Pauline Media Studies

Film & TV Reviews

Examined through diverse lenses – human, artistic, religious

The Star – anyone can be a witness

“The Star” is a wonderful retelling of the Christmas story but with a fun twist: the animals who inhabit...

The Man Who Invented Christmas – Reviving holiday giving

Everyone knows the classic holiday story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Multiple editions of the book have been...

“Bending the Arc” documents group’s fight to save lives in developing countries

In 1983 Ophelia Dahl, the 18-year-old daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal and noted children’s author Roald Dahl...

“Novitiate” creator wants audiences to focus on coming-of-age story

“Novitiate,” a new film from director Margaret Betts that opens in a limited run Oct. 27, begins in rural...

I’ll Push You – loyalty, love and friendship

How often do we consider, in the midst of the frenetic pace of our lives, the relationships we have...

On Wings of Eagles – Sprinting to the finish line

So much of life is about the next task, the next event, the next significant moment or milestone. For...

The Florida Project – A conversation between two Sisters

Sister Marie Paul and I both attended a screening of the new film by Sean Baker called The Florida...

The Mountain Between Us – knowing the real you

A desperate situation, an unconventional solution, two strangers, solution goes south, strangers learn to depend on each other in...

Goodbye, Christopher Robin – power of imagination

The new biopic by Simon Curtis, Goodbye Christopher Robin, joins other films (including the coming-soon The Man Who Invented...

The Florida Project—The Sweetness of Childhood within the Tragedy of Poverty

I am always amazed at how many people flock daily to Disneyland, upward of 18 million annually, either to...

Stronger – Suffering with grace

Stronger begins with Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal) at his job as a chicken roaster at Costco. He begs off...

First They Killed My Father – Remembering where we came from

Angelina Jolie’s latest directorial effort, First They Killed My Father, captures the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime in...