Main Point: Life is tough enough without trying to live it alone, so let’s make a game plan to discuss life’s biggest issues. (NOTE: This Outreach Agenda is slightly different from the others. This one is intended to be a jumpstarter for your program, for instance, your first night back from summer break.)OPTIONAL Discussion Starter: Funny Top 10...
Rated PG-13 for sexual references throughout.Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear and Pierce BrosnanDirected by Douglas McGrath (Company Man and Emma)Honestly, I just don’t care how she does it. Kate Reddy (Parker) devotes her days to her job with a Boston-based financial management firm. At night she goes home to her adoring, recently-downsized architect husband Richard (Kinnear) and their...
Rated R for violence and terror.Starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee MadisonDirected by Troy NixeyScreenplay by Guillermo del ToroI think I’ll sleep with the lights on tonight.Based on the 1973 film with the same title (that director and writer Guillermo del Toro believes is the scariest TV production ever made) the story follows Sally (Bailee Madison), a young...
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense mixed martial arts fighting, some language and thematic material.Starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison, Noah Emmerich and Nick NolteDirected by Gavin O'Connor (Pride and Glory and Miracle)This is one of those films that if you let it, will grab a hold of your heart…and tear it up.An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic...
Rated R for brutal violent content including rape and torture, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, and language.Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer and Stellan SkarsgardDirected by David Fincher (The Social Network, Zodiac, Fight Club, and Seven)TODD’S WORD: This is a rough ride, but one worth taking.JONATHAN’S WORD: Sure… if you rent the original Swedish version.This English-language adaptation of the...
Rated PG for adventure action violence, some drunkenness and brief smoking.Starring Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell…Directed by Steven SpielbergWe both went in to this movie with some big expectations, after all, it was directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson. We wondered if Tintin would live up to similar films by these two filmmaking giants.Our reactions...
Main Point: Sometimes, people give terrible things to us, but God always gives perfect gifts. That’s the way it’s always been…and that’s the way it’s always gonna be. Discussion Starter: Jimmy Kimmel’s Christmas ChallengeJames “Jimmy” Kimmel is the host of the late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC and is no stranger to a practical joke…played out...