Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

DVD movie commentary It didn’t win best picture at tonight’s Academy Awards, but Mad Max Fury Road (2015, USA) took home six statuettes nevertheless, for technical achievements. It was also nominated for best picture and director. Is there more to this film than big budget special effects? What do viewers take with them, cerebrally, after…

Movie article Life can be so painful, we may curse it, or in order to survive, try and laugh at it. Sometimes, life can’t be laughed at—there is no doubt about that. But if people can handle their pain by laughing at it, that is a coping mechanism, even as the heart aches. The proverb says,…

In the young adult drama Paper Towns (2015, USA), based on the novel by John Green, Quentin has had a crush on his next door neighbor Margo since he was eight years old and she moved into his neighborhood. They became friends, but when she asked him out for a wild prank, he refused. That might…

A sense of utter desperation underlies Al Pacino’s voice as A.J. Maglehorn, a down-to-earth locksmith who is grappling with the loss of the love of his life, Clara. Pacino fills A.J’s angst with gravelly resonance on the soundtrack’s voice over. A.J. is writing love letters, which are an ode to her, but he is also stuck…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners