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December 2013

December 20, 2013

Llewyn Davis is Empty and Pointless

In case you didn’t know, these filmmakers are nihilists.

December 18, 2013

The Lion King: Disney’s Almost Christian Tale

A messianic film?

December 16, 2013

Touch of Depravity

Orson Welles’ second-best film.

December 13, 2013

Mary Poppins and Saving Mr. Banks: On Loving Imperfect Fathers

What a beloved classic film and the Disneyfied history of its making can teach us...

December 13, 2013

The Hobbit: Second Verse, Better Than the First

A welcome return to Middle Earth.

December 11, 2013

This Week on Sleepy Hollow: Family Matters

Family is a good thing, but it won't save you.

December 09, 2013

The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Heckling

Lessons on truth and criticism from NBC's The Sound of Music Live.

December 06, 2013

Out of the Furnace … and into the darkness

A great journey into the depravity of the mundane.

December 04, 2013

What’s past is prologue, and it’s probably better too! Reflections on a classic horror flick.

Old isn't worse!

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Disney’s Frozen: A Warm Story

This holiday season, take your kids to see a princess story that focuses less on...

November 27, 2013

Sacred and Profane Places in Sleepy Hollow

Should Christians be afraid of Haunted Houses?

November 22, 2013

Doctor Who: My Best Friend is a Pagan God

Happy 50th birthday to the lonely god in a blue box.

November 22, 2013

Catching Fire, or, Why We Fight

Catching Fire is way better than The Hunger Games. It is also the newest and...

November 20, 2013

Truth and History in Sleepy Hollow—Who needs it?

In which the writers play fast and loose with historical accuracy, again, some more, and...

November 18, 2013

Tyranny and Ranching on the ‘Red River’

An unsatisfying conclusion mars an otherwise enjoyable classic western.

November 13, 2013

This Week on Sleepy Hollow: Loneliness, the Local Church, & Beheadings Galore

True believers stick together. (Also: Paul Revere.)

November 11, 2013

Not Strange Enough: “Church Rescue” and the National Geographic Effect

National Geographic’s new niche reality show is a friendly, innocuous, late-period artifact of the shrinking...

November 08, 2013

Thor’s World is Becoming Cliche

Is the newest Thor film representative of where the Avengers franchise is going?

November 06, 2013

This Week on Sleepy Hollow: Forgiveness, Freemasons, and Quaker Witches

Is the key to sanctification really just forgiving yourself (Answer: No)

November 01, 2013

Ender’s Game Plays by the book…or at least close enough

Lovers of the novel may be pleasantly surprised.

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Redbox Review: ‘Warm Bodies’—A feel-good zombie flick?

This Halloween, try an indie gem that offers zombies for him, romance for her, and...

October 25, 2013

All Is Lost: A Survival Tale Only on the Surface

A reminder of the importance of “dying well.”

October 25, 2013

Halloween, Horror, and the Cross

Why you should enjoy a good horror story this Halloween.

October 23, 2013

Redbox Review: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is nothing special

Joss Whedon's latest film is a mixed bag that misses the point.

October 18, 2013

The Fifth Estate asks good questions, but fails to live up to its billing

The title seems a bit grandiose, doesn’t it?

October 18, 2013

Perseverance Leads to Payoff with ’12 Years a Slave’

A reminder that people—and places—can persevere when there’s a hope set before them.

October 16, 2013

This Week on Sleepy Hollow: Plague, pestilence, and magical healing power of baptism.

Baptism will make you wet, but it won't make you pure.

October 11, 2013

Captain Phillips: Piracy, Courage, and Studies in Leadership

Tom Hanks, servant leader, outwits pirates.

October 09, 2013

This week on Sleepy Hollow: Demons, Germans, and Tin-Foil Hats

The truth behind our modern fascination with conspiracy theories.

October 04, 2013

Gravity: Traversing the Glorious Terror of the Cosmos

Facing the abyss … literally.