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The Secret Life of Pets 2 [video] (2019)
It’s come to the point where the mere sight of the Illumination logo makes me think “lazy and scattershot.”
‘Conquerors of the moon’: Documentaries commemorating the Apollo project
“Honor, greetings and blessings to you, conquerors of the moon, pale lamp of our nights and our dreams!” Paul VI exclaimed in his July 21 message to the astronauts on the day after the lunar landing. “Bring to it, with your living presence, the voice of the spirit, the hymn to God, our Creator and our Father.”
The Lion King (2019)
Alas, the mission wasn’t to improve The Lion King, only to mount it as realistically as possible. Favreau wasn’t hired as a creative, but as a taxidermist.
The Lion King Chef (a meme essay)
It’s just like the opening act of Favreau’s Chef: Favreau is literally Carl, and Disney is Dustin Hoffman.
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Tony, Tony, Tony. How can we miss you if you won’t go away?
Franco Zeffirelli’s complicated, Catholic life: What does it mean for his art?
For Catholics and other Christians, the contradiction between Zeffirelli’s faith and the themes of his religious films on the one hand and his openly homosexual lifestyle on the other raise perennial questions about the mysterious relationship of art and the artist.
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Toy Story 4 does not continue the story of the first three films, but casts about for new things to do in this world with the sprawling cast of characters in Bonnie’s orbit, most of whom once revolved around the now-absent figure of Andy.
Emanuel: Racial violence and Christian forgiveness
Forgiveness in the face of murderous violence is a radical act that remains as shocking and controversial today as it was when a Second Temple–era Palestinian prophet commanded his disciples to love and to pray for those who persecuted them and ended his mortal life praying for divine forgiveness for his own executioners.
The secular apocalypse: Irreligion, pop culture, and the end of the world
All art — even pop art, even bad or offensive art — is in some way a mirror to the soul of the culture that created it. Whether we embrace them, condemn them, or are indifferent to them, these secular apocalypses reveal something about who we are as a culture.
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Amazing Grace [video] (2019)
How can you watch a movie when you keep wanting to close your eyes in prayer?
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