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June 2005

June 06, 2005

Tell us what should win in the 2005 Faith and Film Critics Circle Awards

Time to resurrect this post again. We're closing in on the year's mid-point. What have...

June 06, 2005

Generation-defining Albums: What’s On the List?

A few posts ago, I asked what films could be characterized as "generation-defining" ... like...

June 06, 2005

J. Robert Parks on "Travelling Pants," "Mysterious Skin," and "Rock School"

J. Robert Parks checks in with three film reviews, and... lo and behold, he prefers...

June 03, 2005

Generation-Defining Films: Star Wars. What Else?

I keep running into younger people, students mostly, who don't seem to think the end...

June 01, 2005

J. R. R. Tolkien, Are You Smiling on Me Today?

All glory to God, who moves in very mysterious ways! To make a long story...

May 2005

May 31, 2005

A Quick Prayer Request

Those of you with the time and attention to pray, I'd appreciate your prayers as...

May 31, 2005

Today’s Specials: Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Howl’s Moving Castle; Christian-defamation; pirated DVD reviews

Today's specials: My Reel News at CT Movies focuses on the end of the Disney...

May 30, 2005

For those who are still telling me Bono isn’t a Christian…

Recently I spoke in church about the "ministry" of U2 through their music and through...

May 30, 2005

Indiana Jones, Part 4: Can they? Should they?

They like it! They really like it! ComingSoon.net reports that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg...

May 29, 2005

Get ready for the Criterion DVD of "Au Hasard Balthazar"

Robert Bresson's haunting, soulful masterpiece is coming... Have you advance-ordered your copy? I have. This...

May 29, 2005

The gladiator returns to the coliseum…

Paul Giamatti stars in "Gladiator 2: Cinderella Man" I haven't seen Cinderella Man yet, but...

May 27, 2005

Happy Birthday, Bruce Cockburn!

Here's a recommendation for your home stereo, your iPod, or your car stereo today: Bruce...

May 26, 2005

David Brooks on Bono, Rick Warren, Chuck Colson, Evangelicals, the “Culture War,” and the War on Poverty

David Brooks hits a home run. Here's an excerpt: I recently went to a U2...

May 25, 2005

The Lion, the Witch, and the Musical Merchandising

Somewhere, the real Aslan is feeling betrayed. There are going to be FOUR soundtrack albums...

May 25, 2005

Shocker! Christian Group Ends Disney Boycott!

from IMDB news, with a few of my own revisions: The Rev. Tim Wildmon announced...

May 25, 2005

In memory of Ismail Merchant ("A Room with a View")

Ismail Merchant of the famous Merchant/Ivory films (A Room with a View, Howards End, The...

May 24, 2005

J. Robert Parks’ 2005 Summer Movie Preview

J. Robert Parks, who frequently contributes to the review archive at Looking Closer's movie page,...

May 23, 2005

Contactmusic reports U2 to re-record "Pop" album!

Can this be true? Personally, I like Pop the way it is. But you can...

May 23, 2005

Today’s specials: Bono corrects Chicago reporter. Summertime fiction. And the man playing Orbison.

Today's specials: Greg Kot gets a memorable interview with Bono. Jonathan Rice gets cast as...

May 23, 2005

As always, a wide range of responses…

CT Movies has updated its feedback page, and there are some interesting responses to the...

May 23, 2005

PG, PG-13, or R?

How should the MPAA distinguish between PG, PG-13, or R ratings? I find it's very...

May 22, 2005

Cannes 2005 Winners! Dardennes, Jarmusch, and Tommy Lee Jones!

The directors of Rosetta and The Son, two films I dearly love, have just won...

May 21, 2005

The Chicago Reader goes for the political angle on Star Wars

Surprise, surprise... The Chicago Reader's J.R. Jones, in the tradition of that paper's preoccupation with...

May 21, 2005

Overlooked 2004 treasure: "Goodbye, Dragon Inn"

Sometimes I wish I had the resources to travel around the world to the great...

May 20, 2005

"Don’t Come Knockin’" – Wenders and Shephard together again.

Wish I was at Cannes. Here's FilmStew's J Sperling Reich... Over 20 years after the...

May 20, 2005

Flush the Koran, and That’s Bigotry. Flush a Christian Sacrament, It’s Comedy.

Here's an interesting editorial by Brent Bozell: The riots caused by Newsweek's story claiming American...

May 20, 2005

Christianity Today Book Awards 2005

The Christianity Today Book Awards 2005 heap even more praise upon Marilynne Robinson's Gilead. And...

May 20, 2005

Firefly fan alert: A comical testimony of the "Serenity" preview

Thanks, Prof. Rambo, for this! I must say, having seen Revenge of the Sith, I'm...

May 20, 2005

Anne M. Doe Overstreet Rocks the Seattle Art Museum

There's only one person in this world whose work I love so much that I...

May 19, 2005

"The Passion of the Christ" – A Film of Ideas

Found this article via GreenCine. Nice to see some critics still finding some merit in...