The Silver Chalice
The Silver Chalice, starring Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Virginia Mayo, Jack Palance Synopsis of The Silver Chalice Paul Newman – in his screen debut – plays a 1st-century Greek… Read More »The Silver Chalice
Shadowlands
Shadowlands (1993), starring Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Joseph Mazzello, directed by Richard Attenborough
Synopsis of Shadowlands
Shadowlands. This lavishly mounted adaptation of the play by William Nicholson tells the true story of a doomed love affair. Between novelist and noted Christian scholar C.S. Lewis and a Jewish-American poet. Anthony Hopkins stars as C.S. ‘Jack’ Lewis, an Oxford professor and successful author of the Chronicles of Narnia series of children’s fantasy novels. A confirmed bachelor, Jack’s existence is an inward life of the mind. Somewhat detached from the world, his only social outlet is evenings out at a local pub discussing philosophy and religion with his fellow lecturers. Jack has been corresponding with a bluntly intelligent American woman. She’s Joy Gresham (Debra Winger), who arrives to visit him, with her young son Douglas (Joseph Mazzello) in tow.
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Left Behind – World at War
Left Behind – World at War (2005), starring Lou Gossett Jr., Kirk Cameron, Gordon Currie, Brad Johnson, Chelsea Noble
Synopsis of Left Behind – World at War
President Gerald Fitzhugh (Lou Gossett Jr.) lives in a different world — everyone does. A year and a half ago hundreds of millions of people vanished. In the chaos, Nicolae Carpathia offered hope and now rules the entire world. But after Fitzhugh is nearly killed, he suspects Nicolae. Desperate, Fitzhugh forces journalist Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron) to help him, but soon they’re both running for their lives as the world is plunged into World War III.
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) starring Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jurgens, Robert Donat
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is an exceptional movie. Made even more exceptional by the fact that it’s based on a true story. It’s the story of Gladys Aylward (performed by Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca in a great performance). A British woman in the early 20th century who feels called by God to be a missionary in China.
Since she has no education or qualifications, the Missionary Society refuses to send her. Gladys steadfastly believes that God has called her there. So she works as a servant, putting money aside from each paycheck until she can afford a one-way trip to China. Once she’s there, she swiftly finds that her struggle is only beginning …
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Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
Armageddon – The Cosmic Battle of the Ages (Left Behind No. 11) by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. JenkinsSynopsis of Armageddon – Left Behind No. 11:
Left Behind: Armageddon is the beginning of the end for this popular Left Behind book series, as the living gets more dangerous — and one of the main characters is captured, with no escape possible.
The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon
The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon (Left Behind No. 10) by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Synopsis of The Remnant – Left Behind No. 10:
Back on track, Left Behind:The Remnant covers the continuing story of the members of the Tribulation Force. The Antichrist tightens his grip on the world. And one member of the Force rescued as another is martyred.Read More »The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon
Assassins – Left Behind No. 6
Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist (Left Behind No. 6) by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Synopsis of Assassins – Left Behind No. 6:
Assassins – Left Behind no. 6 is a very interesting book. There’s much character development, and much activity by the totalitarian Global Community. This leads up to a very surprise ending with the assassination of world leader Nicolae Carpathia.Read More »Assassins – Left Behind No. 6
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Disney The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Widescreen. C.S. Lewis’s classic novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe makes an ambitious and long-awaited leap to the screen in this modern adaptation. It’s a CGI-created world laden with all the special effects and visual wizardry modern film making technology can conjure, which is fine so long as the film stays true to the story that Lewis wrote. And while this film is not a literal translation — it really wants to be so much more than just a kids’ movie. For the most part it is faithful enough to the story. Whatever faults it has are happily faults of overreaching, and not of holding back.
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