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Black Easter: Directed by Jim Carroll. With Jordyn Barrera, Christina Birdsong, Donny Boaz, Phoenix Brock. An Extremist group travels back in time to assassinate Christ before the Crucifixion. The fate of the world now depends on a genius with no faith...and a man who has lost his.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Jim Carroll
- 2021-05-14
With Greta Scacchi, Vincent Regan, Joanne Whalley, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson. Jesus followers are hunted, leaderless and desperately searching for understanding, but when Jesus rises from death, they realize that hope didn't die on the cross. It lives on in them.
- (121)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Ciaran Donnelly
- 2021-03-27
Jesus' followers are hunted and leaderless in the aftermath of the Crucifixion. When Jesus rises from death, they discover hope lives on in them and prepare to spread the Gospel.
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- Juan Pablo Di Pace
- PG-13
- Faith & Spirituality
Dec 16, 2021 · Jesus’ disciples are faced with anguish and hopelessness after their leader is nailed to a cross and buried in a tomb. Days later, though, their faith is renewed when He rises from the dead.
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- Ten Excellent Documentaries
1.Belfast
Few films gave me more joy this year than Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film about a working class family in 1960s Belfast. Though The Troublesof Protestant-Catholic conflict are in the background in important ways—the foreground here is family: three generations of a Northern Irish Protestant family who have called Belfast home for ages. I love so much about this movie: its depictions of traditional married love; the awe and innocence of 9-year-old Buddy; the beautiful embrace of m...
2.Dune
I went into Dune with zero context, having never read Frank Herbert’s novel or seen the 1984 movie version. I worried I’d be lost in such a complex sci-fi universe—and I was, a little. But it’s a testament to director Denis Villeneuve’s command of the cinematic language that tracking with the intricacies of plot didn’t matter as much as the big-canvas power of awesome visuals, sound design, and deep immersion into a well-established world. Villeneuve doesn’t spoon-feed audiences with tiresome...
3.Nine Days
When it released in July, I called Edson Oda’s Nine Days “2021’s most spiritually curious film.” I’d still stand by that. A Spike Jonze-esque surrealist drama about “soul candidates” vying for a chance at life, the indie film explores the most fundamental questions of existence. Why do we exist when we didn’t have to? If an omnipotent God has the power to create life, why doesn’t he intervene when life goes so excruciatingly awry? Even if not all of the film’s ideas are logical or sound, enou...
Drive MyCar, Encanto, The Green Knight, Mass(TGC review), Licorice Pizza, The Most Reluctant Convert (TGC review), Our Friend(TGC review), Spiderman: Far From Home, Swan Song, West Side Story.
Here are 10 of my favorite documentaries or docuseries released in 2021 (listed in alphabetical order), along with where you can watch them.
Witness the most miraculous events in history as Jesus sets sail with fishermen, challenges the Pharisees, befriends the outcasts, and heals the hurting. The lives he touches will never be the same. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist.
Ressurection Day is a sacred holiday for Christians and what better way to celebrate Easter than watching movies about the life of Jesus? From his birth to his crucifixion and resurrection to ascension, we can learn many important spiritual lessons from the life of Christ.
