The original 1982 Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, is set in 2019, a time when Los Angeles is a dark, dreary, and rainy place.
On Screen
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Novelist Kent Haruf passed away in November, 2014.
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When the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia in 1975, Louong Ung was 5 years old
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Now that the weather is changing and we’ll all be spending a bit more time indoors,
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In 2007, Rev. Michael Spurlock received his first assignment as an Episcopal priest.
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Henrietta Lacks, a young black mother and wife, died of cervical cancer in 1951
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“Riot or Rebellion?” That was the sign I saw outside the Detroit Historical Museum,
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Usually ghost stories are about people being haunted by ghosts.
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You probably know already that Christopher Nolan’s film Dunkirk has received rave reviews
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In the early 1900s, Percy Fawcett tries to move up in the British military ranks with little success
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I’m certain most nerds have a special place in their hearts for Spiderman.
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Daniel Blake is 59, living in Newcastle upon Tyne in England.
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Shortly after World War II, a young man and a young woman notice each other at a missionary society dance in London.
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Maudie is based on the real life story of Maud Lewis, a Nova Scotian folk artist.
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Original sin and grace. Two things I wasn’t expecting
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Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, made a splash when it came out,
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When the news came out 14 months ago that a new Anne of Green Gables series was cooking from the creative "kitchen"
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In the common icebreaker game Two Truths and a Lie, players take turns coming up with two truths and a lie about themselves.
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The Case for Christ is a surprising film with no surprises.
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Reinhold Niebuhr was one of the most influential theologians and ethicists of the 20th century.
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It’s time to meet the parents.
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On the southernmost Italian island, Lampedusa, people live modest but mostly comfortable lives.
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Elections in the U.S. and Britain show a distinct distrust of the establishment.
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Back in 2011, Phil Vischer of VeggieTales fame produced the first in a 13-DVD series