Reel Spirituality

More Resources for a Deeply Formed Spiritual Life

Star Trek: Discovery – S1, E6 – Pure Purity

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There is neither Vulcan nor human, Federation nor Klingon.

Jane

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

Star Trek: Discovery – S1, E5 – Choose Their Pain

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Harry Mudd’s tale of woe serves as a reminder that those with power should consider the impact of their decisions on the powerless.

78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene

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To see 78/52 at Sundance was to feel connected to a community of people both in the room and on the screen who love movies.

Professor Marston & the Wonder Women

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Writer/director Angela Robinson and crew offer a romantic, biopic that embraces emotion. Unfortunately, the convoluted plot detracts from the film’s provocative material.

Star Trek: Discovery – S1, E4 – Monsters

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Captain Lorca has declared that the Discovery is no longer a science vessel but is now a warship. The problem is that most of his crew would prefer to take part in scientific study aimed at the betterment of life rather than the taking of it.

Marshall

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“Marshall” is a thoughtful film that induces as much cultural and theological reflection as it does laughs.

Spielberg

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Spielberg invites us to see these themes emerge and move one man through his own journey of reconciliation to self and to his family. It encouraged me to engage more in story-telling as an act of reconciliation.

Blade Runner 2049

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Blade Runner begged you to seek answers. Blade Runner 2049 invites you to let go and enjoy.

The Florida Project

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The Florida Project is a slice-of-life drama that follows the summer adventures of a six-year-old who lives with her mother in the “Magic Castle” motel.

The Mountain Between Us

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The Mountain Between Us delivers action, adventure, and breathtaking visuals. It also tries to deliver a love story and some drama.

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Loving Vincent

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Loving Vincent narrates the mysteries surrounding Van Gogh’s death through the memories of characters based on the artist’s famous portraits.

Star Trek: Discovery – S1, E3 – The Mutineer

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There is much to love about the third episode of Star Trek: Discovery, which is essentially the show’s true pilot episode. We are finally introduced to the titular starship, which is a ship of mysteries.

Battle of the Sexes

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While comical and, at times, socially poignant, Battle of the Sexes remains a poorly woven sports biopic. Most of the film felt like a battle of sexualities as the film centralizes King’s extramarital relationship with Marilyn.

Star Trek: Discovery – S1, Es1 and 2 – Explorers Not Fighters

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The Klingons function not as “the enemy” but as a means to explore and understand how people even within a nation can have completely different views from each other.

Mother!

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Aronofsky excels at creating high intensity cinematic worlds laced with mythological symbolism and horrors out of the subconscious. I watched much of Mother! through my fingers, but I was as scared to look away from the screen as I was to look at it.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind – 40th Anniversary Presentation

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind’s religious vision is striking.

It Comes At Night

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A good horror film forces you to confront the depravities of human behavior in extreme circumstances, to test the limits or expose the gaps in our morality. It Comes At Night asks how far a person or a family would go to protect themselves, and what they lose in the process.

Game of Thrones – S7, E7 – The Finale

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Where to begin? The finale had everything—the beginning, ending, and mending of relationships; meetings upon meetings of both friends and foes; long-hidden or unknown truths coming to light; an ice dragon. It was a lot to take in.

Game of Thrones – S7, E6 – Up from the Ice

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The episode ends with perhaps one of the most terrifying and haunting images.

Patti Cake$

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Inflated dreams of fame and fortune, stemming from a genuine passion and an authentic talent, Patricia Dombrowski, better known as Killer P or Patti Cake$, is on a mission to explode onto the golden green stages of hip hop and bullet train out of her tiny New Jersey life as fast as she can.