and Mila Kunis are teaming up with a great cast in a Wizard of Oz remake/prequel, that tells the story of how a charlatan in Kansas, who is part of a traveling circus, goes on an odyssey when he mysteriously lands
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Religious Symbolism in The Grey (2011): An Overtly Atheist Movie?
The Grey (2011, starring Liam Neeson) is, on the surface, a man versus nature survivalist story about a group of man facing the elements and a pack of vicious wolves in the aftermath of a plane crash. However, this background is
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The Devil Inside (2012): the Truth about demonic possession, exorcism and Satanism
Any good Christian has to believe in demonic possession. After all, Jesus was always casting out demons. If the Bible and Christianity is true, then Jesus couldn’t have mistakenly viewed mental illness using the common superstition of possession. He would
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Is John Carter Jesus Christ? Gods, Alien Technology, Atheism and Revolution
An online review posted about Disney’s 2012 John Carter of Earth movie runs thus: “John Carter evokes pretty much every sci-fi classic from the past 50 years without having any real personality of its own.” The essential thing to keep
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Paradise Lost 2013 Movie: Who is the Hero of Milton’s Epic?
***Oops – the movie adaptation of Paradise Lost starring Bradley Cooper has been canned as of February, 2012! It’s a crying shame…Hope they revive it down the road.*** For the past decade, traditionally marginalized or “evil” characters have gained the
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Film Review
Boring. Uneventful. Disappointing. These are not words I would have guessed would fit the conclusions of the Harry Potter movie franchise starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, “The Deathly Hallows Part 2” directed by David Yates. And yet,
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Prayer, God and Alien Invasion: Is Falling Skies a Christian Show?
Today I watched the fourth episode of Falling Skies, a new series created by Robert Rodat and movie legend Stephen Spielberg. I’d already been intrigued by the character “Lourdes” played by Seychelle Gabriel, who talks about how her faith is
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Transformers 3 Review and the Christian Rapture: Whose side will you be on in the coming apocalypse?
Today I watched the Smallville season 4 finale; then I went to see Transformers 3. It was interesting to find that they both feature the exact same story: a giant force is going to overtake earth and use all the
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Hackers steal from 68,000,000 from church: God asleep at the wheel
The first time I saw this headline (that hackers used email phishing to steal $680,000 from a church in Des Moines, Iowa) I chuckled. I didn’t know at the time that it was a fund for homeless and widowed women
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Soul Surfer Movie Review: Is faith in God the only cure for loss?
I’ve been seeing hyped up advertisements for Soul Surfer on Beliefnet.com for months, yesterday I finally had the chance to watch it. It’s based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton, a surfer whose arms was taken by a shark
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Does the Devil Exist? A Review of “The Rite” (2011)
As a theology student/ex-Christian I’m practically required to watch movies about exorcisms, God, Satan, and Christianity. And usually they suck. So it was refreshing to watch “The Rite” (2011) and be entertained. The Rite is a brilliantly complex movie, with
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