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January 2026

January 09, 2026

Owen on the Death of Death in the Death of Christ

I cheerfully admit to some delighted confusion in Crossway's release of the works of John...

December 2025

December 09, 2025

Dante’s Way

I've said on here before that the Inklings are having a moment. Yet another example...

June 2025

June 24, 2025

Jack Ryan at 41

Okay, he's not really 41 (the internet tells me he was born in 1950, so...

March 2025

March 04, 2025

John Owen (not) for everyone

I'm normally something of a completist with it comes to reading classic works. Certainly abridgements...

June 2014

June 09, 2014

Blade Runner’s Vision of Hell

A hellish vision of mortality.

June 04, 2014

Ben-Hur Discovers the Epic Epicness of Grace

A colossal epic about the journey of faith.

May 2014

May 28, 2014

The Godfather’s Justice

“For justice, we must go to Don Corleone.”

May 21, 2014

A Vertiginous Horror

A creepy psychodrama about heights and blondes.

May 19, 2014

No Savior for the Raging Bull

Scorsese's bleak early masterpiece.

March 2014

March 14, 2014

Come stay at The Grand Budapest Hotel

A brilliant (if irreverent) experience

February 2014

February 07, 2014

Everyone who has ever loved Legos should see this movie

A delightful ode to youth and the best toys ever.

December 2013

December 23, 2013

City Lights: Seeing Past the Surface

Is Chaplin's classic as good as they say?

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.

October 2013

October 04, 2013

Gravity: Traversing the Glorious Terror of the Cosmos

Facing the abyss … literally.

September 2013

September 15, 2013

A Warrior Fights to Come Home

A surprisingly moving story about suffering and forgiveness.

September 11, 2013

As You Wish: The Inconceivable Love of The Princess Bride

Does true love really conquer all?

September 09, 2013

To See or Not to See: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The classic comedy that destroyed American culture.

September 06, 2013

‘UP’ brings down generational barriers

Respecting your elders has never been this much fun.

July 2013

July 10, 2013

Into the Wild: Losing Yourself in the Great Outdoors

Christopher McCandless starved to death in the Alaskan wilderness searching for meaning. Was he a...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Christ on Kane: On the Meaning of Rosebud

Is Citizen Kane the greatest movie ever made?

June 19, 2013

Wall-E: Pixar’s Sanctimonious Jerk

I hate Wall-E. I hate the cloying romance. I hate the mawkish sentimentalism. I hate...

June 10, 2013

Beauty and the Beast: A Hymn to the Cult of Love

The classic tale of women's empowerment, Stockholm Syndrome, and the cult of romance.

May 2013

May 20, 2013

Double Indemnity: Bleak Justice in Classic Noir

Review of Double Indemnity, Directed by Billy Wilder Billy Wilder was more than the Steven Spielberg...

May 08, 2013

My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro, by Hayao Miyazaki My Neighbor Totoro (1988) is a quiet, calm, beautiful...

May 01, 2013

The General: A Train Full of Laughs

Review of The General, Directed by Buster Keaton In our effort to blog our way...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Here’s Looking at You, Casablanca!

Review of Casablanca, Directed by Michael Curtiz It’s December of 1941 in sunny, depressing Casablanca,...

April 10, 2013

The Raiders of the Lost Ark Discover That “Our God is a Consuming Fire”

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Directed by Steven Spielberg When I was growing...

April 03, 2013

May the Force Be With You

Review of Star Wars, Directed by George Lucas If you ask a cinephile what his...

March 2013

March 11, 2013

Howl’s Moving Castle

Review of Howl’s Moving Castle, Directed by Hayao Miyazaki Rating: 8/10 Howl’s Moving Castle tells...