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November 2014

November 17, 2014

The Science and Spirituality of Interstellar

First, let's talk about the organ. It's inescapable in Interstellar. At the movie’s most critical...

November 14, 2014

The Little Mermaid: Like the Garden of Eden, Only Wetter

The Little Mermaid opened in theaters 25 years ago Monday (Nov. 17). It proved to...

November 12, 2014

Seeing God (In Bill Murray’s Banana Peels)

I'm not exactly sure when Bill Murray went from being wackily eccentric to a national...

November 10, 2014

Spiritual Space: Finding Faith in the Sci-Fi Stars

There is something in the stars that stirs us. We see the infinite space crease...

November 07, 2014

Christian Bale and Acting in Good Faith

Christian Bale, who plays Moses in the upcoming Ridley Scott epic Exodus: Gods and Kings,...

November 05, 2014

Maleficent: Horns, Wings and a Fractured Fairy

According to Augustine and a whole lot of subsequent theologians, evil isn’t really a “thing.”...

November 03, 2014

Begin Again: Born Again

With only Jake Gyllenhaal's disturbing Nightcrawler new in theaters this past weekend, I want to revisit...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

The Exorcist and Frightening Faith

It's Halloween and, given the date, it's only fair that I offer y'all a scary-movie...

October 29, 2014

Entertaining Churches, Preachy Movies

I had breakfast with an old friend of mine yesterday morning. He’d done some work...

October 27, 2014

St. Vincent: Not Much of a Saint, But Getting Better

"It is what it is." We hear that a lot in the indie movie St. Vincent—much...

October 24, 2014

Birdman: Finding a Life of Flighty Purpose

It's been a week since I saw Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue...

October 22, 2014

Exodus: Gods and Kings, Sneak Peak

I had a chance to see about 40 minutes worth of footage from Exodus: Gods...

October 19, 2014

Celebrate Diversity … in Christian Film

Salon’s Edwin Lyngar thinks that Christian films are awful. He’s not alone in that. I...

October 17, 2014

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Jimmy Stewart Plays Jesus

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, directed by Frank Capra, premiered 75 years ago today in...

October 15, 2014

Hearts and Souls in the Walking Dead Premiere

I know, I know. I wrote a short Walking Dead blog last week. But I...

October 13, 2014

Putting Down the Pickets

The season finale of Cartoon Network's Black Jesus aired a few days ago Oct. 9,...

October 11, 2014

Divergent, Dante and a Trip to the Pit

If one wishes to make lots of money in this world, one does not major...

October 08, 2014

Living Like the Dead

Ran across a pretty terrific post in Christ and Pop Culture today—a piece about AMC's...

October 06, 2014

Are You Excited for Exodus: Gods and Kings?

It’s probably a bit of a stretch to call 2014 the Year of the Christian...

October 03, 2014

Left Behind: Not Altogether Bad

I sort of enjoyed the new Left Behind movie. But I enjoy meals from a...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Someone Rewrites Harry Potter as Christian Story … Except It Already Was

Has there ever been a work of literature that couldn't be improved by rank amateurs...

September 28, 2014

Christian Movies Go Mainstream (Sorta)

I was reading an interesting article from the New York Post regarding the surge of...

September 26, 2014

Mercy, Justice and The Equalizer

The Equalizer isn’t exactly a family friendly, faith-centric movie. Denzel Washington, who plays protagonist Robert...

September 24, 2014

The Maze Runner: Just Like Faith, Only With Cyborg Spiders

Life just doesn't make sense sometimes. Just ask Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) from The Maze Runner....

September 21, 2014

Gotham and the Quest for Justice

This piece, on Fox's new show Gotham, was initially published on Christian Toto's excellent entertainment...

September 19, 2014

Braveheart: A Different Sort of Freedom

In a historic moment yesterday, Scotland narrowly voted against full independence and to stick with...

September 17, 2014

The Batmobile Should Not Have Gun Turrets

I do like me some Batman. Or, more fairly, I like me some Batmans. I...

September 15, 2014

No Good Deed and Dolphin Tale 2: Who You Gonna Trust?

Dolphin Tale 2 and No Good Deed, the weekend's two big movie newcomers, don't have...

September 12, 2014

Of Jesus and Jaws

Richard Kiel , the man who played one of the most endearing James Bond villains...

September 10, 2014

Dolphin Tale 2: Finding a Little Hope

It would’ve been nice to talk with Winter. But she wasn’t doing interviews. The other...

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