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December 2015

December 28, 2015

In ‘The Force Awakens,’ Star Wars Takes a Tragic Turn

Yes, in many ways 'The Force Awakens' plays it safe, but the filmmakers deserve credit...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

To Love This Poor Perishable World

The challenge of putting down roots.

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Arnold Schwarzenegger Edition

What are your favorite entertainingly awful movies?

March 02, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Aliens Edition

It's too bad you can't see a movie again for the first time, but if...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

Mistborn LEGO Minifigures

Just because Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn novels haven't been adapted for the screen doesn't mean we...

February 25, 2015

Teaching Your Children the Faith Doesn’t Mean Indoctrinating Them

Richard Dawkins himself cannot escape some religious instruction because he’s situated in a society formed...

February 23, 2015

The Professional Cuddling Industry Had Its First Convention

Is this all a fad that will be gone before the preparations begin for CuddleCon...

February 22, 2015

Early Mindless Monday Question: Academy Awards Edition

If you could give an Oscar to the best movie character ever, who would you...

February 20, 2015

How to Depict Religion Powerfully on the Screen

You don't need a doctorate in theology to get religion right on screen. A little...

February 09, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Taylor Swift Edition

What artists (musical, film, literary, etc.) did you expect to hate but loved instead? What...

February 06, 2015

Netflix Is Making a Live-Action ‘Legend of Zelda’ Series: Here Is What It Should Do

First, Zelda must be the lead character and have more lines and screen time than...

February 05, 2015

Ten Bible Scenes That Should Be Made into LEGO Sets

Now that Doctor Who is getting official Lego treatment, it's time that the good book--inspired...

February 03, 2015

HBO Should Finish ‘Game of Thrones’ without Delay

HBO might be on track to tell a better story than George R.R. Martin.

January 2015

January 24, 2015

Sometimes the Old Ways Are Best: Archery Edition

Meet Lars Anderson. He can split a moving arrow with one of his own. I've...

January 19, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Awful Film Adaptation Edition

What movie adaptation of a book left you the most angry, frustrated, or disappointed?

January 13, 2015

Ranking Hayao Miyazaki Characters

The pop culture website io9 has a post ranking the greatest characters from Hayao Miyazaki...

January 07, 2015

The Catholic Version of the Men’s Rights Movement

If women pursuing their rights, fighting systematic oppression and marginalization, and gaining influence in the...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

How the Hobbit Movies Should Have Ended: A LEGO Version Featuring Hello Kitty

And lo, Hello Kitty came before them, riding upon an eagle and holding the Sword...

December 18, 2014

If Ayn Rand Reviewed Children’s Movies

Mallory Ortberg makes the world a better place with this awesomely hilarious piece in The...

December 03, 2014

Bearing a Cross in CW’s ‘Arrow’

Helena Bertinelli, the vengeance-hungry Huntress on CW's show 'Arrow,' wears a cross. Is it merely...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

First Thoughts on the ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Teaser Trailer

If there's one thing I can say about the trailer, it's that it's tense. That's...

November 18, 2014

What Kim Kardashian Really Sells

Kim Kardashian sells us endless opportunities to signal to others where we stand on every...

November 12, 2014

The Interpretation of Prophecy in Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’

Prophecy stories can be rather humdrum and contrived, but Miyazaki avoided the pitfalls of the...

November 05, 2014

Religious Conversion in Malamud’s ‘The Assistant’

In this post, part of the Religion in Pop Culture Series, I examine the reasons...

November 04, 2014

Religion in Pop Culture Series

Starting tomorrow, I will be writing a weekly series on the representation of religion in...

November 03, 2014

Katie Melua Found a Spider Living in Her Ear

Seems Katie Melua has a Franciscan spirit--one more reason she's one of my favorite singers!

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Anita Sarkeesian Explains GamerGate on the Colbert Report

Media critic Anita Sarkeesian discusses her project and the attacks against her with Stephen "Do...