Join us each month as we enjoy a movie together with a spiritual theme.
Some of the themes we plan to explore in our movies this year are the conflict of religion and science, religious tolerance, famous Unitarian Universalists, and social justice. Each movie will be followed by a short discussion on the topics raised by the movie. Some movies will be accompanied by a short, optional reading that is related to the movie.
You can see our current and recent movies above. Please check this website each month for the title, date, time and location. Movies will be typically hosted on Friday or Saturday evenings at 7 PM at the home of Dan Flippo or another member of the congregation. Please RSVP for each event with the host of the event.
Feel free to bring your favorite beverages and snacks to share.
If you would like to suggest a movie or volunteer to host a movie night, please contact Dan Flippo. Please note that we typically have about a dozen people at each movie.
Some of the movies we have shown:
- The Invention of Lying – February 2012
- Godspell – April 2012
- The Man From Earth – May 2012
- Deserting Heaven – July 2012
- Contact – August 2012
- Creation: How Darwin Saw the World and Changed It Forever – September 2012
- Dogma – October 2012
- Die Welle (“The Wave”) – November 2012
- A Christmas Carol – December 2012 (2010 Disney Version)
| Movies from Popcorn Theology | Movies from Popcorn Theology Too |
| Back to the Future (how our choices affect the future) | Apollo 13 (creativity and flexibility can be literally a life-saver) |
| Star Trek Generations (finding inner peace) | Gattaca (how perfectionism leads to oppression) |
| Forrest Gump (cultivating an attitude of gratitude) | Life of Pi (taming the tiger in all of us) |
| Saved! (between right and wrong) | Jesus Christ Superstar (he is who we say he is) |
| Little Buddha (the concept of karma) | Spiderman (with great power comes great responsibility) |
| Star Trek: The Final Frontier (how truth is determined by perspective | Star Trek: First Contact (fear & anger) |
| Oh, God! (thinking about the big questions) | Traitor (the fine line between terrorism and patriotism) |
| Bruce Almighty (things we have control over and those we do not) | The Hunger Games (economic disparity) |
| Heaven Can Wait (concept of a soul) | Million Dollar Baby (the right to die) |
| Contact (the conflict between faith and science) | X-Files: I Want to Believe (the power of belief) |
| Bowling for Columbine (fear and violence in our society) | I, Robot (what constitutes intelligent life?) |
| Hotel Rwanda (how inaction leads to injustice) | Knowing (how does knowing the future change what we do?) |
| Jurassic Park (ethics and science) | Jesus Camp (indoctrination and political activism) |
| Dances with Wolves (being open to the “other”) | Stargate: The Ark of Truth (the lesser of two evils) |
| Willow (overcoming self doubt) | Gandhi (the way of truth and love) |
| The Fellowship of the Ring (overcoming temptation) | Super 8 (bad things happen, but you can still live) |
| Hoosiers (offering forgiveness) | Paycheck (we have the power to make it happen) |
| Field of Dreams (achieving our dreams) | Evan Almighty (random acts of kindness can change the world) |
Other Movies we will consider:
- Dead Man Walking (the death penalty and racism)
- Boys Don’t Cry (oppression of transgender persons)
- Agora
- The Space Between
- Glory
- Schindler’s List
- Waiting for Superman
- Avatar
- The Ledge
- Darwin’s Darkest Hour
- The Ultimate Gift
- Brokeback Mountain
- Princess Mononoke
- An Inconvenient Truth
- The Cider House Rules
- Why We Fight
- The Last Temptation of Christ
- Munich
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Green Mile
- The Apostle
- The Da Vinci Code
- Angels and Demons
- for the BIBLE tells me so
- Milk
- Dead Poets Society
- Chely Wright: Wish Me Away