Inspiring Faith and Creativity & Exploring the Arts through a Spiritual Lens
Introduction In the late 1930’s and 1940’s, Oxford witnessed the existence of a literary circle of friends that was to have a significant impact on the shape and course of modern fantasy literature: the Inklings.…
I’m just going to come out and say it… I think that, on the whole, Ghibli Studios has a better understanding of true love than classic Disney. Most of the classic Disney movies have this…
There, on the moonlit lake, gliding and diving, sending ripples out and causing the stars in the velvety reflection to tremble, the white swan dances. Commonly known as Odette in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, she is…
'Court Martial' is the title of episode number twenty (of season number one) of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Original Series. It was first aired on the second of February in 1967.…
Year: 1951 Filming: Black & White Length: 92 minutes Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi Maturity: G (Suitable for All Ages) Cast: Michael Rennie (Klaatu), Patricia Neal (Helen Benson), Sam Jaffe (Professor Jacob Barnhardt), Hugh Marlowe (Tom Stevens), Lock…
Cynicism, mercilessness, despair, apathy and parody: these are not the way of the Holy Spirit. In Tolkien’s legendarium evil often takes the path down this route, and Tolkien’s heroes struggle relentlessly in the fray of…
“I was in prison…and you came to see me.” ~ Saint Matthew 25: 34-26 Dostoyevsky is possibly the best writer of narratives of redemption, probably because of his time in prison. I first read The House of…
Temperatures are dropping, the season's first snows are falling, and the long-awaited sequel to Frozen has swept into theaters like an icy blast. As we settle in for winter, let's examine the woman at the…
The 2006 film production of Last Holiday, starring Queen Latifah, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Holiday_(2006_film)), is one that I could watch time and again, no matter the time of year. In this film, Queen Latifah plays a woman who…
One of the defining features of the Christmas season is the plethora of films centered around it, and my personal favorite among them is Home Alone. Released in 1990, the film quickly became a hit…
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