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2017-11-08T11:52:01-06:00

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The Florida Project: Searching for the Kingdom of Heaven Next to the Magic Kingdom

Last updated on: November 8, 2017 at 11:52 am By Paul Asay

The Florida Project rolls nationwide this week. It’s a quirky, difficult and sometimes heartbreaking movie, filled with foul-mouthed kids and deeply troubled parents and more content concerns than a season of South Park. And it’s one of my favorite films... Read more

2017-11-08T11:52:05-06:00

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Mercy Me: Three Lessons From the Season Premiere of The Walking Dead

Last updated on: November 8, 2017 at 11:52 am By Paul Asay

The Walking Dead kicked off its eighth season with a war—or, at least, the start of one. Rick (Andrew Lincoln), the show's flawed protagonist, and his cadre of followers has allied with a couple of other factions (Hilltop and the... Read more

2017-10-11T07:35:26-06:00

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Don’t Pooh-Pooh This Bear

Last updated on: October 11, 2017 at 7:35 am By Paul Asay

“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?” “What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?” “I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing,” he said. — A.A. Milne, Winnie-The-Pooh Many a bear—the stuffed-with-fluff sort of bear—will have an especially exciting day today, given that it’s Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day. And... Read more

2017-10-09T18:16:18-06:00

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NatGeo’s The Story of Us Misses the Full Story

Last updated on: October 9, 2017 at 6:16 pm By Paul Asay

Morgan Freeman is one of the United States’ most beloved entertainment figures. He’s appeared in dozens of movies as everyone from a dutiful chauffer (Driving Miss Daisy) to God Himself (Bruce Almighty). His honeyed, earthy voice has graced countless products more. He’s active in theater and has even been known to direct a television episode on occasion. Clearly, it’s not like the guy has a lot of free time. But time or no, Freeman’s been moonlighting on cable as a... Read more

2017-10-06T15:51:49-06:00

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Getting to Blade Runner 2049’s Soul (Without Getting Into Spoilers)

Last updated on: October 6, 2017 at 3:51 pm By Paul Asay

“When do you get your soul?” An agnostic friend of mine asked me that in college: Not what or how or why or even if, but when—a question that neatly asks all the other questions too, hinting at the incredible intricacies and, perhaps, paradoxes, that come with the concept of an immortal soul. I’ve thought about that question often since. Sometimes I think about it when I consider abortion or artificial intelligence or even when I see a gorilla in... Read more

2017-09-15T11:53:12-06:00

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Forget CGI: ‘I’ll Push You’ is a Movie With Just Two Friends, a Wheelchair and a Whale of a Story

Last updated on: September 15, 2017 at 11:53 am By Paul Asay

Suffering is a gift. It’s difficult for us to grasp that truth in 21st century America. For us, gifts are sweaters and PlayStation 4’s, maybe colorfully wrapped under a Christmas tree. Gifts are fun. Entertaining. They give us comfort. Joy. Suffering is none of that. We hate to suffer. We hate it when people close to us suffer. And yet when we look, there’s sometimes a beauty to be found in the midst of suffering. A profound, real rawness that... Read more

2017-09-13T12:30:20-06:00

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Stephen King: ‘Faith Makes it Possible to Battle the Monsters’

Last updated on: September 13, 2017 at 12:30 pm By Paul Asay

Stephen King and I go way back. I think IT was actually the first book of his that I read, way back in high school, and for years I kept coming back for more. But I didn’t keep reading King solely because of the scares . What drew me in, more than anything, was often his insistence that good and evil were quite tangible. And that we were called to choose one side or another. That thread holds true in... Read more

2017-11-08T11:52:09-06:00

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Nothing but the Blood: 3 Fascinating Spiritual Themes in ‘IT’

Last updated on: November 8, 2017 at 11:52 am By Paul Asay

IT made an estimated $123 million this weekend, setting a record for highest debut ever for a horror movie. Based on Stephen King's uber-creepy (and even more demented) novel of the same name, IT refers to the fearsome evil embodied... Read more

2017-09-07T11:06:33-06:00

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‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ Coming to Christmas Future (and It Looks Pretty Good)

Last updated on: September 7, 2017 at 11:06 am By Paul Asay

We all know ‘A Christmas Carol.’ We’ve seen Ebenezer Scrooge played by Alastair Sim, George C. Scott, Mr. Magoo and Sam the Eagle. He’s as much a part of Christmas as Santa Claus. Kind of weird to think that, before Charles Dickens came up with the character, the guy didn’t even exist. The Man Who Invented Christmas tackles A Christmas Carol from a different angle: That of Dickens himself (who, incidentally, just happens to be one of my favorite authors). And... Read more

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017-08-28T10:36:25-06:00

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Why Don’t Christians Like Good Movies?

Last updated on: August 28, 2017 at 10:36 am By Paul Asay

Sometimes, I don’t get us. We Christian moviegoers can sound oh-so-superior when we critique Christian movies. We whine a lot. We complain about the scripting, the acting, the hokey dialogue, the maudlin sentimentality. And what happens when we’re given a Christian movie that’s good? More often than not, we ignore it. Take the disappointing story of All Saints, released by Affirm Films this weekend. Everything seemed lined up for this little movie: The summer’s biggest blockbusters had come and gone,... Read more

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