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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…
Connecting with an atheist
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pveugelaers
Dev Patel plays a natural at mathematics in The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016, UK). The Man Who Knew Infinity is a true story and stars Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion) and Jeremy Irons (The Mission, Reversal of Fortune). A natural Srinivasa Ramanujan, played by Patel, is an inspiration. Working on mathematics comes easy and…
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…
Miracles from Heaven reviewed
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pveugelaers
Inspirational drama Miracles from Heaven (2016, USA) is life affirming and leaves a positive effect. The Beam family’s story is the kind that may engage the skeptics as well as the faithful because it is about a miracle though the former may be more critical. However, Miracles from Heaven is based on a true story. It…
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