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Sabbath at the Oympics
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pveugelaers
A great theme: an Olympic film about the Sabbath There are good movies about the Olympics that the 2016 Rio Olympics brings to mind. Chariots of Fire (1981, Britain) is one of those good films, based on a true story. Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams are British runners competing in the 1924 Paris Olympiad. Liddell has…
Tests of love in Ben-Hur
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pveugelaers
In Ben-Hur (2016), trials comes in innocent packages when an incident appears to challenge the power of Rome. As a consequence, Messala (Toby Kebbell) accuses Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) of sedition and he is sent to the gallows. Messala is Judah’s adopted brother. Of course, betrayal upsets Judah’s brotherly affection for Mesalla and it shatters…
Why Return of the Jedi is so good
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pveugelaers
Return of the Jedi (1983) is a good movie to herald in the New Year. Why? Because it is so positive. Yeah, I could nitpick, but Return of the Jedi is so much more. Return of the Jedi may not be as tightly written as the previous episodes in the trilogy, but it does have…
The year’s gone with the wind
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pveugelaers
Gone with the Wind is a traditional holiday movie around Christmas and New Year’s. It has that epic scope that makes it a worthy holiday film. Perhaps a soap opera, this film has people and the days of their lives at its core. It’s told on a huge canvass and is set in the South…
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