In honor of Lent, we are back to discuss three Catholic themed movies for our third episode. (Well, not all of them are movies, and not all of them are Catholic, but we explain what we mean by that in the podcast.) We tried to think outside the box on this one, focusing our discussion on three ages of Catholicism: antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times.

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Below are show notes with a bunch of clips, and they’re all worth checking out. Seriously. We hope you enjoy!

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We were planning on letting the Disney episode sit for a while before recording a second episode. However, we decided at the last minute to rant a little bit about the 8 Best Picture nominees before the 2019 Oscars this Sunday renders them moot. Apart from one movie that the both of us really enjoyed, the nominees are overall quite blah. Hopefully, the ceremony will make up for their mediocrity. (HA! Couldn’t keep a straight face there!) Of course it won’t!

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The 8 nominations are (in order of discussion):

A Star is Born

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Welcome to the debut episode of Ruminations, a podcast on movies, politics, and religion, discussed over a glass—or three—of some type of adult beverage. In this inaugural episode, co-hosts Chris and Steve discuss the 57 animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. This conversation has been five years in the making, as it was the summer of 2014 when Chris and Steve began a chronological journey through Disney’s official filmography, starting with 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This endeavor finally came to its conclusion last year (December 2018, to be exact) with the release of Disney’s most recent movie, Ralph Breaks the Internet.

For ease of discussion, each co-host compiled an individual ranking from best to worst; a combined average was then taken to create a single master list. The master list’s Bottom 10 and Top 10 will be highlighted specifically in this episode. For the complete ranking, additional notes, and movie clips, follow the show notes link below. For now, please listen and enjoy!

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