Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

1More Film Blog

Home
Religious Music & Entertainment

Disclosure–AS

Select a Category 10 Years Later 1999 Top 5 2007 Top 10 2008 Favorite Discoveries 2008 Top 10 2009 Favorite Discoveries 2009 Top 10 2010 Favorite Discoveries 2010 Top 10 2011 Top 10 2012 Top Ten 2013 Top Ten 2014 Top Ten Best Picture Winners Christian Spotlight on Entertainment Christianity Today Coming Soon Disclosure Disclosure--AS Disclosure--Book Disclosure--DVDS Disclosure--SEOL Disclosure--Travel Dissenting Opinion Elsewhere Emergenetics Essays Featured Film Fest DC--2014 Film Festivals Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2010 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2011 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2012 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2014 Headline Interviews Laura on the Oscar Winners Podcasts Quick Impressions Reviews RiverRun Film Festival 2014 Television The Criterion Collection The Thin Place To Stream or Not to Stream? Top 10s and Other Lists Toronto International Film Festival 2009 Toronto International Film Festival 2010 Toronto International Film Festival 2011 Toronto International Film Festival 2012 Toronto International Film Festival 2013 Toronto International Film Festival 2014 Uncategorized Video Virginia Film Festival 2011 Virginia Film Festival 2013 Women's Film Festival 2012

Select a Month February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009

August 2013

August 21, 2013

You’re Next (Wingard, 2013)

Making a horror movie must be a little like writing a sonnet. The form is...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (Hinojosa, 2012)

I did not intentionally watch Iceberg Slim on the week in which a man of...

July 09, 2013

Terms and Conditions May Apply (Hoback, 2013)

I haven't been this depressed after a movie since An Inconvenient Truth.

June 2013

June 21, 2013

Some Girl(s) — (von Scherler Mayer, 2013)

An oddly engaging but ultimately unsatisfying endeavor, Some Girl(s) is best described as a cross...

June 16, 2013

Free China: The Courage to Believe (Perlman, 2011)

One of the more unfortunate side-effects of the polarization and politicization of American discourse is...

June 01, 2013

What Maisie Knew (McGehee and Siegel, 2013)

Kids see, hear, and understand as much as we fear and more than we let...

May 2013

May 03, 2013

Iron Man 3 (Black, 2013)

The strange thing, the downright bizarre thing, about this quest is that Marvel Studios and...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

Pain & Gain (Bay, 2013)

"Is it just me, or is Michael Bay giving a deliberate middle finger to the...

April 19, 2013

Oblivion (Kosinski, 2013)

Oblivion may be one of those films that is easier to mock than to dislike....

April 18, 2013

Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (Bernstein, 2012)

Ungerer ties his bold proclamation that "children should be traumatized" to his artistic vision that...

April 09, 2013

Exporting Love, Exporting Hate

One of the more striking contrasts between Rocky's mission and IHOP's is that his orphans...

April 07, 2013

The Editor and The Dragon (Campbell and Clark)

In 1953, the Pulitzer Prize for was awarded to the editor of the Tabor City...

April 05, 2013

After Tiller (Shane & Wilson)

Abortion is not an abstraction.

March 2013

March 31, 2013

Remote Area Medical (Reichert & Zaman, 2013)

It is hard to think of a proclamation of Jesus that is harder to understand--or...

March 30, 2013

Venice Souvenir (Gaffin, 2013)

Comprised of dozens of short (one or two minute) vignettes, Venice Souvenir attempts to capture...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (Wirkola, 2013)

From column one select a famous name (historical or fictional). From column two select a...

January 19, 2013

Crossroad (Youssefian 2012)

The problem with Crossroad is not that it is Christian nor even that it is...

January 12, 2013

Little Red Wagon (Anspaugh, 2012)

The simple narrative and self-consciously "PG" script will no doubt prompt Lifetime movie comparisons from...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

Les Misérables (Hooper, 2012)

Watching Les Misérables is a bit like listening to a young pop star do a...

December 13, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Jackson, 2012)

Parts are camp comedy, parts CGI sword slashing, parts solemn intonations about fate and when...

December 02, 2012

The Central Park Five (Burns, Burns, and McMahon)

The most depressing thing about The Central Park Five, for me, was its only hazy...

November 2012

November 09, 2012

Skyfall (Mendes, 2012)

There's nothing seriously wrong with Skyfall, except, perhaps, a little too much Christopher Nolan envy.

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Macky Alston Interview

“God’s Mandate is to Love One Another” Macky Alston’s father was a Presbyterian minister who...

September 2012

September 05, 2012

Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines (Guevara-Flanagan, 2012)

Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines is a serviceable if somewhat superficial summary...

September 01, 2012

Leviathan (Castaing-Taylor and Paravel, 2012)

Leviathan is not a narrative film.

August 2012

August 13, 2012

La Source (Shen, 2012)

Everyone thinks they would be more generous if they had just a little more.

August 10, 2012

The Law in These Parts (Alexandrowicz 2011)

What is the difference been "occupied" and "held" territories?

July 2012

July 19, 2012

The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012)

As I've acknowledged elsewhere, the Batman of this series of films is not the same...

June 2012

June 19, 2012

Brave (Chapman, Andrews, and Purcell 2012)

Payoff there is, but I found my own emotions at the conclusion somewhat muted by...

June 15, 2012

Rock of Ages (Shankman, 2012)

The most surprising thing about Rock of Ages is that I was prepared to like...