Resources

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Furious Seven & Begin Again

Furious Seven & Begin Again

Furious Seven, Directed by: James Wan Begin Again, Directed by: John Carney Furious Seven is a bad ...
Cashing In On Big Ideas

Cashing In On Big Ideas

Poe, Marshall "Meme Weaver: The Author Tries—and Fails—to Cash in on a Big Idea" The Atlantic Monthly (October ...
Truth

Truth

Directed by: James Vanderbilt Truth is the story of the scandal involving CBS news reporting it had ...
East of Eden

East of Eden

By: John Steinbeck (New York: Viking Press, 1952) Summary: Steinbeck, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the ...
Minions

Minions

Directed by: Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud Minions is as cute and hilarious as expected. Funny, isn’t ...
The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature & Writing

The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature & Writing

Editor: Leland Ryken (Colorado Springs: WaterBrook Press, 2002) Summary: “The great sin of most of the ...
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (New York: Vintage Classics, ...
The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible

By: Barbara Kingsolver (New York: HarperCollins, 1998) Summary: The five members of the Price ...
Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station

Directed by: Ryan Coogler America is struggling again with the questions of racism, police brutality, and ...
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

Directed by: Francis Lawrence The Hunger Games has proved a resilient franchise, largely because of the ...
Inside Out

Inside Out

Directed by: Pete Docter Latest in the Pixar pantheon of kid’s movies made for adults, Inside Out takes a ...
Blackfish

Blackfish

Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite (CNN Films, 2013) PG-13. Summary: On February 24, 2010 at SeaWorld in ...