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Risen: The Resurrection as Mystery

by Ted Giese Before the film Risen, there was the Oscar Award-winning film The Robe (1953) in which Richard Burton played the fictional Roman tribune, Marcellus, a soldier present at…

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Relationships in a galaxy far, far away — Star Wars: The Force Awakens

SPOILER ALERT: The following review includes significant spoilers about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. For a spoiler-free first look at the film, read this article instead. by Ted Giese By…

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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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Exodus: Wrestling with God and Scripture

by Ted Giese Darren Aronofsky’s Noah (2013) was an opinionated film chock full of dark cryptic extra-biblical mysticism and environmentalist concerns often feeling like propaganda for something. Ridley Scott’s Exodus:…

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Amazing Spider-Man 2: A David and Goliath tale

by Ted Giese The first words everyone hears as the closing credits roll following The Amazing Spider-Man 2 are from Kendrick Lamar: “And everyone knows the story of David and…

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How to Train Your Dragon 2: Children’s fantasy, grown-up ideas

by Ted Giese Building on How to Train Your Dragon’s story of complimentary parts making a whole, and how a change of perspective can improve a person’s overall outlook on…

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