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Tag Archives: Louie Zamperini
Unbroken: A Second Look (Movie Review)
A month after seeing Unbroken for the first time, I went back with a group of folks from church to see what new insights I might glean from director Angelina Jolie’s cinematic translation of Laura Hillenbrand’s bestseller Unbroken: A World War II Story … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Events, Movie Reviews, Theology
Tagged alcoholism, Angelina Jolie, Jack O'Connell, Louie Zamperini, PTSD
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My [Definitive] Best Of 2014 (Movies, Books, & TV)
One friend challenged me to read fifty books this year; another asked me what my movie-to-book ratio was- said there was no way I actually read that many books with the movies I review regularly. So this year, I kept … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Comics, Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Sports, Theology
Tagged Adam Hamilton, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Anderson, Anthony Horowitz, batman, Blackish, brad Pitt, Church of the Redeemer, darren aronofsky, Edge of Tomorrow, Fury, Guardians of the Galaxy, hands free mama, how to train a dragon, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, kyle idleman, Lauren Hillebrand, Lego Movie, Live Die Repeat, Louie Zamperini, Making Sense of the Bible, Matthew McConaughey, Moriarity, Noah, pierce brown, Red Rising, Scott Snyder, The Divide, The Song, The Wake, Tom Cruise, True Detective, Will Ferrell, woody harrelson
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Unbroken: Surviving The Darkness (or, How Angelina Jolie Made A Movie About Faith) (Movie Review)
Louie Zamperini’s troubled childhood was saved by competitive running, a winding road that led to racing in the Olympics (Germany, 1936). But World War II tabled his running career, and after forty-seven days adrift at sea, internment in a Japanese prisoner of war … Continue reading
Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In: Cynthia Zamperini-Garris On Unbroken, Her Father, & His New Book
What would you do if you were lost at sea? Imprisoned and beaten in an enemy war prison? Losing the love of your life because of your own addiction and anger? In 1949, Louie Zamperini heard Billy Graham preach, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Events, Interviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Sports, Theology
Tagged Angelina Jolie, Cynthia Zamperini-Garris, David Rensin, Louie Zamperini, Luke Zamperini, plane crash, POW, The Bird, Unbroken, USC, World War II
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The Be-Attitudes: Challenged Or Beaten Down (Sunday’s Sermon Today)
Sometimes, I think that the Church has a persecution complex. We can convince ourselves in the holy huddle, the protective bubble of family and friends who think like we do, that ‘the world’ (whatever that is) is out to get … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Events, Sermons, Sports, Theology
Tagged Louie Zamperini, WIll Muschamp
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