Star Trek Beyond Trailer #2
In case you haven’t seen the new trailer for Star Trek Beyond.
View ArticleRewatching The Black Hole
I just rewatched the science fiction movie The Black Hole, to introduce my son to it. I was particularly eager to see what I myself thought of the ending, and indeed whether it meant what I had...
View ArticleNew Rogue One Trailer
IO9 shared the above trailer to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story yesterday. Today they followed up with a breakdown scene by scene, to make sure you don’t miss anything!
View ArticleCall for Papers: The Place of Religion in Film
March 30th-April 1st, the University of Syracuse will host a conference on “The Place of Religion in Film,” as part of the Ray Smith Symposium Series. Here’s the full call for papers: The Place of...
View ArticleBlade Runner 2049
Next year, there will be a new Blade Runner movie. Excited? Via Polygon.The post Blade Runner 2049 appeared first on Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath.
View ArticleSilence
I was delighted to have an opportunity to see an advance screening of Martin Scorsese’s new movie Silence tonight, a couple of days before it opens here in Indianapolis. I went with a friend who has...
View ArticleAn American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
On March 27th at 6:30pm, Butler University will host a screening of Martin Doblmeier’s new movie An American Conscience: The Reinhold Neibuhr Story. To RSVP or for more information, visit EventBrite.
View ArticleReligious Imagery in Wall-E
Reddit is exactly the kind of place where one would expect a discussion to take place about whether Wall-E (in the movie of the same name) represented the tempting serpent in the Garden of Eden,...
View ArticleThe Green Pastures
When I mentioned in my course on the Bible and music that one of my favorite composers is Erich Wolfgang Korngold, this led a student to express interest in doing research related to his music. My...
View ArticleDetroit
I had the opportunity to attend an advance screening of the new movie Detroit yesterday night. For someone like me, born after the 60s, events like the riots in Detroit, and the Algiers motel incident...
View ArticleMarshall
I was delighted to have an opportunity to watch the upcoming movie Marshall in advance of its release. The movie is incredibly timely, given the upsurge in attention in recent years to racism as a...
View ArticleA Polite Bribe (and its Sequel)
Robert Orlando shared with me that he will be releasing a sequel to his movie Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe next year, and asked me to share the information below about it. For those who may not...
View ArticleDarkest Hour
I was delighted to have the opportunity to see the new movie Darkest Hour before it opens in theaters tonight. I had been looking forward to seeing it, ever since I first saw publicity about it...
View ArticleLooking Forward to The Last Jedi
I assume that other readers of this blog have been surprised by my lack of comment on what others all over the internet have been talking about, namely the new trailers that have been released for The...
View ArticleReady Player One
I watched Ready Player One yesterday and really enjoyed it. The movie not only connected with my childhood (I remember finding the Easter egg in the Atari game Adventure, which wasn’t as exciting to me...
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