Holy Moses: A Pregnant Nun, West Texas and… a Cow?
Every once in a while, the algorithm drops something in front of me that makes me ask:
How the hell did I get here?
This time, it was the short film Holy Moses, starring Amanda Seyfried.
It's only about 15 minutes long, but somehow it connects a pregnant nun in 1960s Ireland with a man at a gas station in West Texas in the late 1980s.
And what ties these two worlds together?
A cow.
Yes.
A COW.
The premise was strange enough that once I started watching, I needed to know where this was going.
Amanda Seyfried plays Mary, the pregnant nun, and the story jumps across decades and thousands of miles through what is described as a peculiar miracle.
It's weird.
It's religious.
It's mysterious.
And it's ambiguous enough to make me wonder what exactly I watched after it ended.
But unlike sitting through a two-hour movie only to discover I have no idea what happened, Holy Moses asks for about 15 minutes of my life.
I can make that investment.
And I actually found it interesting.
It feels less like a traditional short film and more like someone opening the door to a much bigger story, letting me look inside for a few minutes, and then closing it again.
Apparently, that isn't entirely accidental. Writer-director Eli Powers created Holy Moses as a proof of concept with the possibility of expanding the idea.
I'd watch that.
Because now I have questions.
Lots of questions.
And most of them somehow involve...
THE COW.
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Is Is God Is Worth Watching? The Title Almost Kept Me Away
I almost skipped Is God Is.
Not because of the cast. Not because of the story. Simply because I couldn't figure out what the title meant.
After finally watching it on Prime Video, I'm glad I gave it a chance.
This revenge thriller has moments that remind me of Kill Bill, features a talented cast, and raises questions that stay with me long after the credits roll. It isn't a perfect movie, but it's definitely one that got me thinking.
In my latest video, I break down what worked, what didn't, why the title makes more sense after watching the film, and whether I think it's worth adding to your watch list.
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