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September 2016

September 08, 2016

The internet as god

The internet is everywhere. It knows everything about you. It will solve all of our...

August 2016

August 15, 2016

“Chariots of Fire” and the vocation of athletics

A rabbi writing in the Wall Street Journal offers reflections on Chariots of Fire, the 1981 movie...

June 2016

June 10, 2016

Sequel to “The Passion of the Christ”

Mel Gibson is reportedly planning a sequel to his film "The Passion of the Christ," focusing...

March 2016

March 21, 2016

Terrence Malick as pro-life filmmaker

One of today's most acclaimed, sophisticated, and artistic filmmakers is Terrence Malick, a practicing Roman...

March 02, 2016

How is “Risen”?

Have you seen "Risen," the movie about the Resurrection of Christ? It reportedly has strong...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

The only ones to be let down by Star Wars

My wife and I finally saw the new Star Wars movie. Our verdict: It was...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

The vocation of being an advocate for the dead

An article on the real-life doctor featured in the movie Concussion says quite a bit...

December 18, 2015

Can the new Star Wars movie be good?

Did you know that a new Star Wars movie is opening this weekend? I'm pretty...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Whether or not we kick the football

The Peanuts Movie currently in theaters is a critical and commercial hit, and it brings...

August 2015

August 11, 2015

Who really played the music

If you grew up in the 1960's or 1970's, if you love the music of...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

How a movie can go terribly wrong

Imagine a movie with two of the biggest stars in Hollywood, directed by an Oscar...

March 26, 2015

“Unbroken”: the Christian cut

The movie version of Unbroken, about the trials of World War II hero Louis Zamperini,...

March 09, 2015

How they hate us

We saw the movie The Kingsmen this weekend, a throwback to the over-the-top James Bond...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

What else Turing did

The movie The Imitation Game focused on how mathematician Alan Turing broke the German "Enigma"...

February 16, 2015

“Fifty Shades” to revive sex in movies?

Fifty Shades of Grey is a huge hit, despite terrible reviews, thanks to hordes of women...

February 13, 2015

50 Shades of Black & White

Opening on St. Valentine's Day and hyped as the big date movie for the night...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

The military procedural

The American Sniper movie is stirring up big controversy in some circles for supposedly glorifying...

January 23, 2015

An actor speaks of faith & calling

Whether or not Selma is fair to LBJ, it's supposed to be a powerful movie. ...

January 16, 2015

Oscar nominations

The Academy Award nominations have been announced, and they are already proving controversial. For example,...

January 07, 2015

Confusing LBJ with Robert Kennedy

We've blogged about how the movie Selma villainizes Lyndon Johnson, even though he was the...

January 05, 2015

‘Selma’ movie slanders LBJ?

The movie Selma will be released next weekend and is already receiving great acclaim and...

January 02, 2015

The Hobbit movie as “tedious havoc”

I was greatly disappointed in the third part of Peter Jackson's makeshift trilogy based on...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

The year's most viewed post by far was not written this year, but rather in...

December 29, 2014

“Frozen” is Entertainer of the Year

If you have young girls in your household, your Christmas gift exchange was probably dominated...

December 26, 2014

The American themes of “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Columnist Paul Greenberg has written a wonderful column about It's a Wonderful Life. Read it...

December 24, 2014

So how is “The Hobbit”?

The final movie of the Hobbit trilogy has already made $350 million world-wide, though the...

December 24, 2014

Sony will release “The Interview” after all

Sony has backed down from its backing down to North Korean hackers, announcing that it...

December 18, 2014

North Korean hackers win

We blogged about the hack of Sony pictures, apparently by North Koreans angry about "The...

December 05, 2014

North Korea hacks Hollywood

Sony Pictures will soon release a comedy about two reporters who are enlisted to assassinate...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

The new Star Wars trailer

It won't be released until about this time next year--December 15, 2015--but a trailer has...