Christmas is not a bed of roses. “Merry Christmas” is not merry for some. The infectious, good natured comedy As Good as It Gets (1997) is apt viewing because Merry Christmas is a ‘broken hallelujah’. Though not a real Christmas movie, it even contains some profanity so is hardly Christ-mas strictly speaking, it’s got that…

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…

There is a very high faith-based quotient in this true story, 2015’s Woodlawn. The Jesus movement Woodlawn depicts the Jesus movement in Birmingham, Alabama, circa the 1970’s. People were converting to Jesus. In Woodlawn, the movement’s scale seems amazing. In Birmingham and at Woodlawn High School there are race problems and segregation issues. The school chaplain Hank…

Superman grieves when an earthquake strikes Anyone who has gone through an earthquake won’t be thinking about the earthquake in Superman: The Movie (1978). That’s pretty much a given. (Not to denigrate in any way the experiences of people in earthquakes.) Many people have the seen the scene in Superman. In the desert, Daily Planet…

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