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Christ, Culture, and Cinema — 271 episodes
Unforgiven - The Reality vs The Romance
Finding Nemo - When Pixar Made Great Movies
Return of the Jedi - Our Journey Through Star Wars Continues
Major League - Working Together for the Common Good
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Relational Pain and Starting Over
Legally Blonde - Stereotypes Miss the Mark
I, Robot - What Was SciFi is Now Social Commentary
Wake Up Dead Man - A Knives Out Mystery
The Studio - Satirical Cringe Comedy that is Relatable
Godfather 2 - Parallel Stories of a Father and Son
Eddie The Eagle - Getting There Was the Goal
Slap Shot - When You Realize You Are Not Valued
Winter Break 4 - You People
Winter Break 3 - The Hangover Trilogy
Winter Break 2 - The Penguin Lessons
Winter Break 1 - The Last Showgirl
I Hate New Year's - And We Didn't Like This Movie
Goodfellas - Is it a Christmas Movie?
Four Christmases - Family Dysfunction is Reality
The Santa Clause - Do People Know Your identity?
Red One - Naughty and Nice, a Christian Perspective
Friendsgiving - The Need for Meaningful and Purposeful Relationships
All Quiet on the Western Front - Idealism, Reality, Pain, and Suffering
Wicked - Everyone Has a Story
The Haunted Mansion 2023 - Happy Halloween, Easter Eggs, and Community
Naked Gun 2025 - Have We Lost Our Ability to Laugh?
The Lost Healer - and Interview with Wilson Hickman
Good Will Hunting - Living Life and Not Simply Observing Life
Saturday Night - Intersecting Chaos
Better Man - Dance Monkey, Dance...
John Wick - Vengeance, Pain, Grief, and Relief
Taken: How Far Would You Go?
Bob Marley One Love - A Snapshot in Time
Nonnas - Family, Food, and Love
Happy Gilmore 2: The Sequel We Didn't Know We Needed!
The Penguin Lessons: Critical Moments, Love, and Forgiveness
Searching for the Elephant - A View from the Director and Lead Actor's Chairs
21 and 22 Jump Street - The End of a Comedy Genre
Hamilton - Live Theater vs. Cinema
The Last Showgirl - Aging, Changing Circumstances, and Adapting
The Lion King - Life is Not a Straight Line
Sideways - What is the Toxicity Level of Your Friendships?
The Hangover Trilogy: Is it THE PERFECT Trilogy?
Old School: Looking Behind, Looking Ahead...
The 200th Extravaganza!
The Bank of Dave - When David Beat Goliath
The Fast and Furious - A Franchise Based on Relativism
The Fall Guy - When an Entertaining Movie Fails
Blended - The Necessity of Both Moms and Dads
Conclave - Certainty is the Deadly Enemy of Tolerance
Zoolander: Vocation is More Than Brilliance
The Iron Claw - Parents Dreams or Children's Dreams?
Miracle - Coaching Matters
The Do-Over - What Would You Do Differently?
The Union - What Ifs and What Now
Inglorious Bastards - Do Two Wrongs Make a Right?
Movies that Disappoint Us
Winter Break 4 - Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
Winter Break 3 - Hillbilly Elegy
Winter Break 2 - 3:10 to Yuma
Winter Break 1: You People
New Year's Eve: When Google is Better Than the Story Line
It's A Wonderful Life - Sacrifice, Purpose, and Job
The Holdovers - Is it a Christmas Movie?
Spirited - A Modern, Musical Take on a Classic
Home Alone - When Everything is Wrong But is Still Right
Hillbilly Elegy - Grit, Determination, and Chaotic Circumstances
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? - What Journey Are YOU On?
Hacksaw Ridge - Following the Heart and Serving Inspire of...
Hubie Halloween - The People You Need To Know
3:10 to Yuma - Honoring Those Who are Honorable
You People - Cringe Worthy Uncomfortable (And You Should Be!)
The Accountant - Justifying Life's Plot Twists
Walk the Line: Perseverance, Experience, or Both?
Lucy - How Much Will You Grow in Mind?
The Long Game - Do You Recognize Your Prejudice?
The Two Popes - What Can We Learn from Each Other?
Vacation Friends - WHO are Your Real Friends?
Beverly Hills Cop 1 Axel F: Nostalgia is Important
Summer Break: The Irishman
Summer Break: Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2
Summer Break: This is Where I Leave You
Summer Break: Jurassic Park
Summer Break: Pastor's Kid
Summer Break: Black Panther, Wakanda Forever
Joe Dirt - WHO Values You?
Monsters Inc - Knowing What You Do Not Know
Yesterday - Sharing What You Know (Even When It's Not Yours)
We're the Millers - A Different Understanding of Family
Step Brothers - The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend?!
Knight and Day - Why Do You Admire Sacrifice?
