Movies
Why Disney’s original animated Sleeping Beauty is the best cinematic fairy tale adaptation
By Megan Saben |
In Megan's humble opinion, the best fairy tale adaptation ever is the Disney classic animated version of Sleeping Beauty (1959). Here's why. It opens with ...
Read More Bookish Christmas Fun
By Betsy Farquhar |
Are you looking ahead to a Christmas that doesn't involve extra family and friends as much as previous years' celebrations? Perhaps you usually travel, but ...
Read More Shakespeare at the Movies
By Janie Cheaney |
If you have a chance to catch a Shakespeare play performed on a real stage with live actors, DO IT! That's what he wrote the ...
Read More Muppet Treasure Island: a Film Review by a Teen
By Betsy Farquhar |
A Film Review? Film reviews are not prominent here on Redeemed Reader. However, we all enjoy a good film adaption of a favorite book or ...
Read More The Pilgrim’s Progress Movie
By Megan Saben |
The movie version of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, which included some creative liberties, was faithful to the themes of the classic allegory and fueled a delightful ...
Read More The Princess Bride by William Goldman
By Betsy Farquhar |
The Princess Bride is just as delightful in book form as it is in movie form (or vice versa, depending on which you've already experienced!). ...
Read More Every Day by David Levithan
By Janie Cheaney |
The movie version of Every Day, based on David Levithan's YA novel of the same title, opens today. Here's our review from 2012 that addresses ...
Read More *Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
By Betsy Farquhar |
Same Kind of Different As Me is an emotional and spiritual memoir of two men who became friends despite their backgrounds, races, and preconceptions. *Same Kind ...
Read More Teach Literary Elements With … Movies!
By Betsy Farquhar |
All stories share the same literary elements, be they written or acted, books or movies. Summer Blockbusters For the Win And movies are a terrific ...
Read More To See or Not To See: The RR Team Reflects on the New Beauty and the Beast
By Betsy Farquhar |
This discussion is part of our Beauty and the Beast Adventure this month. The text below reflects several ongoing discussions the Redeemed Reader team has had via ...
Read More Movie Night: One Night with the King
By Janie Cheaney |
The Bible has always provided material for the big screen, with the 1950s and early 60s being the golden age, perhaps of scripture cinema. I ...
Read More The Queen of Katwe: Book and Movie Review
By Betsy Farquhar |
This is a featured title in our Beauty and the Beast Adventure. Redeemed Reader is not affiliated with or endorsing the new Disney Beauty and the ...
Read More Movie Night: Penelope
By Janie Cheaney |
What’s a girl to do if she’s born with a pig’s nose? If her family has money, that’s some consolation, but Penelope’s family is also ...
Read More Beauty and the Beast – Devotional #1
By Janie Cheaney |
Me and My Mirror Is there anyone reading this who has never, in their lives, spent time staring into a mirror seeking out all the ...
Read More Beauty and the Beast Adventure
By Betsy Farquhar |
Join us as we dive into the themes and stories behind Beauty and the Beast during the month of March! And don't worry, it's not just for girls--we ...
Read More Twelfth Night: Shakespeare’s Christmas Play
By Betsy Farquhar |
Twelfth Night, or What You Will is not exactly a Christmas play, I'll admit. But "Twelfth Night" does refer to the 12th night of the ...
Read More “The book is a lot better than the movie” – Usually
By Janie Cheaney |
I've been thinking a lot about movies lately--perhaps because my latest novel, published this month, is set in the early days of the silent film ...
Read More Avengers: Age of Ultron Resources! (+ Printable)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Emily reviewed Avengers: Age of Ultron at Worldmag.com. If you'll click "Listen" at the bottom of that post, you can also hear hints from ...
Read More Cinderella Radio Review: Listen Here!
By emily |
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/195843489" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /] Thanks to Megan Saben, Betsy Farquhar, Kristen Eicher (producer!) and my daughter, Rebecca, for making this review possible! ...
Read More City of Bones: Movie Review
By Hayley Morell |
As the cinematic version of City of Bones hits theaters this week,
Read More Grace and Law and Two Silver Candlesticks
By Janie Cheaney |
I love musicals—always have, ever since my sister and I sang along to original cast recordings and movie soundtracks for Rogers & Hammerstein and Lerner ...
Read More Other Lives: Reading and Watching Anna Karenina
By Janie Cheaney |
The latest movie version of Anna Karenina is not for family viewing, because it deals with "adult" themes more graphically than it needs to. The ...
Read More Real or Not Real? The Hunger Games Movie is Good For Teens….
By emily |
***SPOILER ALERT: SOME PARTS OF THE END OF THE STORY REVEALED BELOW To read Janie's review of the book, see Hungry. Today, the much anticipated ...
Read More The Lorax: A Book and Movie Meditation
By emily |
“It is to be broken. It is to be torn open. It is not to be reached and come to rest in ever. I turn ...
Read More My Dragon Tattoo: A Book and Movie Review
By emily |
Last Wednesday, I sat down with a friend at the Regal Cinema nearby to watch "the feel bad movie of Christmas." For the uninitiated, that's ...
Read More One More Movie Post: The Lightning Thief
By Janie Cheaney |
In our continuing tradition of slopping over themes to the following week, I wanted to weigh in one more time on our book/movie emphasis. Partly ...
Read More Should Christian Kids See Harry Potter?
By emily |
Or for you parents, will your kids be going to see the final Harry Potter movie released to theaters this week? If so, for what ...
Read More ‘True Grit’ and True Grace
By emily |
“Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for ...
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