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March 2016

March 22, 2016

Daredevil Goes to Church

The chase ends in a church. It's the culmination of a frantic running confrontation—one that...

March 18, 2016

Miracles From Heaven Could’ve Been Unwatchable. Here’s What Makes It Good.

Miracles From Heaven is an atypical typical Christian movie. And that’s a good thing. I...

March 16, 2016

Why Of Kings and Prophets Failed with Faith-Based America

ABC’s Of Kings and Prophets (the second episode of which aired last night) was supposed...

March 13, 2016

Knight of Cups: The Christian Visions of Terrence Malick

We’re in the midst of a cascade of Christian movies right now. Risen. The Young...

March 09, 2016

The Young Messiah: Waking Up

When do we become ourselves? When do we realize who we are? For most of...

March 07, 2016

The Problem with R-Rated Superheroes

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice will be rolling out to theaters later this month....

February 2016

February 26, 2016

What’s a Life Worth? Oscar’s Best Pictures Tell Us

The value of a human life depends on who you ask. If we look...

February 21, 2016

It’s not just Jesus who rises again in Risen: It’s Christian filmmaking.

Jesus’ death and resurrection has been dramatized in countless movies—from 1927’s The King of Kings...

February 17, 2016

Movies Get Preachy. (But Should We Listen to the Sermon?)

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square. This month we're asking:...

February 15, 2016

To Kill or Not To Kill? That is the Question For Superheroes

Deadpool, the latest cinematic superhero movie from Marvel, opened big this weekend, banking around $135...

February 08, 2016

The Prejudice Against Christian Zombies

I was pretty disappointed with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which was released this past...

February 05, 2016

The Quiet Faith of Peyton Manning

This blog is about looking for God in entertainment, so it's only right we mention...

February 01, 2016

Sundance Hit Birth of a Nation Reportedly Shows Complex Christianity

The Birth of a Nation won the top two honors at the Sundance Film Festival...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

X-Files: Signs of Promise

Much has been written about the greatness of The X-Files—how the original series revolutionized television,...

January 22, 2016

Yes, the Oscars Are Still So White. But Let’s Not Boycott.

If I was king of the Oscars, the competition for best actor this year would...

January 20, 2016

The Revenant: Looking For a Holier Ghost

John Fitzgerald says that God is a squirrel. That’s what a buddy told him, at...

January 15, 2016

Does 13 Hours Reach the Truth of Benghazi?

John "Tig" Tiegen came home mad. He was disgusted by how his fallen comrades were...

January 14, 2016

Here’s what the Oscars Have to Say About Faith

The Oscar nominations came out this morning. And religion, believe it or not, was everywhere....

January 11, 2016

The Real Soldiers Depicted in the New Film ’13 Hours’ Were Driven by One Thing: Faith

Faith comes easier when everything else is hard. Mark "Oz" Geist, Kris "Tanto" Paronto and...

January 08, 2016

2016 Will Be Huge For Entertainment and Religion

The United States is getting more secular all the time, we’re told. And yet religion has never...

January 04, 2016

The Hateful Eight: Nothing But the Blood

Quentin Tarantino frustrates the snot out of me. He is, unquestionably, a master craftsman. He...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Watching God’s “Best” Movies of 2015

I love reading lists, but I don't like making them. Choosing the "best" movies of...

December 28, 2015

The Convicting Power of ‘Concussion’

I may not bleed orange and blue, but on game days I sweat the colors...

December 21, 2015

The Tragic Story of ‘Amy’

When I think of music’s great voices, I think of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan,...

December 18, 2015

Is Spoiling a Sin?

Jim McDermott doesn't want me, or you, or anyone to tell him about Star Wars...

December 16, 2015

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Gets Spiritual

Kylo Ren isn’t all that he pretends to be. When we first meet him in...

December 11, 2015

In the Heart of the Sea, in the Eye of God

In the Heart of the Sea gets under your skin. It’s hard for movies to...

December 09, 2015

The Servant’s Heart of The Minions

“You gotta serve somebody,” Bob Dylan once sang. And whatever their faults may be, the...

December 06, 2015

Heaven and ‘Brooklyn’ Have Something in Common

(Caution: Spoilers ahead.) Eilis found new life in America. It wasn’t easy for the Irish...

December 02, 2015

Beautiful Darkness: An Interview With William Riead, Director of The Letters

Mother Teresa isn't a saint. Not yet officially, at any rate. But for many of...

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