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Tomorrow and The Day After Tomorrow
As weather forecasters are warning of a “polar vortex” set to bring record low temperatures in many areas, is anyone besides me thinking back to the apocalyptic movie “The Day After Tomorrow,” which...
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Man of Steel
I watched Man of Steel a few weeks ago, and enjoyed its different version of various characters’ stories. It had slipped my mind that here had been so much buzz prior to and immediately after its...
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Noah’s Flood Website
I just learned of a new website, Noah’s Flood, created to look at stories of natural cataclysms from long before the Bible up through the new Noah movie. I have only taken a quick look, but it looks...
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My Bacon Number is 3
Someone shared the “Oracle of Bacon” on Facebook. Through it, I learned that I have a Bacon Number of 3, assuming that one is calculating connections of all genuine friends and acquaintances, and not...
View ArticleInspired by the Flood Story
Click here to view the embedded video. The above featurette about the making of the ark for the upcoming movie Noah has gotten me much more excited about the movie than I was before. It is not the...
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Faith in Film
I was recently interviewed by Kandra Polatis on the subject of religion and science fiction films. The resulting article is called “Faith in film: Why science-fiction movies abound with religious...
View ArticleNoah: Not Happily Ever After
The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Jon Stewart offers an insightful treatment of some Christians’ reactions to the Noah movie.
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Saving Mr. Banks
I recently saw the movie Saving Mr. Banks. It was very enjoyable, and at times profoundly moving. I appreciated the words that were attributed to Walt Disney, about the role of those who tell stories...
View ArticleDebate Movie Debate Avoidance
Click here to view the embedded video. The above YouTube video is for an upcoming Christian movie (HT PZ Myers). It was shared by Answers in Genesis on YouTube, who will not allow ratings or comments....
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Frozen as Metaphor for Academia
From PhD Comics via Marc Cortez. On a related note, I finally got to watch the movie Frozen on the plane back from Israel yesterday, and really enjoyed it.
View ArticleLeft Behind Teaser Trailer
Click here to view the embedded video. Matthew Paul Turner and several others have noted the appearance of the first teaser trailer for the upcoming remake of the movie Left Behind, this time starring...
View ArticleFrozen: How It Should Have Ended
I really enjoyed Frozen. But I also really enjoyed the above alternate ending from How It Should Have Ended. Click the above to watch it. Hope you enjoy it too.
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In The Literal Heart of Jesus
I saw the movie The Fault in Our Stars recently, not having read the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Rachel Marie Stone writes about it, If there is a fault in The Fault in Our Stars (apart from the...
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I Passed For White
I’m a big fan of John Williams’ compositions. He is most famous for composing the music for Star Wars, E. T., Superman, Indiana Jones, and many other such blockbusters. But, as “Johnny Williams,” he...
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The God Question at GenCon
I’ve purchased my badges, and will be attending GenCon on Saturday and Sunday, August 16th and 17th. I also got myself a ticket to a screening of the movie “The God Question.”The God question seems to...
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Q and A with Robert Orlando
I am delighted that Robert Orlando will be coming to Butler University on November 13th at 7pm in Gallahue Hall Room 108. We’ll be showing his movie, A Polite Bribe, and he’ll also speak about his book...
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Humanity Left Behind
Fred Clark has posted again about the Left Behind movie. Here is a quote:You don’t need to be a seminary graduate to understand the theological problems with this story — you just need to be a human...
View ArticleA Polite Bribe at Butler University
A Polite Bribe: See the Movie, Meet the FilmmakerA showing of the critically-acclaimed film “A Polite Bribe” by Robert Orlando will take place onThursday, November 13, at 7pm, in Gallahue Hall, room...
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A Polite Bribe Q and A at Butler University
Click here to view the embedded video.I was delighted that Robert Orlando was able to come to Butler to make a guest appearance in my class on Paul and the early church, and then participate in a...
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Irrelevant to the Outcome of the Story
A while back I came across this image of a conversation on The Big Bang Theory:Today, IO9 linked to a webcomic that makes the same point. They called it “Indiana Jones and the Avoiders of the Lost Ark”...
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