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October 2012

October 24, 2012

Innocent?

The search for new old, classic horror/thriller films has already paid off this week. After...

October 18, 2012

Here Kitty Kitty

It’s October so as much as possible I’m trying to (re)visit some classic horror and...

October 17, 2012

Look Closely at Your Own Soul: A Review of Savage Cinema

Even though he is not working from an explicitly religious or theological perspective, Stephen Prince's...

October 17, 2012

A Fraternal Order of Eagles Ten Commandments Print

On August 30, I published a post about the history of public displays of the...

October 15, 2012

Second Chances and Cycles of Violence: A Review of Looper

The willful suspension of disbelief. All sci-fi films demand it, and some even reward it....

October 10, 2012

Laughter in the Face of Fear

Things around here at Pop Theology have been fairly quiet over the last few weeks....

October 01, 2012

A Shameless Plug and Summary!

Of course, I'm biased, but I think the newest theology and film book, Light Shining...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

Total Recall: Remembering It Wholesale

A few weeks ago, I went to see the Colin Ferrell Total Recall remake (directed...

September 14, 2012

Religion, Submission, and Authority

With the events in Libya over the past week and the anniversary of 9/11, it...

September 02, 2012

A Sinful History

With every new election cycle, within some circles there's always talk about what the Bible...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Cecil B. DeMille and Roy's Rock

In 1958, Malcolm Boyd, an Episcopal priest and former Hollywood writer, soon to be known...

August 22, 2012

An Ode to Pain

When I saw the previews for Warrior, I figured it wasn't for me, and so...

August 22, 2012

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Either Really [Bleepin'] Smart or Really [Bleepin'] Dumb

I've long been interested in teaching a class on humor and the "isms" (race, class,...

July 25, 2012

Even Vampires Debate Biblical Inerrancy

I've been an unapologetic fan of True Blood from the start. Hell, I even flew...

July 19, 2012

It's the End of the World as She Knows It, and She Feels Fine

Every generation, by virtue of being born into a historical continuum is burdened by the...

July 18, 2012

Faulty Beginnings and Feeling Love(d)

I had seen much of the publicity for Mike Mills' Beginners and was aware of...

July 14, 2012

Pop Goes the Temple

About 13 km south of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, you can visit Wat Rong...

July 04, 2012

Traumatic Grace

In all my reading and research into film history, I came across a critique, can't...

July 03, 2012

A Reasonable Reboot

I don't really know why we had a reboot of the Spider-Man franchise...oh wait, I...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

Somebody's Got To Review Prometheus!

Ryan and Amy are finishing up a week in a Southeast Asian paradise with little...

June 26, 2012

A Broader Atonement

In ongoing research for a book on violence, forgiveness, and reconciliation in film, I'm looking...

June 25, 2012

On Sin, Trauma, and Forgiveness

Catching up on a bit of film-watching and research, I recently watched Oliver Hirschbiegel's Five...

June 18, 2012

Dude, You Are Totally Into Religion

Maybe you’ve heard about it in the traditional media or stumbled on it on YouTube,...

June 07, 2012

Dying Multiple Deaths

I've been reading quite a bit lately about sin, violence, forgiveness and reconciliation for a...

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