Film Friday

Film Friday

A weekly Movie Moment that brings the Bible to life.

Why?

Why do we value the life of another?Why do we believe people are precious?Why do believe in freedom and peace?Why do we hope for better things?Why do we long for …

Downsizing – the line in our hearts

In the film Downsizing Paul discovers a groundbreaking way to improve his life – to go smaller! If he undertakes a process to become one of the little people – …

MI7:Dead Reckoning & escaping life

Having recently seen the seventh Mission Impossible movie, Dead Reckoning, in which Ethan Hunt and his buddies motorcycle off cliff edges, battle their way through tumbling railway carriages, and peel …

The Amateur – Out of our depth

When CIA decoder Heller sets out on a mission to avenge the death of his wife he soon finds himself out of his depth. He is brilliant technician and gadget …

Accidental Hero – Mistakes and triumphs

Bernie is not your typical hero – he’s the kind of guy who will pinch anything not nailed down. If they were giving out medals for wheeling and dealing, pinching …

The Last Showgirl

Shelly is a showgirl, who has been dancing in an old-fashioned glamorous Vegas show for 30 years. But that show is now due to close down and this sends her …

Time Travel is Dangerous – the here and now

Ruth and Megan run their own vintage shop, but they source their stock from an unusual place. Or rather places. They have acquired a car which can time travel. Not …

Snow White – Reflections on being acceptable

In the new life-action film Snow White we see the wicked step-mother regularly talking to her mirror, presenting herself and asking who is the fairest in the land. Of course …

Mr Burton – Mentors and friends

This is a film about Philip Burton, the man who helped Richard Burton become the greatest actor Wales has ever produced. Back then, before being helped and mentored by Philip …

The King of Kings & Living Letters

There is a new animated film out at the moment, based on the life of Jesus, it’s called The King of Kings. I haven’t yet seen it but thought I …

Bridget Jones – Mayhem and Muddling

Bridget Jones is back with her diary. In the film Mad About the Boy we find Bridget and her children Mable and Billy struggling with the loss of her husband Mark …

Belfast – Jesus and life’s reality

I have been at Scargill House in Yorkshire this week, speaking on God in our ordinary lives. And during the week I had the chance to watch the film Belfast …

William Tell

The swashbuckling film William Tell begins with the legendary moment when William is attempting to shoot an apple of his son’s head. Then it jumps back in time and we …

September 5

This film is about the terror and tragedy at the Munich Olympics in 1972, when eleven Israeli hostages and were held captive and then murdered in the Olympic village. We …

Here – this precious now

In the film Here, we watch a single spot through the ages, from the dinosaurs up to the house built on the land in the present day. Much of the …

A Complete Unknown – changing times

There is a scene in this biopic about Bob Dylan’s early days, when Bob plays the Newport festival and the crowd boo him. He had been adored by the new …

Better Man – the struggle to fit in

In the biographical film Better Man, the singer Robbie Willams is played by a CGI monkey, which may sound strange at first, but one of the themes of the movie …