In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien writes about a kingdom called Gondor which for many years has had no king. While waiting for the rightful heir to come and claim his throne, a series of stewards has been placed in charge of the land. The steward in charge at the time of the events described in the book is named Denethor. He has two sons, Boromir and Faramir, both of whom figure prominently in the ...

A film made in 2002, The Magdalene Sisters, told the sad story of the "maggies" of Ireland. They got that nickname from Mary Magdalene, a revealing story in itself. The gospels mention only one fact of Mary Magdalene's past, that Jesus had driven seven demons from her. Nevertheless, a tradition grew that Mary Magdalene must have been the same woman as the prostitute who washed Jesus' feet with her ...

Finding Neverland is based on the true story of playwright J. M. Barrie (played by Johnny Depp) during the summer he wrote Peter Pan. Time spent playing imaginative games with four young boys going through a series of family crises helped Barrie to imagine the story about a boy who never grows up.

In this scene, Barrie is walking with his large dog in the park and has just met the four boys and their ...