Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – AYJW136
A legendary, but lonely, hero learns to value love and friendship more than his life.
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AYJW121 – No Time to Die
The final Daniel Craig James Bond movie, No Time to Die, builds legacies on top of legends.
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Soul – AYJW112
The Pixar movie Soul uses a godless philosophy to chase the spark of living from before birth through death and onto the path to the Great Beyond.
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Harriet – AYJW098
Harriet provides a good foundation for a discussion on life, freedom, and the voice of God from both a historical and spiritual perspective.
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Doctor Strange – AYJW064
Marvel’s Doctor Strange lays a fertile ground for discussion on a variety of Christian subjects including humility, the process of sanctification, and death.
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Knowing – AYJW034
If you found out you (and everyone else) were going to die tomorrow, what would you do? What would you think? Where would you put your faith? Eve Franklin delves into the depths of the “real world” struggles of faith versus science and the purpose and meaning of life while exploring the apocalyptic movie Knowing.
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The Dark Knight Rises – AYJW032
Christopher Nolan’s finale to his Batman series is remorseful and fatalistic, but raises questions of trust, fear of death, messianic connections, and more. Get your Christian critical thinking on for this movie review!
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I, Robot, Part – AYJW016
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a regular episode, but we hope you’ve enjoyed our long run of Initial Reaction episodes this summer. We bring you a critical-thinking discussion on the action-paced, science fiction thriller, I, Robot. Not based on the critically-acclaimed robot stories by Isaac Asimov (as the title would suggest), I, Robot…
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Initial Reactions 12: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Inception
Daniel and Eve share brief initial reactions to The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Inception. Both movies contain enough content that we’d love to critique them in greater depth once they are out on DVD.
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Initial Reactions 4: New Moon
The movie edition of Stephenie Meyer’s second book in the Twilight Saga, New Moon, raises issues on growing old, damnation, souls, and trusting people.
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