Passengers: The Moral and Ethical Consequences of Decision Making
The Meg - You Don't Know What You Don't Know
Road House - Boundaries, Self-Control, and Self-Awareness
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - The Need for Parental Love and Guidance
Welcome to Marwen - Taking the Time to Know The Story
The Hitman's Bodyguard - Faithful to the Mission, Understanding of the People
Oppenheimer - Moral, Ethical, and Spiritual Sides
Minions - The Search for a Leader
Jesus Revolution
Barbie - Existential Questions and Real Life
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Living Life to the Full
Pastor's Kid - An Art-house Look at Real Faith
Heat - Family, Work, Right, and Wrong
Kingsman: The Secret Service - The Formative Relationships and Hard Work
Cool Runnings - Know Who You Are
Blades of Glory - An Exercise in Humility
This Is Where I Leave You - Love, Family, and Forgiveness
Pinocchio - Darkness, Sacrifice, and life
Best of...Bullet Train
Best of...Doctor Strange
Best of...The Descendents
Poseidon: What Drives Your Decisions?
Office Christmas Party - Dollars, Community, and What's Important
Catch Me If You Can - Is it a Christmas Movie???
Love Actually - A REAL Look at the Complexity of Love
Violent Night - Restore Us God...Including Santa?!
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - The One Matters
Gravity - Trials of Various kinds
Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2: Vengeance is Mine...saith Beatrix?!
Night at the Museum - Living "Childlike"
The Dark Knight - Chaos that Leads to Terror
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once - Existential Questions and Personal Reality
Luca - EVERYONE Has A Story (And it's Important to Know it!)
Deadpool - Transformational Moments (And the Same Snark)
The Descendants - Working Out Life and Forgiveness
50 First Dates - Persistence in Life, Love, and Community
Cocaine Bear - Finding Relatable Characters in Comedic Chaos
School of Rock - Identifying Giftedness
The Empire Strikes Back - Living in the middle of "Unresolved"
Remember the Titans - Overcoming Adversities and Creating Community
Asteroid City - You Can't Wake Up If You Don't Fall Asleep
Up! A Tender-hearted True to Life Animated Story
Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Question of Faith, Artifacts, and Cultural Impression
Summer Hiatus: Best of - Black Panther Wakanda Forever
Summer Hiatus: Best of - Dog Gone
Summer Hiatus: Best of - Batman Begins
Summer Hiatus: Best of Episode - Father Stu
Summer Hiatus: Best of Episode - Bullet Train
A Man Called Otto: Unconditional Love (Received and Given)
Doctor Strange: Getting Out of Your Own Way
Pulp Fiction: Layers of "Justification" Doesn't Make Anything Right
Shooting Stars: Perspective on Your Life
Bad Teacher: There is More Than YOU
Jurassic Park: Playing God is Dangerous
Zero Dark Thirty: When the Singular Mission is Finished
Like Father - Forgiveness and Community is Far Better Than Division and Isolation
Moneyball - Being Unconventional May be the Right Way!
The Greatest Beer Run Ever - How far will you go to demonstrate love?
Top Gun Maverick: Pushing Against the Rules (To our detriment or benefit?)
Praise This - Sinners and Saints
The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - "Every man (and woman) for themselves"
Obi Wan Kenobi - Fighting Through Crisis and Serving Others
Black Panther - Wakanda Forever: Death, Grief, and Peace
Tin Cup: Do You Define the Moment?
The Incredibles: You DO You
Bullet Train: Divine Providence (Necessity and Contingency)
Father Stu: Authenticity and Faithfulness to WHO YOU are...
Batman Begins - Community and Living on the Edge
The Irishman: Contrition, Confession, and Absolution...or Not?
The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Emotional Intelligence and Manipulation
Winter Hiatus: Elvis
Dog Gone: Just Because I'm Trying to Find My Way Doesn't Mean I'm Lost
Winter Hiatus: Thor - Love and Thunder
Winter Hiatus Episode 1: Knives Out
Ocean's Eleven: There is None Who are Righteous
The Polar Express - The Necessity of Faith
Batman Returns: Is it a Christmas Movie?
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - From Complexity to Simplicity
Devotion: The Complexity of Race, Relationships, and Integrity
The 100th Episode Extravaganza
War Dogs - Liars, Unethical Behavior, and Greed
Darkest Hour: Heavy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown
Men in Black - What are You Willing to Sacrifice?
Hocus Pocus: Protection and Sacrifice
The Nightmare Before Christmas - Seasonality, Schedules, and Calendars
Thor: Love and Thunder - "I Want to Love For YOU"
Knives Out - The Power of the Law and a Contrite Heart
The Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2: He May be Your Father, But He's Not Your Daddy!
House of Gucci - Generational Wealth, Greed, and Family Failure
Elvis - When Culture is Transformed
Jumangi - What Do YOU Lack?
The Big Short - Excessive Greed, Consequences, and More of the Same...
What's Coming Up on Christ, Culture, and Cinema...
