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What The 2023 Oscars Love (And Hate) About Religion
What The 2023 Oscars Love (And Hate) About Religion

(ANALYSIS) The 2023 Oscar nominees have largely given up on real religion. Portrayals of religion in the real world are almost exclusively cartoonishly negative, but the movies also acknowledge that a world without religion isn’t great either. Instead of real religion, the academy seems to believe in a handful of imaginary religions created for the silver screen. 

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Film & TV, Arts & Culture, Entertainment, North AmericaJoseph HolmesJoseph Holmes, Oscars 2023, Oscars, the academy, Academy Awards, Elvis, The Whale, Women Talking, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Fabelmans, The Banshees of Inisherin, Black Panther, Catholicism, Christianity, Judaism, Avatar, Top Gun, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Triangle of Sadness, Tar, Primary Feature Comment
How Gospel Music Influenced Elvis — And What The Biopic Missed
How Gospel Music Influenced Elvis — And What The Biopic Missed

(REVIEW) “Elvis,” the biopic that explores the life and career of the “King of Rock ’n’ Roll,” shows him as a larger-than-life figure and an extremely talented performer who was largely inspired by gospel music. This is what the movie gets right, and what it missed out on.

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Film & TV, North AmericaMyrian GarciaMyrian Garcia, Elvis, Bad Luhrmann, Gospel, gospel music, movie review, Memphis, How Great Thou Art, the king, Recharge Comment