An artificial god, government control through indoctrination, an unjust war, and belief in an afterlife . . . all this and more in our discussion on Captain Marvel.
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Christopher Robin’s healthy dose of nostalgia frames a story that explores how a change of perspective can change everything.
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Ender’s Game is a complex story, and both media versions cover themes from bullying and group psychology to the price of both victory and defeat and the justification for war.
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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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