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May 2015

May 25, 2015

Tomorrowland? Or Tomorrow-bland?

I hoped that Brad Bird would experience a much more positive response to his own...

January 2015

January 24, 2015

Looking Elsewhere: Starring… American Sniper, The Imitation Game, Sundance, The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, Fairy Tales, Global Warming, Bob Dylan, Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent, Marilynne Robinson, and More

I'll conclude with a few words about the American Sniper hubbub. But first, here are...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

The Song “Shares the Weaknesses of Most Faith-Based Films”

I've received two emails this week asking for my opinion of The Song. This is...

July 2014

July 04, 2014

A Novelist, A Horror Filmmaker, and Two Critics: Conversations Worth Hearing

Scott Derrickson, Alissa Wilkinson, Sara Zarr, Steven Greydanus... listen to all of these inspiring Christians...

April 2014

April 12, 2014

An Ugly, Arrogant Gospel: God’s Not Dead, But Is He Shaking His Head?

Now, two of the finest film critics in Christian media agree: There's something quite contrary...

March 2014

March 03, 2014

The Incredibles (and Other 10-Year-Old Films); Jesus Films; Matt Zoller Seitz; Scott Cairns

This week, special thanks go out to Brad Bird, Matt Zoller Seitz, and more. Find...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Before You See That Noah Movie, Read This…

Here's an article about the upcoming "Noah" movie that's sure to rub some Christian readers...

December 2013

December 11, 2013

The Abomination of “Desolation”: Two Hobbit-Related Lists

"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" is here. But I didn't attend the press screening....

July 2013

July 02, 2013

The Lone Ranger: “Cynical. Bankrupt. Brutal. Anti-American. A Catastrophe.”

Steven Greydanus has seen The Lone Ranger. And he is not a happy camper. But...

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 2013

February 01, 2013

Look!: “Ivan’s Childhood”; “La Pivellina”; Steven Greydanus’s Top 10 List Collection; Joel Avery on “Melancholia” & the Apocalypse; More…

These links caught my attention today, for one reason or another. Check back later. I...

December 2012

December 13, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

The filmmakers took one children's book and expanded it into three movies. So I'll take...

September 2012

September 10, 2012

Look! Spielberg Teases Lincoln; Clint Eastwood: Conservative?; Joss Whedon’s Shakespeare; Steven Greydanus Sings to Babies!

Look! These links caught my attention today, for one reason or another. Check back later....

August 2012

August 15, 2012

Hayao Miyazaki Blu-Ray/DVD Release Featured In a Very Special Review

So, we know about Will Smith and Jaden. We know about Lloyd Bridges and his...

February 2012

February 07, 2012

Of Gods and Men: A film about faith made by artists, not evangelists.

At Seattle's Harvard Exit theatre last March, I witnessed a rare and wonderful thing on...

March 2011

March 11, 2011

Decent Films Reviews Red Riding Hood

This morning, Brandon Fibbs posted this note on Facebook: Following the Red Riding Hood screening,...

December 2010

December 20, 2010

The Decent Films review of Tron: Legacy

Steven Greydanus' review of Tron: Legacy is up! Yeah... sounds like he saw the same...

December 09, 2010

Greydanus Reviews “Voyage of the Dawn Treader”

Here's the review of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader that...

November 2010

November 20, 2010

Big Letdown

Can you guess what my favorite film critic, Steven Greydanus, is writing about here? Too...

August 2010

August 13, 2010

Eat Pray Love: book, film, reaction

Last week at The Glen Workshop, writer Lauren Winner referred to the book Eat, Pray,...

November 2009

November 21, 2009

Decent Films on “New Moon”

I don't plan to spend any pennies on The Twilight Saga: New Moon after the...

November 20, 2009

On “Twilight,” “New Moon,” and “the Hallmark of Immaturity”

"I think the ears are tastiest." "Me, I prefer the chin." "I'm a forearm man,...

March 2009

March 06, 2009

“Watchmen”: Five Reviews from Critics that Matter to Me (They Disagree)

Post your review, or a link to your favorite, below. Here are five from voices...

February 2009

February 06, 2009

The Reviews of Steven D. Greydanus

Movie critics (and this includes me) are too easily tempted into being snarky, sarcastic, and...

November 2008

November 28, 2008

Greydanus on Twilight-mania; Ebert on the CelebCult

Steven Greydanus offers an insightful interpretation of the Twilight phenomenon. Now that's what I'm talking...

October 2008

October 06, 2008

Steven Greydanus is Dismantling “Religulous”

Hey, stop by ArtsandFaith.com and check it out: Steven Greydanus is dismantling Religulous, exposing the...

August 2008

August 20, 2008

Greydanus on “Brideshead Revisited”

I just realized that Steven Greydanus reviewed Brideshead Revisited, and somehow I missed it. He...

May 2008

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 15, 2008

DecentFilms on Prince Caspian: Lewis’s Themes and Ideas are “Largely Lost.”

When it comes to The Chronicles of Narnia films, well... I want them to be...

May 14, 2008

“The Defanging of Aslan”

Steven D. Greydanus interviews the men behind Prince Caspian. And he finds them making some...