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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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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The Blind Side: Born Again and Adoption
Is it about football, Christian charity, booster loyalty, or just plain greed? Is this story a Christian parable, an insult to Christianity, or worse, a tragedy of how a black man was exploited by wealthy white Republicans? Eve Franklin explores prominent spiritual themes in the book The Blind Side (made into a by the same…
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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,” 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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Initial Reactions 10: Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 continues Pixar’s fantastic story-telling after Toy Story and Toy Story 2. Friendship, trust, working together, and unresolved bitterness are strong themes. But the animated short “Night & Day” raises more discussion.
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Initial Reactions 9: The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid remake was entertaining and clean. We still have some initial reactions along with some critical thinking to help you when you view it.
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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 1 – AYJW014
After just coming out of our seasonal ice age, we bring to you a critical-thinking analysis of the fun, animated movie, Ice Age. In this first part, we discuss ice ages, global flood, global warming, extinction, evolution, big brains, and fire. So listen now!
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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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The Sixth Sense, Part 1 – AYJW012
M.Night Shyamalan’s classic thriller, The Sixth Sense. Our discussion topics in part 1 include family, marriage, work, some of the characters, and the church’s involvement.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Part 2 – AYJW008
Continued conversation on the randomness of Douglas Adams. We discuss The Guide itself, panic, pleasure-seeking, emotions, government, paranoia, and Earth.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Part 1 – AYJW007
Douglas Adams’ randomly hilarious book not only makes a great movie, but also good discussion about life, the universe, and everything.
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