Pauline Media Studies

Film & TV Reviews

Examined through diverse lenses – human, artistic, religious

Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas

The reason for the season comes to network television! Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas comes to ABC television...

Rental Family – Thirst for Authentic Relationships

I was intrigued enough when I saw the Rental Family trailer that I forked over my money to see...

Sarah’s Oil – Perseverance Through Faith

Kingdom Story’s newest release, Sarah’s Oil, is a lesson in absolute resolve when fueled by trust in God’s will....

The Summer Book – A Time for Back-to-Basics

Based on the novel by Tove Jansson and adapted for the screen by Robert Jones, The Summer Book follows...

Vindication Swim – Perseverance for Justice

When Gertrude Ederle, a New Yorker, became the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926, British swimmers...

Soul on Fire – The Call to Authenticity

Sean McNamara, the filmmaker who brought Soul Surfer and Reagan to the big screen, once again brings audiences a...

Grow – Attention to the Little Things

When October rolls around each year, movie ads are often dominated by the horror genre as Halloween draws near....

House of David Season Two – Whom Do You Serve?

With the success of The Chosen, more bible-based projects are gracing our streaming platforms. YouTube just released a comedy...

The Promised Land – Celebrating the Ability to Laugh at Ourselves

I remember a short scene from the movie Amistad. In 1839, the African men imprisoned in Massachusetts while awaiting...

Stolen Girl – The Cost of Sacrificial Love

Few people can witness stories of children suffering without feeling their heartstrings pulled. I’m thinking of the upcoming film...

Broken Mary – Testimony of Hope from “Mary’s Roadie”

In this time when social media and artificial intelligence challenge our true connections and relationships with each other as...

K-Pop Demon Hunters – Saving Souls with Song

At their best, fictional stories can galvanize real-world virtue through the universal appeal of truth, goodness, and beauty. Sometimes...