Pauline Media Studies

Film & TV Reviews

Examined through diverse lenses – human, artistic, religious

Judy- Life isn’t always a rainbow

Based on the stage play “End of the Rainbow” by Peter Quilter, the new film “Judy” focuses on the...

Abominable – Power in Remembrance

Remember the Abominable Snow Monster from “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?” Well, the Humble Bumble gets reinvented as an adorable...

Ad Astra – Reaching Beyond or Within?

At the Venice Film Festival Ad Astra was a hit, not because of the film necessarily but because Brad...

Joker – The Origin of Evil

When I saw Joker at its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival at the beginning of September, it...

The Laundromat – And the Rich Get Richer

When Netflix’s film The Laudromat premiered at the Venice Film Festival people cheered, mainly because that Festival, contrary to...

Overcomer – Identity in Christ

Faith-based films have been making a comeback since Mel Gibson directed “Passion of the Christ” back in 2004. While...

Photograph – Openness to Wonder

Rafi (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) works hard to get by. He takes pictures at the Gateway of India in Mumbai for...

The Peanut Butter Falcon – Wounded Healers

The new indie film, “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” qualifies, at least in my book, as one of the most...

Dora and The Lost City of Gold – The Real Treasure

If you groan at the thought of sitting through the new film, “Dora and the Lost City of Gold,”...

The Farewell – The Importance of Family

Family. Our place of origins and the place where love and hate, communion and division are played out in...

Where’d You Go, Bernadette – Facing Failure

Based on the 2012 best-seller by Maria Semple, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” tells the story of Bernadette Fox (Cate...

Spider-Man Far From Home – Finding Your Courage

Yes, it’s another film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe come to entice us to drop our money at the...