by Coop Cooper Two more films that could receive an Oscar nomination or two... “Silence” - In the 17th Century, the Jesuit order in Portugal begins receiving disturbing reports that their missionary priests in Japan are being detained and that the authorities are persecuting the 300,000 Christian followers in the Country. Two Jesuit priests, Fathers Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Garupe (Adam Driver) volunteer to covertly enter Japan in order to discover the facts and locate their mentor, Father Ferreira (Liam Neeson), who is said to have disappeared. They smuggle themselves into mainland Japan where they are immediately greeted by native Japanese Christians who live in hiding and tell tales of Christians being rounded up, tortured and executed under the country's recent ban on the religion. As the priests venture further into the country, they discover those who enforce the ban have developed a frighteningly effective method for ridding the country of Christianity...