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - The Big "What IF"
Lightyear: Coming Face to Face with Your Own Selfish Pride
Tic Tic Boom! What Community Does for You...and YOU for Community
Tropic Thunder - The False and Fake Searching for Authenticity
Summer Hiatus: Gladiator - The Power of the Crowd
Summer Hiatus: Toy Story - Lessons in Leadership
Summer Hiatus: Hidden Figures - Cultural Collisions and Rising Above
Summer Hiatus Classic: Judy - Ordinary is Extraordinary
The Wolf of Wall Street - The Unhealthy Pursuit of Money and Unhealthy, Unhinged Selfish Behavior
Ironman - The Moral Dilemma of Instruments of War and Peace
Hail Caesar! - Doing What is Easy vs. Doing What is Hard
National Lampoon's Summer Vacation - Creating Memories that Are Sacred and Spiritual
Midway - War and the Peace...and War?!
Top Gun: Persistence in the Face of Unguarded Expectations
The Shawshank Redemption - Remaining Faithful to Who You Are
The Godfather - An Exercise in Justifiable Morality in Light of Sacramental Faith
JAWS - What Drives Your Fear?
Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy: Authenticity Matters
What About Bob - More Relatable Than We'd Like to Admit!
The Martian: Community vs. Isolation
JoJo Rabbit - When a Child is a Child
Judy: Ordinary is Extraordinary
WandaVision - Episodic Story Telling of a Tale of Grief
Solo: A Star Wars Story - The Tension of Trying and Being "Good"
The Greatest Game Ever Played - Class Distinction vs. The Impartiality of God
American Underdog - The Kurt Warner Story - Patience and Long Suffering
Captain America - The First Avenger: What is Heroic?
Hidden Figures: Cultural Collisions and Rising Above
Encanto - The Pressures of Family and Transgenerational Trauma
Don't Look Up - When Selfishness Overwhelms the World
Toy Story - Lessons in Leadership
Gladiator: The Power of the Crowd
Revisiting a Classic: A Star is Born - The Mentoring Relationships that are Critical in Life
Revisiting a Classic: The Princess Bride - The Many Facets of Love
Forrest Gump - When the Real is Wrapped in the Fiction
White Christmas - Community, Comedy, and Care
Lethal Weapon: Is This a Christmas Movie?
Home Alone - Parental Chaos When a Child is "Missing"
Scrooged - Confronting Your Past, Seeing Your Future...Changing Your Way
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1 - "Unlikely Friendships that Collaborate and Endure"
Cruella - How Do I Respond to Those Who Persecute Me?
Ghostbusters - Though Devils All the World Should Fill...
The Florida Project - You Will Always Have the Poor With You
Zombieland Doubletap: Life in Ten Years
Coco: You Can't Hide the Lies Forever
Interstellar - Time and Eternity
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (And Story We Can All Relate To!)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (When Picking Up a Story in the Middle)
The Wedding Singer - "I Want to Grow Old with YOU"
Three Amigos - The Absurd and Weak
Black Widow - If You O Lord, Kept a Record of Sins...
Uncut Gems - "The Wages of Sin is Death"
Seven Days in Utopia - See, Feel, and Trust in God (Above All Things)
Jungle Cruise - Living Life and Counting Days
LaLa Land - Life, Intersecting Moments, and What Ifs
The Joker - The Broken and Battered of Society
Fever Pitch - Ritual, Community, and Belonging
The Tomorrow War - Parents, Children, and Relationships
Rambo - First Blood: The Power of Compassion
Ford vs Ferrari - Failure, Success, and Life's Challenges
Smokey and the Bandit - Honoring those in Authority
The Hunger Games: Fear, Hope, and Sacrifice
Sleepless in Seattle - It is not good for Man to be alone
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Temptation(s) with a Smile
Moana - Overcoming Fear and Embracing Your Call
A Star is Born - The Mentoring Relationships that are Critical in Life
Zombieland - Family, Rules, Travel...and Zombies
CaddyShack - Chaos, meaninglessness, and Purpose
The Natural - The Peaks and Valleys that Form Us
Hoosiers - Leadership and Redemption
The Legend of Bagger Vance - Seeing "Life" as the Field
Back to the Future - The Impact of the Past on Present Realities
Grand Torino - In Search of Family (and Redemption)
Big Hero 6 - No Greater Love Than This
Crazy Rich Asians - Romance and Family
The Queen's Gambit - The Love of Community in the Face of Personal Demons
Groundhog Day - The Grand Do-Over
The Princess Bride - The Many Facets of Love
Remember the Titans - Striving for Racial Unity and Cultural Appreciation
Tombstone: A Variety of Relationships and Life Choices
Trading Places - Social, Economic, Cultural, and Religious Influences...Do they Matter?
A Christmas Story - Proverbial Vignettes
Die Hard - A Christmas Movie: Good/Evil, Light/Darkness
Elf - A Truth that Compels and Propels
The Hunt for Red October - Faith and Conviction
Happy Gilmore - Giftedness and Mentoring Relationships
The Blues Brothers - Classic Cinema and The Mission of God