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Unlikely heroes want to do better?

by Ted Giese When it comes to MARVEL it looks like movie-goers are “hooked on a feeling” and the studio’s big gamble bringing the cult comic book Guardians of the…

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Heaven is For Real: Heart-warming film without a heavenly road-map

by Ted Giese Pulling into the number two spot at the box office on Easter weekend was the Christian-themed film Heaven is For Real, based on the popular book by…

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Who ya gonna call again?

by Ted Giese “When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, ‘It is a ghost!’ and they cried out in fear” (Matthew 14:36). It…

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Alien: Covenant—Exploring creation and creators

by Ted Giese Alien: Covenant is the sequel to 2012’s Prometheus. Both films, directed by Ridley Scott, are prequels of Scott’s original film Alien, an outer space horror film with…

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Suicide Squad: Dark brooding film in need of salvation

by Ted Giese If the heroes of the DC Extended Universe are flawed characters, then the anti-heroes of the Suicide Squad are damaged losers. They are criminals and killers, deemed…

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Ben-Hur: Help! My Chariot is Stuck!

by Ted Giese As expected, Timur Bekmambetov’s 2016 adaptation of Ben-Hur differs from the 1959 William Wyler film starring Charlton Heston. And that begs the question: Is that good or…

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