As a mediaphile and a student of the Bible, I add to my celebration of Easter and Christmas a revisit to two cinematic productions, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and THE NATIVITY, that sought to transpose the scriptural accounts into their historical contexts. As a film cannot contain the whole of a book, neither can it encompass all of the scholastic research on the crucification or birth of Jesus (there will be errors and omissions), however it can do what movies do so well - it can move us into the perspective of those who were part of that event. Both of these movies do this for me. Both have stellar casts who give us great performances. The cinematography is profound, the scores are beautiful. The choice of locations tell their own stories well. For all of those reasons, I give these films 10 (splendid) out of 10. [Historical Drama]