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

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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