Archive for July, 2011

It’s All Over

Jul 27, 2011 1 Comment by

Richard Lindsay and I finally get around to posting our thoughts on the latest Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and briefly reflect on the end of an era. We couldn’t think of a better way for the series to go out.

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They Eat their Young, Don’t They?

Jul 19, 2011 No Comments by

In preparation for an upcoming sermon I’m giving on Jacob wrestling with the angel, I’ve been re-reading some Old Testament commentary. In one source, the authors claim that a central theme of the Jewish creation narrative and God’s calling out of Israel to be God’s chosen people is one of order out of chaos. This [...]

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Quo Vadis: Forgotten Classic of the Sword-and-Sandal Genre

Jul 14, 2011 2 Comments by

Richard Lindsay looks back on the Christian epic, Quo Vadis, after the jump.

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On Religious Tradition and Ecstasy (the drug)

Jul 08, 2011 No Comments

The basic premise of Holy Rollers is interesting enough: an Orthodox Jew gets involved in an international ecstasy smuggling ring. Directors could have taken it in a variety of directions from the hilarity of a Coen Brothers‘ film to the fast-cut action of a Guy Ritchie film. In this case, director Kevin Asch takes it [...]

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