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December 2014

December 23, 2014

Overheard at the Movies: Will Unbroken Inspire You to “Hate Your Enemies”?

How many movies that promise to "inspire" you actually inspire you? I don't mean "Do...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

Looking Closer at Lucy

I haven't seen "Lucy" yet ... but the clash of opinions about it among critics...

July 2013

July 18, 2013

The Peeps on Turbo

There it is again, on the poster for Turbo: the facial expression that Dreamworks animators...

March 2013

March 15, 2013

Oz the Unfortunate and Underwhelming?

In which Steven Greydanus talks me out of spending money on Sam Raimi's Oz movie....

February 2012

February 16, 2012

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010): A Looking Closer Film Forum

A Looking Closer Film Forum is an evolving "conversation" among critics... a "round-table" review of...

February 10, 2012

The Grey (2012): A Looking Closer Film Forum

A Looking Closer Film Forum is an evolving “conversation” among critics… a “round-table” review of...

December 2009

December 05, 2009

The Princess and the Frog (2009): Looking Closer’s Film Forum

I haven't seen The Princess and the Frog yet, but I'm on the lookout for...

December 03, 2009

Up in the Air (2009) – Looking Closer’s Film Forum

I'm not allowed to post my review of this film before its release date, due...

August 2008

August 19, 2008

Film Forum: Tropic Thunder, Transsiberian, Star Wars – The Clone Wars

This is collection of reviews that I found interesting and helpful. The collection will be...

August 15, 2008

Film Forum: “Henry Poole is Here”

What a wide range of responses I'm seeing for Henry Poole is Here... Annie Wagner:...

July 2008

July 25, 2008

Film Forum: Brideshead Revisited

Congratulations to my good friend Alissa Wilkinson, who makes her debut as a Christianity Today...

July 11, 2008

Film Forum and My Review of “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”

This is collection of reviews that I found interesting and helpful. The collection will be...

May 2008

May 30, 2008

Film Forum: Sex and the City; Reprise; Stuck; Bigger, Stronger, Faster; Body of War; Savage Grace; The Edge of Heaven; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull;

SEX AND THE CITY Courtney: Most of the few Christian voices speaking to the growing...

May 16, 2008

How “Prince Caspian” Botches the Meaning of the Book

Want to know if Andrew Adamson's Prince Caspian is fun and entertaining? Check out the...

May 09, 2008

Film Forum: “The Fall”

This is collection of reviews of The Fall that found interesting. Morehead: Throughout the film,...

May 14, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: “Away from Her”

I'm eager to see Sarah Polley's directorial debut, Away from Her, because it is reported...

May 14, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: “28 Weeks Later”

Is 28 Weeks Later just another sequel designed to cash in on the success of...

May 04, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: “Spider-Man 3”

Spider-Man 3 explores the latest chapter of Peter Parker's education in the balance of power...

May 04, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: “Hot Fuzz”

Folks have been asking what I thought of Hot Fuzz. (In fact, when I spoke...

April 2007

April 29, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: “Jindabyne”

Jindabyne is the first dramatic feature film I've seen in 2007 so far that has...

April 29, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: “Fracture”

Fracture Ryan Gosling. Anthony Hopkins. You would think those would be two great reasons to...

April 13, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: Perfect Stranger

Perfect Stranger Rotten Tomatoes shows that critics are placing Perfect Stranger under citizens' arrest. Religious-press...

April 11, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: Grindhouse

Grindhouse Before we join the rush of religious-press reviewers who are condemning Grindhouse outright, let's...

April 11, 2007

Looking Closer’s Film Forum: The Hoax

The Hoax Todd Hertz (CT Movies) calls The Hoax "a mix of Catch Me If...

April 11, 2007

Film Forum: The Reaping

The Reaping "Oh, it's very biblically based," said the promoter who called me to encourage...

March 2007

March 20, 2007

Film Forum: The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Premonition, I Think I Love My Wife

Great Odin's raven! It's... Looking Closer's Film Forum! The Wind That Shakes the Barley When...

March 05, 2007

FILM FORUM: Into Great Silence, Zodiac, Black Snake Moan, and Wild Hogs

Welcome to the first installment of Looking Closer's Film Forum! Yes, Film Forum has moved from...

March 01, 2007

“Film Forum” is Coming to Looking Closer!

As I sat watching the Oscars and writing the last installment of Film Forum for...

November 2006

November 30, 2006

Record-Breaker: 17 Movies in This week’s Film Forum

Which Christian film critic calls The Fountain "a syncretistic mishmash that never addresses core biblical...

May 2006

May 01, 2006

Hiatus!! (or Through a Book Project Darkly)

For the first time in my five-plus years writing the weekly Film Forum for Christianity...