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April 2010

April 07, 2010

Slapped Senseless

Exploitation films of the '60s and '70s are a fascinating study. Are they exploitative, as...

April 05, 2010

Oh That Lady!

From cultural, theological, and moral perspectives, the Studio Era of Hollywood is a fascinating study. ...

April 02, 2010

Epic Fail

If anything, the mechanical owl in the original Clash of the Titans signaled a level...

April 01, 2010

Broken but Healing

As would be expected, Pedro Almodovar's latest film, Broken Embraces, is an alluring mix of...

March 2010

March 31, 2010

FROM ANGELS TO ALIENS: A Review

In keeping with my recent academic obsession with the undead, I came across Lynn Schofield...

March 30, 2010

The Time is Now

Recent Pop Theology contributor and self-proclaimed Bare Naked Ladies addict (seriously, we need to conduct...

March 29, 2010

Save the Next One

In preparation for our trip to Belgium next month, my wife wanted to watch In...

March 25, 2010

VAMPIRE GOD: A Review

In preparation for an upcoming conference on vampires and the undead in popular culture, I've...

March 25, 2010

Forget LOST, Get BAD

Forget Lost, AMC's Breaking Bad is currently the best television series going right now...by a...

March 23, 2010

Justified is Righteous

In one of the concluding lines to the first episode of the new FX series,...

March 22, 2010

Soul Storage

Last week, I wrote a short review of Seconds and the "what-if-ness" of cinema. This...

March 18, 2010

Filming Revolutions: Film History as Church History?

After the jump, check out a video of my presentation at the Theology After Google...

March 17, 2010

No Third Chances…

"What if" is the basis of cinema. All filmmakers, to some degree, ask themselves this...

March 16, 2010

Hitchcock and Murder

David Thomson is one of the most accomplished film historians and critics working today. His...

March 15, 2010

THE FIFTH ELEMENT: The Gospel According to Luc

Marion Grau, Professor of Theology at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, makes her...

March 10, 2010

Creative Gaming

Thankfully, in the recent publication, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God, editor Craig...

March 05, 2010

Now That's the Truth

As far as pop-culture creations are concerned, The Wire is pretty much unbeatable across a...

February 2010

February 26, 2010

In Defense of AVATAR: Or Why Mark Driscoll Just Doesn't Get It

Yesterday, a friend directed me to an article about a recent sermon by Mark Driscoll...

February 24, 2010

Shut Out the Past

Martin Scorsese has provided us with some of the most memorable films, and moments, in...

February 23, 2010

Hauntingly Beautiful

Our newest Pop Theology contributor, Jessica Margrave Schirm (read more about her on the Contributors...

February 22, 2010

LOST Deserves Better

In the latest version of "The Gospel According to 'Insert-Pop-Culture-Creation-Here,'" Chris Seay turns his attention...

February 18, 2010

A Pop Theology Conversation with Craig Detweiler

This afternoon, I connected with Craig Detweiler over Skype to talk about his latest book,...

February 18, 2010

Is God a Gamer?

Theology and popular culture is an ever-growing field with numerous implications for both the church...

February 15, 2010

The Hound of Heaven

As the days and weeks approach, we'll start to hear more and more about the...

February 12, 2010

Swing and a Miss…

After watching Creation, the film supposedly about Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, one...

February 09, 2010

Moments of Grace…

Richard Lindsay reviews A Single Man after the jump. A Single Man is the somewhat...

February 05, 2010

The Religious Film: A Review

In only 156 pages, Pamela Grace sets forth on a bold undertaking to create a...

February 04, 2010

Crazy Good…

Crazy Heart is this year's The Wrestler, and that's not a bad thing. Without the...

February 03, 2010

Pop Theology's Oscar Conversation

Like Punxsutawney Phil, Ernest Myers usually makes an appearance at Pop Theology around this time...

February 02, 2010

The Springfield Reformation: A Review

Despite a decline in the overall quality of the past several seasons, The Simpsons still...

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