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June 2013

June 19, 2013

Five Reasons Why Superman Isn’t Jesus

The moment word broke of the new Superman film, Man of Steel, directed by Zack...

May 2013

May 26, 2013

Star Trek: Into Darkness — Boldly Brimming with Bromance and Story

Continuing the bromance that is PopTheology.com, Ryan and I do a dialogue review for Star...

May 20, 2013

Eat of My Flesh

Pieta conjures up many beautiful artistic images of Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus,...

May 14, 2013

Iron Man 3 and Mud

I recently saw a couple of films back-to-back that couldn't have been more different (I'm...

May 06, 2013

A Sacred Wonder

I'm currently working on an article on images of trauma in film for the independent...

April 2013

April 03, 2013

Can I Get an Amen…Or At Least a Gun and a Wad of Cash?

Spring Breakers isn't necessarily the year's first must-see film, but it might be one of...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Teorema: God Will Save You from Your Dull Middle-Class Existence

At a dive bar in New Orleans this past January, Ryan and I got together...

March 06, 2013

Christians Gone Wild!

Three recent examples of conservative Christians in the news: of course, these are “newsmaker” Christians—people...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Seeking Care

If you follow Pop Theology, you'll notice I've been focusing on documentaries as of late....

February 18, 2013

Les Mis and the Doctrine of Atonement

Very rarely does one come away from a movie musical with a new understanding...

February 12, 2013

Just Talk to Your Partner

Like so many horror films, my problems with romantic comedies often stem from the stupidity...

February 11, 2013

Living Beyond Epic Means

I knew what I was getting into when I selected The Queen of Versailles on...

February 06, 2013

Flight, Forgiveness, and Ray Lewis

After the Super Bowl, Richard called me to vent some more about Ray Lewis. In...

February 06, 2013

The Marginalized Shall Change the World

One of this year's Oscar-nominated documentaries, How To Survive a Plague, should be annual required...

February 01, 2013

The Camp and Queer Bible Goes Down Under

On short notice, I was given the opportunity to contribute an introductory essay to an...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Living a Double Life

There are some difficult documentaries in the Oscar field this year. Filmmakers have addressed rape...

January 30, 2013

Protest Filmmaking

Like few other media, film can capture the fragility of life and the pain of...

January 28, 2013

Exposing the Invisible War

I'm trying to see all the available Oscar-nominated documentaries this week. I'll watch all of...

January 21, 2013

Leaving Cults and Lingering Trauma

I've found some unintentional yet common threads through some of my filmwatching over the past...

January 07, 2013

Ten for 2012

It’s been an uprooted year for the editors of PopTheology.com, as Ryan and his wife...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Fear Mongering and the Wisdom of Children

I've been spending some of this holiday season catching up on films I missed during...

December 28, 2012

This is 40…and It Ain't Pretty

With the cast that This Is 40 boasts, there were few films that I was...

December 14, 2012

A Magical, Mystical Journey

Ryan Parker is back in the Land of the Free Gift with Purchase, but a...

December 06, 2012

The Best Bad Idea

In another case of better-late-than-never, I finally got to see Argo last weekend during our...

December 04, 2012

Lincoln: or, A Very Important Film by Steven Spielberg

It’s nearly impossible to make a good movie about Abraham Lincoln for the same reason...

November 2012

November 24, 2012

Good Guys vs. Bad Guys

I tried to go see The Master yesterday afternoon. As it's been out here in...

November 19, 2012

We Must Protect This House!

There are movies that, intentionally or not, slip by you. There's just too many. You're...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Religious Baddies

We're having a little fun here at Pop Theology as Halloween rolls around. This time...

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...