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August 2016

August 26, 2016

Review: Don’t Breathe

"Don't Breathe" is a late summer surprise, a superbly crafted genre piece thick with suspense and...

August 23, 2016

Jesus VR, the Ark Encounter and fetishizing authenticity

Next month, visitors to the Venice Film Festival will have the opportunity to view the...

August 16, 2016

5 Great Ideas for “God’s Not Dead 3”

If you've read this site for awhile, you're likely aware that, despite my interest in...

August 12, 2016

Review: “Pete’s Dragon”

"Pete's Dragon" returns wonder to family movies. Director David Lowery's remake of the 1977 Disney...

August 10, 2016

“Film Nerd 2.0” promises a movie education for parents and kids

Back when I started this blog, I created a list of some of my favorite...

August 08, 2016

BoJack Horseman, Ecclesiastes and the search for happiness

The best show on television right now is a cartoon about an alcoholic horse. Three...

August 03, 2016

5 Reasons ‘Stranger Things’ is Great

If you read my July wrap up, you know that I've been obsessed with Netflix's...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

The Monthly Catch: “Stranger Things,” BoJack, Star Trek and more!

I cannot believe we're at the end of August already. We're having an incredibly busy...

July 29, 2016

Review: “Gleason”

Early in "Gleason," former football player Steve Gleason, who is beginning to experience the first...

July 24, 2016

The joy of disconnecting

This past week, our world tiptoed closer to dystopia. A fear-mongering bully officially became...

July 15, 2016

Review: “Ghostbusters”

"Ghostbusters" is what happens when originality clashes with lucrative intellectual property. Truthfully, Paul Feig's remake...

July 08, 2016

Review: The Secret Life of Pets

Dear parents: It's inevitable — you're going to see "The Secret Life of Pets." Your kids, who...

July 03, 2016

Popcorn in the pews

When I was in my twenties, my friends referred to the movies as my second...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

The Monthly Catch: ‘Vertigo,’ ‘A.I.,’ ‘O.J.,’ Evolution and Sarah Bessey

Every month, I sit and plan out the blog posts I hope to write over...

June 24, 2016

No, ‘Independence Day’ was not your generation’s ‘Star Wars’

So, there's not a review here for this week's big release, "Independence Day: Resurgence." In...

June 22, 2016

Halftime: The best films of 2016 (so far)

We're quickly approaching the midpoint of the year, and it's been an interesting one. If...

June 20, 2016

Top 10 Pixar moments to make you cry

As Finding Dory just kept swimming into theaters this weekend, it provided another opportunity to...

June 17, 2016

Review: “Finding Dory”

Five years after its release, "Cars 2" still instills dread in Pixar lovers. Never mind...

June 15, 2016

Interview with comic book artist Ted Woods

Here's a new feature I'm hoping to implement more regularly on this blog. Constant readers...

June 14, 2016

The strange love affair between Christians and guns

This isn’t the first time I’ve addressed this, and I hate that. This post, in...

June 10, 2016

“The Conjuring 2”: Ghostbusting with love

James Wan's "Conjuring" movies are something rare in the horror genre: warm-hearted stories that scare the...

June 07, 2016

The Small God of Christian Subculture

A recent article by Leah Libresco at FiveThirtyEight revealed that the number of positive words and concepts...

June 03, 2016

“Popstar” brings the jokes, lacks the bite

At the end of the day, the only thing that matters about some comedies is...

June 01, 2016

Review: “Weiner” is fascinating, frustrating look at scandal

At one point in the new documentary "Weiner," when disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner is...

May 2016

May 28, 2016

The dogged, bruised decency of “The Nice Guys”

Something in my DNA responds to Shane Black's work. Ever since I watched "Lethal Weapon" with...

May 25, 2016

Preview of coming blog attractions

You might have noticed it's been quiet here. The truth is, while this blog's been...

May 17, 2016

Why I hope the new ‘Ghostbusters’ is great

Two months before the release of "Ghostbusters," I have to wonder if Paul Feig's answer...

May 12, 2016

The rainbow disconnection: Goodbye, “Muppets”

You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger Muppet fan than me. As soon as my...

May 10, 2016

5 ways to save Christian movies

It's the best and worst of times for Christian movies. I can't remember a...

May 05, 2016

Review — Captain America: Civil War

It might be hard to have a coherent conversation with me about "Captain America: Civil...