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May 2013

May 28, 2013

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Five years ago this week, I was so excited about seeing Harrison Ford return to...

July 2012

July 07, 2012

Wanted: Ambiguity

I hate to say, "I told you so." Especially when the person I'm addressing is...

July 02, 2012

The not-so-amazing Spider-man?

I don't know any film critic who cares more about the history and character of...

June 2012

June 23, 2012

My 10,000th Tweet is An Announcement.

If you read this blog, then you need to see the big news... ......

June 20, 2012

The most rebellious album I’ve heard all year.

Rebellion. It may be the single most distinctive characteristic of new music, generation after generation....

June 19, 2012

Number 10,000

Frankly, that number doesn't mean very much when it comes to Twitter. In fact, 10,000...

June 16, 2012

An Unexpected Pleasure: Snow White and the Huntsman

Well, once in a while, the trailer and even the reviews from my favorite critics...

June 16, 2012

A tour of hell with Miss Bala

First impression: Miss Bala is riveting, stomach-turning stuff... and likely to remain one of 2012's most...

June 13, 2012

Join me. Give up drinking soda at the movies.

I drank a Diet Coke yesterday for the first time in a couple of years....

June 11, 2012

My First Review for Good Letters at Patheos.

Allison Backous. Richard Chess. Lindsey Crittenden. Kelly Foster. David Griffith. A.G. Harmon. Chad Thomas Johnston....

June 08, 2012

Why I'm in no hurry to see Prometheus

The reviews of Prometheus from the film critics I admire and trust are saying just...

June 08, 2012

The Joy of Car Talk

Can't stop thinking about today's announcement: That Tom and Ray Magliozzi of Car Talk fame...

June 07, 2012

Thank You, Mr. Rogers.

I've been feeling a lot of gratitude for Fred Rogers recently. Maybe it's because I've...

June 07, 2012

Thank you, Mr. Rogers.

I've been feeling a lot of gratitude for Fred Rogers recently. Maybe it's because I've...

June 05, 2012

"I suffered, and you should have to suffer too."

Steve Carell will inspire you... ... in this, his commencement speech at Princeton. Enjoy.

May 2012

May 27, 2012

Go ahead. "Put out into the deep."

After a month of feeble-to-failed writing sessions, I made myself sit down to write yesterday...

May 23, 2012

Looking Closer’s Listening Journal: 2012

It's been a long time since I've written music reviews. I started out writing more...

May 22, 2012

I'm moving!

Big news. Good Letters, the daily blog hosted by IMAGE journal, where many of my...

May 21, 2012

Celebrating my Fourth Tweetiversary

Today is the fourth anniversary of the day I joined Twitter: my favorite social networking...

May 18, 2012

Bleepity bleep.

More than a decade ago, when I was writing for Christianity Today's movie-review website, I...

May 18, 2012

The Presidents of the United States of America

As America waits to see Steven Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln film, starring Daniel Day-Lewis in what...

May 17, 2012

"I want to be a writer." "How do I improve my chances of getting published?" "Should I get an agent?"

I get a lot of emails from aspiring writers. Some of them I feel equipped...

May 17, 2012

31 years late: Some thoughts on Chariots of Fire

I've written a two-part reflection on the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, which is appearing...

May 17, 2012

Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom opens the Cannes Film Festival

Anderson’s cinema contains a peculiar mix that makes it an ideal opening night vehicle. There’s...

May 15, 2012

I feel I've climbed a mountain.

Need a book that will keep you up past bedtime turning pages... even though it's...

May 15, 2012

More worthwhile reading on The Avengers and The Tree of Life

There are so many reviews and commentaries on The Avengers out there, it's kind of...

May 15, 2012

Two lectures on one Saturday afternoon

I'm giving two lectures at this weekend's Northwest Christian Writers Renewal event. As a preface...

May 13, 2012

Gratitude for Grace and Good Friends

I need to write this all down while the details are still vivid in my...

May 04, 2012

Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye … and Me.

On Monday night, April 31, Anne and I sat in the middle of a crowd...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

My Sixpence None the Richer wish is coming true…

Whenever I put on Sixpence None the Richer, my cat Jonathan Mardukas sings along. Sometimes,...