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August 2026

August 12, 2026

“L’avventura” and Human Weakness

Today's piece is going to be a little different for a few reasons. The subject...

July 2025

July 15, 2025

House of Flying Daggers and Loyalty

Let's travel overseas for this week's piece and look at Zhang Yamou's operatic martial-arts epic, The...

June 2025

June 24, 2025

Promising Young Woman and Revenge

So, here's a question: is vengeance ever justified? The Christian outlook has a very clear,...

January 2025

January 28, 2025

Prisoners and Complicity

Denis Villeneuve's 2013 film, Prisoners, is somewhat unique among the movies discussed on this blog....

November 2024

November 19, 2024

In The Heights and Joy

We learn very early on in Jon M. Chu's In the Heights that everyone has...

September 2024

September 24, 2024

Sweet Bird of Youth and Value

Today our attention turns to one of Paul Newman's most underrated works, Richard Brooks' 1962...

September 10, 2024

Terminator 2 Judgment Day and Purpose

I've heard that there's a new Terminator anime on Netflix. I may give it a...

August 2024

August 06, 2024

Time Out and Honesty

I wrote a little bit ago about Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru and how it deconstructs the...

July 2024

July 09, 2024

12 Angry Men and Valiance

I'll confess I haven't yet been assigned jury duty, but there is one movie that...

May 2024

May 14, 2024

Hitch and Authenticity

Full confession: I have yet to see a single episode of The Fresh Prince of...

April 2023

April 04, 2023

Waking Life and Truth

Today we're going to do something a little different and venture more into something a...

January 2023

January 24, 2023

Minority Report and Judgment

Like many of the films we discuss here, Steven Spielberg's 2002 film, Minority Report, makes...

January 17, 2023

From Here to Eternity and Principles

I enjoy a wide variety of films, but there are a select few that genuinely...

November 2022

November 15, 2022

Enchanted and Faith in a Fallen World

A few weeks back when I talked about Scream, I mentioned that self-aware movies are...

August 2022

August 23, 2022

Don’t Look Up and Prophets

A few weeks ago, we looked at "A Face in the Crowd" as an exploration...

June 2022

June 29, 2022

Stranger Things and Faith

As I eagerly await the final episodes of Stranger Things 4, and as I, too,...

January 2022

January 24, 2022

A Face in the Crowd and The Psychology of False Prophets

I actually didn't start watching The Andy Griffith Show until really recently. My clients at...

August 2021

August 09, 2021

Mud and Role Models

If applicable, think of the first person who growing up inspired you to lifelong religious...

July 2021

July 10, 2021

The Little Mermaid and Faith

I don't know about any of you, but growing up I often heard my local...

June 2021

June 30, 2021

Charade and Discerning Truth

If you're not familiar with Stanley Donen's film, Charade, know that it stars Hollywood icons...

June 19, 2021

Arrival as a Glimpse into Godhood

[If you haven't seen the film Denis Villeneuve's 2016 film, Arrival, be forewarned that the...