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Justice League

Justice League might not save our world, but it’s thinking in the right direction.

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Star Trek: Discovery – S1, E9 – Recovery

The Discovery crew’s journey into the deep forest of war has truly changed them and helped them find their soul amidst the chaos of the unknown.

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Last Flag Flying

Last Flag Flying

Spending time with old friends has a way of reviving the people we once were, for good or ill.

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Murder on the Orient Express

As the mystery unravels, Poirot begins to find that his own instincts about crime and justice are inadequate in the face of the fractured world that evil and injustice create.

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Lady Bird

“Lady Bird” is a delight. I hope “Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig” becomes a title card I see frequently.

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Stranger Things – S2, Es 8 and 9 – The End

The final peace that the season offers us is the redeeming power of community.

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Stranger Things – S2, E7 – Wounds

Eleven is looking for truth and connection.

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Stranger Things – S2, Es 5 and 6 – Truth to Power

Mid-way through the season, “Stranger Things” is firing on all cylinders.

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Star Trek: Discovery – S1, E8 – War and Peace

If you want peace, prepare for war.

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Critical Conversations – Thor: Ragnarok

A conversation between two of our critics about the latest MCU movie.

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Stranger Things – S2, E4 – Shadows

Stranger Things 2 continues to be a cautionary tale and a fantastic parable about the danger of burying the truth and concealing pain.

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Stranger Things – S2, Es 2 and 3 – Easy Peazy

Bob tells little Will that the best way to get rid of a nightmare is to stand up to it and tell it to go away.

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Star Trek: Discovery – S1, E7 – Time Loops Together

The message of this episode is simple: we need each other.

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I’ll Push You – An Interview with the Team Behind the Film

I got to sit and talk with best friends Patrick and Justin and filmmakers Chris Karcher and Terry Parrish after watching the film at a screening at Fuller Theological Seminary.

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mother! – Alternate Take

If there is something that mother! can be readily admired for, it is its boldness.

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

What really matters is whether or not he is a good man, what makes him good, and, cosmically (Catholically?), whether or not it is possible to be “good” as a human being in this world. “Original sin,” and whatnot.

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Stranger Things – S2, E1 – Everything Is Not Okay

Stranger Things took the time to show that everything is not okay, and that everyone did not live happily ever after.

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Novitiate

The film’s principal protagonist is a young woman named Cathleen. She is both the most devoted of her peers and the one who is most clearly searching for something firm in life.

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Only the Brave

If we follow the example of the hotshots by rooting for and being with one another despite our differences, our communities may also blossom into something remarkable.

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Star Trek: Discovery – S1, E6 – Pure Purity

There is neither Vulcan nor human, Federation nor Klingon.

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Jane

That Jane Goodall accomplished what she accomplished is remarkable. That she did it with the world laughing at her is beyond belief.

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