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Movie Review: Arrival

In the typical world of TV science fiction, aliens are usually humanoid, about our height, with human emotions, and even conveniently speak our language.  This Star Trek-type alien, necessarily humanized for quick 40-minute episodes, is definitely not what you find in...

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Movie Review: The Passion

The movie "The Passion" by Mel Gibson is an account of 12 hours of Christ's ministry dealing with His trial and crucifixion.  It is a violent and graphic depiction that displays with great detail the painful ordeal of Christ.  For this reason, the movie is rated R. If...

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Book Review on Jesus Calling

The book, Jesus Calling, is a book released in 2004 that is a record of supposed revelations given to its author, Sarah Young,[fn]Sarah Young has a Masters in Counseling and biblical studies from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. Another degree in counseling...

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Movie Review: The War Room

In The War Room, an elderly woman named Miss Clara befriends Elizabeth Jordan and teaches her how to pray so she can do battle for her husband and her family. Tony, Elizabeth's husband, is a top salesman in a pharmaceuticals company. But, of course, their marriage is...

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Movie Review: The Martian

In the movie The Martian, Matt Damon plays Mark Watney who is left on Mars and presumed dead after a freak storm sends the team of astronauts aborting their mission and heading back to earth. The United States mourns his loss and has a very public funeral. The only...

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Movie Review: Fantastic Four

Before I saw the Fantastic Four movie I had read some reviews. They were all negative. So, when I went to see it I wasn't expecting much.  To be honest, it wasn't that bad. It wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible. I thought the special effects were pretty good and the...

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Movie review – Minions

Minions, the movie, takes us through the evolution of the yellow creatures who, throughout history, seek to serve the best villain they can find. They attach themselves to different bad guys and unsuccessfully help them out.  Their own comical failures inadvertently...

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Movie review – Ant-Man

Honestly, I did not expect much from this movie. After all, "Ant-man"?  The first time I saw a preview, I chuckled and wondered how they could pull it off. Well, they did. It was entertaining. All you have to do is suspend your beliefs about reality a bit, enter the...

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Movie Review: Jurassic World

Wow.  Jurassic World is a wild ride and thoroughly enjoyable. The movie is set 22 years after the failure of Jurassic Park. It has been reopened on the same island, but under a new name, Isla Nublar.  It is now bigger and better. Well, bigger it is but not necessarily...

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