Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The final episode of the Harry Potter series is coming this Summer and the trailer is finally out. Watching it makes me wonder if this could be the finest continuous film series ever? Trilogies aside;...
View ArticleDark Knight Rises
Controversy hits the internet with opinion divided over the new Batman teaser poster. Some such as the guardian’s film critic Paul Owen see it as showing lack of invention looking too much like...
View ArticleLondon Students Ask God a Question…
Looking forward to speaking at the London wide university mission next week. We thought it was important to make this mission week dialogical from the beginning and so we asked students two simple...
View Article5 Things I learned from Jesus and the Lord of the Rings
This week I am leading a series of evening events at All Souls Langham Place, home church for the legendary evangelical statesman Dr John Stott. It is part of a week called Uncover a combined mission...
View Article5 things I learned at the Jesus and the Shawshank Redemption Event
1. Films are a shared language I am trying to follow the lead of Tolkien and Lewis in exploring the way that: The heart of Man is not compound of lies, but draws some wisdom from the only Wise, and...
View Article5 Things I learned at the Jesus and Inception event
1. Women lead the way It was inspiring to see so many quality women leaders within the UCCF staff team in London. They are doing a fantastic job of getting alongside students, stirring up unity for...
View ArticleHunger Games Review
Following a recent trend in teen fiction the Hunger Games is a dark and dystopian view of the future. Based on the first of a trilogy of novels the film tells the story of Katniss Everdeen’s quest for...
View ArticleLego Inception
LEGO ‘INCEPTION’ from VFX on Vimeo. Love this video. Just heard Christopher Nolan definitely won’t be making a 4th Batman movie. So I am hoping this isnt the closest we get to Inception 2. Here are...
View Article5 Things to enjoy about the Dark Knight Rises
Just come home from watching the Dark Knight Rises and really enjoyed it. The story line is gritty, the baddies are so brutally powerful making Batman look so weak and feeble. Its a 12A that’s...
View ArticleSkyfall and Adele
The Bond marketting machine is in full overdrive now. Must admit I thought it was a clever move having Adele do the theme. What do you make of this? Does it show Adele to have a voice that is pale...
View ArticleLong Walk
Must admit I am looking forward to watching Idris Elba play Nelson Mandella in the “Long Walk To Freedom” biopic. After “The Wire” and “Luther” it’s about time he got a good meaty role to play. He got...
View ArticleShort Term 12
I got to see an advance preview of this film and I loved it. Short Term 12 is a residential care home for young adults. It is staffed by a team of twenty somethings who act as security guards, drug...
View ArticleMichael Bay and the art of public speaking
So not everyone is wired to be an awesome public speaker, but everyone can get better. Here are 5 ways Michael Bay can get better after this car crash of a public speaking engagement. 1. Don’t rely on...
View ArticleWhy Everything is not awesome
As it’s been half term it’s been great to have more time to hang out with my children. We are big into movies in our house so over the week we went to see the Lego Movie and rented Cloudy with a...
View ArticleRecognising the gravity of your situation.
I have just watched the multi award winning film Gravity. I can see why it picked up so many golden globe and bafta accolades and is tipped to do well at this weekend’s Oscars. I watched it ironically...
View Article5 reasons to cheer on Noah
1. It’s an opportunity for conversation Imagine the scene: Friend ” I have been thinking a lot about God lately.” You “Which god is that? Is it the God as revealed in the Bible?” Friend “I’m not sure....
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