The Visual Bible: ACTS (1994)
The NIV text of the Book of Acts is the script, with a narrator reciting the narrative & actors acting out the action and speaking the dialogue.
The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John (2003)
The Gospel of John uses the text of The Good News Bible as its script, relating the story of Jesus from baptism to death & resurrection.
The Visual Bible: MATTHEW (1993)
A filmed version of the NIV text of Matthew’s Gospel in which Richard Kiley’s Matthew dictates the text, the camera switching to actors who speak dialogue.
Meet Patrick Walsh, Creator of the CBS TV series LIVING BIBLICALLY
A New Yorker wanting to change his ways decides to live literally by the Bible, with amusing results.
LIVING BIBLICALLY (2018)
When a married man decides to improve his life by living his life according to the commands of the Bible, his life changes radically.
A Serious Man (2009)
The basic plot of the Bible’s Job, undeserved suffering, becomes the story of modern day Professor Larry Gopnik , beset by health, school, & family problems.
NOAH (2014)
Loosely based on the Bible story, this is a special effects-generated adventure tale in which Noah and family must fight for the ark & worry about t. future.
Twisters (2024)
Director Lee Isaac Chung’s disaster film is about as thrilling as it can get, far more entertaining than a screen full of wisecracking Marvel superheroes. Its love story is predictable, though be forewarned to watch closely the last scene where it diverges from the usual romantic pattern. Though following in the path of Jan de …
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (2024)
Kevin Costner’s new foray into the Western genre is certainly on an epic scale—growing from originally one movie to a projected series of four—but Chapter 1 is far too confusing because of its many characters and the shifting lines of its four plots. (I wish he could redo it as a cable series.) The one …
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Inside Out 2 (2024)
It has been about 9 years since Pixar’s innovative Inside Out helped children and their familis understand the emotions that dwelt within them, sometimes controling their reactions to the external world. Like many fans of that film, I wondered if a sequel could live up to high quality of the original, and am glad to …