Most of us will probably not need to give up our physical lives for the cause of Christ. But Jesus did talk about ?taking up our cross? and following Him. Yes, many disciples were martyred, but there is another meaning Jesus had in mind with His words. It involves giving up what we want for the benefit of others.
Anakin Skywalker turns to the Dark Side. Why? The simple answer you may take away from this movie is that Anakin was afraid of losing Padm? because of the dreams he is having about her death. Darth Sidious has promised him the key to keeping her alive, so he turns to keep that hope alive….
?The Dark Side clouds everything.? Yoda admits?to Chancellor Palpatine that he is unsure of what awaits them in the future. Senator Padm? Amidala has just returned to Coruscant, and attackers assault her ship, killing her decoy. Her company joins Yoda, Plapatine, Master Windu, and Ki-Adi-Mundi, and she tells them that ?everything in my being tells…
As the world approached the third millennium, Star Wars movie fans were getting excited. After a decade and a half of waiting, we were finally going to get more details about the ?back story.? What we were about to find out would bewilder and confuse us a bit, and many would be rather disappointed. Many…
I can definitively tell you what I enjoyed the most in theaters this year. I can tell you which films I think will (or at least, should) win awards. I can tell you which films were the ones that resonated with me the most spiritually. I can even tell you which films were dreadfully disappointing….
Early on in?A Charlie Brown’s Christmas,?Charlie Brown tells both Linus and Lucy that he isn’t feeling the season. Linus (who is generally the source of wisdom in these situations) isn’t terribly receptive to his complaint, but Lucy pushes Charlie toward involvement – after diagnosing him as suffering from?pantophobia. While it’s hard to doubt the genius…
The widespread critical and commercial success of?Despicable Me I & II?guaranteed that the little yellow beings would get their own film. While the character of Gru (Steve Carrell) was their leader/master/boss in the original pair of films, the prequel,?Minions, promised to fill us in on how Kevin, Stuart, and Bob ended up working in the…
In 1988, Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) spoofed police and buddy films everywhere with the breakthrough The Naked Gun! From the Files of Police Squad!?Three years later,?The Naked Gun 2.5: The Smell Of Fear?followed, with?The Naked Gun 33.3: The Final Insult?arriving in 1994. Over six years, Nielsen worked with David Zucker and then Peter Segal…
When horror writer Clint Hadson (Elijah Wood) arrives at Fort Chicken Elementary school to moonlight as a substitute teacher, he has no idea that a?Shaun of the Dead-like zombie apocalypse is about to rip his alma mater apart. Can the adults at the school survive the rampant, chicken nugget-born illness or will their petty infighting…
American Ultra?stars Jamie Eisenberg as lovable stoner Mike Howell, the kind of?guy you encourage to aim higher but who is already quite high to begin with. Thanks to his girlfriend, Phoebe (Kristen Stewart), Mike aspires for more but his anxieties and insecurities always short circuit his plans. That is, until shadowy government ages converge on…
