The Creator – AYJW145
The Creator demonstrates the role of propaganda in the dehumanization of enemies while losing its messaging to blatant agenda.
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Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 – AYJW140
A psychotic atheist with a god-complex strives to replace a fallen universe by perfecting creation through guided evolution.
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X-Men: Apocalypse, Part 2 – AYJW110
Persecution, faith, and the struggle to evolve in X-Men: Apocalypse.
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Hidden Figures (Part 2) – AYJW071
Hidden Figures contains a wealth of quotes to mine for discussion, and Eve and Tim examine several in this second discussion on the historical movie.
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Interstellar, Part 2 – AYJW056
Interstellar opens up many scientific topics to explore from a Christian worldview.
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Transcendence, Part 1 – AYJW047
The movie Transcendence provides material for lively discussions on how technology should be used and how created things can “evolve.”
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Iron Man 3 (AYJW037) Superhero Theme Week
It’s Superhero Theme Week, and Iron Man 3 fits right in with a not-so-super hero ready to save the girl and the country with a full repertoire of tricks and cheesy one liners.
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42 (2013) and Red Tails (2012) – AYJW036
Eve Franklin explores racism in the historical context of 42 (still in theaters) and last year’s almost overlooked gem Red Tails, and the Christian content in both movies.
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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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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 8: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. We share our critical thinking on destiny, adoption, personal faith, global flood (again), condition of man, corruption, time, and even taxes!
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Ice Age, Part 2 – AYJW015
We’re back to finish our discussion on the entertaining, computer-animated film, Ice Age. If you missed the first part of our discussion, please go back and listen to it. Also go back and listen to our first episode to get an overview of critical thinking.
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