Podcast

Moneyball (2011) – AYJW026

Moneyball was not a heavy-hitter against critical thinking, but it does open up conversations for grace, morals, and goals.

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Dolphin Tale (2011) – AYJW025

Dolphin Tale is another family-friendly movie from the makers of Blind Side. It brings discussion of tragedy, mythology, and following a path.

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Contagion (2011) – AYJW024

Contagion is not the first or last virus movie. But it does raise questions of morality, evolution, and—what else?—the end of humanity.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 – AYJW023

J.K. Rowling’s series has at last come to a close and the latest Harry Potter movie has been in theaters for a while, but there’s always time for some critical thinking!

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The Help (2011) – AYJW022

The Help was a beautiful movie that will make you angry, laugh, and maybe even cry. But listen to our podcast review to get The Help to think critically.

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Captain America: The First Avenger – AYJW021

The all-American hero from Marvel was chosen because of his inner strength and compassion. But what does Captain America really say?

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The Smurfs – AYJW020

“Don’t be fooled by their cuteness!” The Smurfs is a fun family movie with positive values. We review The Smurfs movie with some critical thinking for Christians.

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Green Lantern – AYJW019

We’re back and Daniel J. Lewis reviews some critical thinking basics and discusses Green Lantern.

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Initial Reactions 14: Tron: Legacy

You should watch the 1982 Tron first, and we build on our review of that movie with many new philosophies and required Critical Thinking for Tron: Legacy.

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Tron – AYJW018

Join Eve and Daniel in this cool blast from their past—the very first podcast episode they recorded together on the classic movie Tron. With the upcoming release of Disney’s new Tron: Legacy , which will be opening in theaters in just a couple short weeks, it seemed a great time to pull this first endeavor to discuss a movie from a biblical worldview from the archives.

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Initial Reactions 13: Tangled

Disney returns to it’s classic-style with it’s fiftieth feature-length cartoon Tangled, a computer-animated film based on the classic German fairytale of Rapunzel complete with Disney’s musical animations, which families have known for years. Tangled is adventurous, romantic, and a lot of fun to watch, and also raises a few discussion points on magic, eternal life, rebellion, the world, dreams, fate, and the power of love.

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I, Robot, Part 2 – AYJW017

We’ve returned to the studio to record the second part of our discussion on the action-packed, sci fi thriller, I, Robot. (Though actually we never left the studio after recording the first discussion.  If you sent us feedback after hearing the first part of this discussion, we’ll be sure to discuss in some future episode,…

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