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December 2010

December 21, 2010

Fighting Family

One of the reasons that this is the most wonderful time of the year is...

December 20, 2010

Plug In and Tune Out

Richard Lindsay reviews the latest sci-fi theatrical release, TRON: Legacy, after the jump. TRON: Legacy...

December 14, 2010

In a Class by Itself

Kino Video has just released The Complete Metropolis, what will likely be the most complete...

December 01, 2010

An Ecological Social Network

I have never been compelled to use the word triumphant when writing about a film...

November 2010

November 29, 2010

Viral Anger

If you're not familiar with the name Jack Rebney, then you might be familiar with...

November 19, 2010

The End Approaches

The first half of the final installment of the Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows:...

November 18, 2010

A Christ-like Wizard

Few contemporary works of fiction, especially those aimed at younger readers, have divided Christians quite...

November 12, 2010

A Peaceful Hereafter Because Life is Hard Enough

Starting with Mystic River in 2001, Clint Eastwood has had a run of remarkable films...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

Think You Know Dragons? Think Again…

I hated that I missed seeing How to Train Your Dragon on the big screen. ...

October 11, 2010

Who's the Real Monster?

Fans of the Swedish film, Let the Right One In (2008), a fresh take on...

October 05, 2010

Blessed are the Socially Awkward

Make no mistake about it, The Social Network is a great film. It has a...

September 2010

September 15, 2010

What If…? What a Guilt Trip

There are a few things to admire about What If..., the latest in church-backed feature-length...

September 03, 2010

Confessing a Story

When I get around to creating my list of the most spiritually significant films of...

August 2010

August 20, 2010

Letters to God…Pornographic?

Possibility Pictures is one of the more recent Christian film production studios to emerge in...

August 18, 2010

7 Women: A Review

A couple of days ago, I posted a review of Peter E. Dans' book, Christians...

August 10, 2010

Saving a Genre

Over the past couple of years, I have frequently written and spoken about the potential...

July 2010

July 26, 2010

Yes They Are…

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay and I were talking about reviews of mainstream films that...

July 22, 2010

The Kids are Definitely NOT All Right

It might be slightly twisted of me I know, but I love it when a...

July 16, 2010

Dreaming Life

There have been few recent films that I have anticipated as highly as Inception. Thankfully,...

July 07, 2010

The Power to Unite and Divide

At times, many of us have reacted to a professional sporting event as if it...

June 2010

June 22, 2010

Love Thy Neighbor

Currently in theaters everywhere, you can go see a great Pixar film and even stick...

June 14, 2010

Cut Me Out…

I've got a one sentence review of Splice, the latest sci-fi/horror film currently playing in...

June 11, 2010

It's Funny Because It's Serious…

Film critic Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle recently said that we are in...

June 10, 2010

U2 360

If any of you, like me, had tickets to U2's second leg of their American...

June 08, 2010

Bearers of Bad News

I have always admired and deeply respected army and hospital chaplains for their emotional and...

June 04, 2010

The Kids are Creative…

"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows...

May 2010

May 19, 2010

Painfully Precious

Last weekend, I finally got around to watching Precious, a film deserving of all the...

May 17, 2010

Atoning for Trouble

"If forgiveness is not important, what is?" This is just one of several theological questions...

May 12, 2010

A Review of SAINT 9/11

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay reviews the documentary, Saint of 9/11, after the jump. W.H....

May 06, 2010

If You Liked the First One…

Confession: I loved the first Iron Man film. In my mind, Jon Favreau crafted a...