All posts tagged film

September 21, 2016

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 bad? Bekmambetov’s film is about an hour shorter and that alone makes for a different…

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March 15, 2016

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 Jesus’ crucifixion who becomes a believer. In Kevin Reynolds’ film Risen, Joseph Fiennes plays a…

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September 2, 2015

A Not-so-Fantastic Four

by Ted Giese If a movie has the word fantastic in the title it should work really hard to be fantastic. Josh Trank, the director of this current reboot of the MARVEL comic book franchise “Fantastic Four” tweeted: “A year ago I had a fantastic…

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August 28, 2014

Movies, the Family, and the Catechism

by Ted Giese “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbour. (1 Corinthians 10:23-24 ESV) Parents don’t often think of…

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April 4, 2014

Noah: a creative writing project

by Ted Giese Darren Aronofsky has opinions about the Noah story and he’s not afraid to let the world know what they are. They inhabit Noah in such a way that almost everyone who sees this film will walk away either scratching their heads or…

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June 4, 2012

Behind the Scenes

CALGARY, AB – Recently Gloria Sihlis (Prince of Peace Lutheran) and her family traveled from Calgary to St. Catharines, Ontario to participate in shooting for a film by CubeCity Entertainment, a not-for-profit company run by Rev. Roberto Munoz and his family. Gloria Sihlis and her family helped with…

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