The entire first season of The Rings of Power has been released. Because I did an initial reaction show to the first two episodes with Dr. Sørina Higgins, I thought it would be fun to have her back. Joining her is Dr. Charlie Starr to reflect on The Rings of Power now that the premier …
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Normally my weekly resource highlight is very specifically related to C.S. Lewis, however I received permission from Dr. Charlie Starr (the author of the following article) to share a review of the controversial movie NOAH. Dr. Starr is a Lewis scholar and in addition to referencing Lewis several times manages to help the reader see a larger issue at hand besides this individual movie.
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I’ve seen Christians screaming about the biblical inaccuracies of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah film and the license he took with the story, and on the other hand I’ve seen not just unbelievers but Christians screaming at the Christians who don’t like somebody mucking with a text they hold sacred, a story they believe really happened. It seems to me the first group is being inconsistent and the second group is being insensitive.
Many are reflecting on the 50th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’s death, but today (11/29) is the 115th anniversary of his birth. The follow interview features three people I’ve had as a guest previously sharing their thoughts on several questions I asked them related to aspects of Lewis’s works they’ve enjoyed and how his material has impacted their life. These guests are Peter Williams, Dr. Charlie Starr and Colin Duriez.
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Version 1.0 / 11/25/23 The following is a transcript of a conversation I had with Crystal Downing, Terry Glaspey and Charlie Starr (each have a PhD degree), who are familiar with storytelling and movie making. After using an automated process to convert the audio to text, some light editing was done to (hopefully) make it …
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Here’s a TRANSCIPT of the audio How BAD of a choice is Greta Gerwig for Narnia? Is it even possible she could be a GOOD choice? How difficult is it to even adapt a book into a movie? These and other issues are addressed by Drs. Crystal Downing, Terry Glaspey and Charlie Starr. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen …
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Timely and timeless news and information about Lewis and selected related authors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to The Latest on C.S. Lewis Ep. 22 (podcast/audio-only version) Watch it on YouTube: Last “Latest on Lewis” Post https://essentialcslewis.com/2023/08/23/latest-on-lewis-august-2023-update/ The New York C.S. Lewis Society (Lewis Manuscripts w/ Charlie Starr) http://www.nycslsociety.com/meetings C.S. Lewis Society of Central Indiana (Misquotes w/ William O’Flaherty) https://www.facebook.com/CSLewisofCentralIndiana …
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Timely and timeless news and information about Lewis and selected related authors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to The Latest on C.S. Lewis Ep. 9 (podcast/audio-only version) Watch it on YouTube: If you have news or other related information about C.S. Lewis that you want me to consider sharing, email me here: info (at) essentialcslewis.com Links to Items Mentioned: …
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It’s no secret that C.S. Lewis was friends with J.R.R. Tolkien (unless you didn’t know). Did you also know that Lewis read what we now know as The Hobbit several years before it was published in 1937?! This year (2202) makes the 85th anniversary of its publication, so it seemed fitting to highlight some of the …
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The following special edition of the All About Jack podcast features an UNOFFICIAL audio commentary of the movie The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis starring Max McLean. Drs. Crystal Hurd and Charlie Starr joined William O’Flaherty to provide reflections on the movie itself and interesting facts about C.S. Lewis to help you …
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The following is the sixth and final show in a mini-series of podcast interviews on The Faun’s Bookshelf. The previous episode provided an in-depth look at the third part of the book. This show goes into more detail about the fourth and final part of the book and also gives a short summary of the earliest …
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