Pauline Media Studies

Film & TV Reviews

Examined through diverse lenses – human, artistic, religious

The Best Our Lady of Fátima Movie!

May 13, 2017, is the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of Mary to these three young shepherd children...

A Quiet Passion – the aesthetics of a poetic soul

Poetic biopic “A Quiet Passion,” the poetic biopic of Emily Dickinson is as unsung as its protagonist. Her quiet,...

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo – to God be the glory

You know that phrase, “The eagle has landed”? It’s part and parcel of our cultural consciousness just like, “Houston,...

The Promise—Keeping Hope Alive

Seeing refugees flee their war-torn countries such as in Syria, we realize this tragic displacement of peoples happens over...

Gifted – being gifts to each other

Please, go see “Gifted.” It may not be a perfect movie (the court scenes are too long) and unapologetic...

The Case for Christ – Truth of Faith

One night in 1980, Lee Strobel (Mike Vogel), an award-winning journalist for the Chicago Tribune, decided to take his...

Smurfs The Lost Village – What’s in a name?

There are spoilers here but I am assuming you are older than seven if you are reading this and...

The Zookeeper’s Wife – uneven but inspiring

The Zookeeper’s Wife, the latest film from director Niki Caro (“Whale Rider”), is perhaps one of the most unknown...

The Heart of Nuba – Authentically Lived Christianity

Horror of Greed Did you know there is an ongoing genocide perpetrated by President Omar Al-Bashir upon the mountain...

Beauty and the Beast – learning to love

Redeeming love – most famously shown on a dusty hill called Calvary – really is a “tale as old...

Logan – better angels of our nature

When Hugh Jackman put on the adamantium claws of the mutant Wolverine for Marvel’s adaptation of the X-Men comics...

The Shack – A Poetic Retreat

Going Deeper The movie, The Shack, based on the best-selling book by William P. Young, provides a cinematic retreat...