Gran Turismo – AYJW144
Based on a true story, the seeming fairy tale Gran Turismo proves that in the real world, chasing your dreams takes hard work and commitment.
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AYJW128 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Justifying evil actions in the pursuit of good intentions, a respected Marvel hero crosses the line.
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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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Secretariat (2010, movie review)
Reciting from the book of Job, playing “Oh Happy Day,” and employing double meanings to the word “race,” Â attempts to be much more than a predictable movie about a housewife with guts and a very special racehorse. In some ways it even succeeds. Eve Franklin previewed Secretariat and shares her critical thinking. Read the family-friendliness…
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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 6: Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is loosely based on Lewis Carroll’s classic stories. We discuss it from a class and timeless Biblical perspective. This episode does contain spoilers.
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