Pauline Media Studies

Film & TV Reviews

Examined through diverse lenses – human, artistic, religious

CODA – Familial Love Sets One Free

Really good stories move me to tears touching me at a deep emotional level. And the Sundance breakout indie...

Respect – One Artist’s Gift that brought Soul to a Nation

Like for so many other people, Aretha’s music has inspired me with the depth and power of her emotive...

Black Widow – Family First

I’ll add my voice to the many that say it’s about time for a solo film for Black Widow,...

Summer of Soul – Reversing the “Erasure”

You know Woodstock, right? That August, 1969 music festival that preached “peace and music” and became the defining event...

Of Animals and Men – Faith in Action

Back in 2017, The Zookeeper’s Wife, starring Jessica Chastain, came to theaters telling an inspiring true story about Jan...

In the Heights – Celebrate the Joy of Community

Before the rousing success of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit, Hamilton, came the 2008 hit, In the Heights which has...

A Father’s Legacy

“In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he...

Spirit Untamed – Respect for Nature and People

Following in the hoofprints of its film and television predecessors, “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” and “Spirit Riding Free,”...

A Quiet Place II – Hero Kids

John Krasinski’s horror hit of 2018, “A Quiet Place” was not intended to have a sequel, but when fans...

Finding You – Go Deeper

When Finley Sinclair (Rose Reid), an aspiring violinist, fails her audition for the Manhattan Conservatory of Music, she feels...

The Mitchells vs. The Machines – The Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary

From the creators of Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse comes a raucous animated comedy about one ordinary family facing a...

Dolphin Island – Love and Connection, It’s Essential

14-year-old Annabel Coleridge (Tyler Jade Nixon) knows what it’s like to live in a community where loving connection with...