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NBC\’s Jesus Christ Superstar – Who Do You Say That I Am? (Renewed Mind Movie Talk)

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It\’s been quite some time since I\’ve published one of these, but my latest Renewed Mind Movie Talk video essay is now available!In this episode, I take a look at the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Jesus Christ Superstar, specifically the live NBC performance aired on Easter Sunday 2018.Raised in a fairly conservative …

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Disney\’s Beauty and the Beast: Transformative Forms of Love (Renewed Mind Movie Talk)

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Because I\’m the sole writer, editor, and programmer (and, to be honest, viewer) of Renewed Mind Movie Talk, I\’ve only done movies I like. Sure, I\’ve skipped over some stranger flicks I enjoy in favor of something more popular, and thus more likely to gain viewers, but I haven\’t spent time on a movie I …

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Disney\’s Beauty and the Beast: Transformative Forms of Love (Renewed Mind Movie Talk)

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Because I\’m the sole writer, editor, and programmer (and, to be honest, viewer) of Renewed Mind Movie Talk, I\’ve only done movies I like. Sure, I\’ve skipped over some stranger flicks I enjoy in favor of something more popular, and thus more likely to gain viewers, but I haven\’t spent time on a movie I …

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RELAUNCH! Sort of… Renewed Mind Movie Talk

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I\’ve been doing Renewed Mind Movie Talk for a while now, but I have to admit that I\’m not entirely thrilled with the results.I started this series with two goals: 1) to give Christians better tools for engaging with stories than the usual \”moral/immoral\” binary and 2) to foster empathy among evangelical Christians by exposing …

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Spider-man 2: Power, Responsibility, Identity (Renewed Mind Movie Talk, Episode 08)

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Oh man, I realize I never posted last week\’s video here. So here\’s the belated 8th episode of Renewed Mind Movie Talk: Spider-man 2: Power, Responsibility, Identity.In this episode, I talk about my favorite Spider-man movie (sorry, Homecoming), and how the film dramatizes an identity crisis.This identity crisis can help Christians think about our own …

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Edgar Wright\’s The World\’s End: To Err is Human (Renewed Mind Movie Talk, Episode 09)

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New episode of Renewed Mind Movie Talk!In this episode, we look at the last entry in the Cornetto Trilogy, a series of movies directed by Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) and featuring actor/writers Simon Pegg and Nick Frost: Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World\’s End (2013).The World\’s End is part midlife …

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Edgar Wright\’s The World\’s End: To Err is Human (Renewed Mind Movie Talk, Episode 09)

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New episode of Renewed Mind Movie Talk!In this episode, we look at the last entry in the Cornetto Trilogy, a series of movies directed by Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) and featuring actor/writers Simon Pegg and Nick Frost: Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World\’s End (2013).The World\’s End is part midlife …

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JAWS: Amity Means Friendship (Renewed Mind Movie Talk, Episode 07)

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New Episode of Renewed Mind Movie Talk available today!Are you going to watch Jaws this Fourth of July weekend?Of course you are! What else would you look at this weekend?After watching it, take a look at this video essay!Jaws isn\’t a movie about a shark — it\’s a movie about a community responding to a …

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Fargo – Nice People or New Creation? (Renewed Mind Movie Talk, Episode 06)

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New Episode of Renewed Mind Movie Talk!After the season 3 finale of FX Network\’s Fargo series, we\’ll look back at the 1996 film that inspired the show.Fargo is famous for its portrayal of \”Minnesota Nice,\” a system of manners that demands politeness, even to the point of absurdity. And things do get absurd, violently so. …

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\”Hidden Figures – Imagine a New World\” (Renewed Mind Movie Talk, Episode 05)

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A little later than I wanted, but here\’s the newest episode of Renewed Mind Movie Talk!In this episode, we\’re looking at the 2016 historical drama Hidden Figures.Hidden Figures uses mathematics as a metaphor for imagining a different world, creating new math to advance the new science of space travel helps us think about undoing institutional …

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