Camino to be part of this film. The film has been edited down from
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