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July 2021

July 09, 2021

Black Widow’s Quest for Redemption Might Make Her Marvel’s Best Hero

Natasha Romanoff never asked to be Black Widow. She wanted to be a butterfly;...

July 07, 2021

Summer of Soul Is a Great Doc (and Deeply Spiritual, Too)

The Summer of Soul made me smile. The documentary (the full title of which is...

June 2021

June 16, 2021

Don’t Sleep on Awake’s Spiritual Themes

Awake, Netflix’s latest sci-fi thriller featuring a very stressed-out mother (see Bird Box), is a...

June 07, 2021

New Conjuring Movie Wears Faith on Its Bloody Sleeves

The Conjuring cinematic universe—now eight films strong—is the second highest-grossing horror franchise of all time,...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

Walking the Line Between Secular and Sacred: An Interview with the Writer of Netflix’s ‘Blue Miracle’

The story behind Netflix’s Blue Miracle (starring Jimmy Gonzalez and Dennis Quaid) is almost...

May 19, 2021

Give Some ‘Respect’ to the Year of Aretha Franklin

The second trailer for Respect, a biopic of Aretha Franklin and starring the dynamic Jennifer...

May 14, 2021

Bad Religion’s at the Heart of Underground Railroad’s Most Despicable Character

Amazon Prime’s The Underground Railroad, based on the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead,...

May 07, 2021

Jennifer Hudson Dives Into Psalm 28 in Netflix’s ‘Monster’

Monster, a new film premiering on Netflix today, focuses on 17-year-old honor student Steven Harmon...

April 2021

April 25, 2021

Mockumentary YouthMin is No Christian Movie, But It’s Smarter Than It Looks

His name is Dave, but he likes the kids to call him Pastor D. “I...

April 22, 2021

Oscar’s Bite-Size Docs Are Worth the Watch. Here’s Where You Can Find Them

I’m pretty up on my movies. When the Oscars roll around (as they will April...

April 12, 2021

Narnia Comes to ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’

Turkish Delight. It’s a candy, of course—a mixture of sugar and starch and tasty...

April 09, 2021

Three Tasty Thoughts Found in ‘The Truffle Hunters’

Normally, if your dog digs up something a big, smelly blob in the forest, you’d...

April 05, 2021

The Unholy is Creepy, But Suffers From a Fatal Flaw

Christian entertainment blooms this time of year. In the space between Palm Sunday and Easter,...

April 03, 2021

Godzilla vs. Kong is the Tower of Babel All Over Again

Godzilla vs. Kong isn’t a great work of art. It’s not even a great movie....

March 2021

March 28, 2021

Roma Downey, ‘Resurrection’ and Bringing Easter Down to Earth

Resurrection, the newest faith-based movie from Hollywood power couple Roma Downey and Mark Burnett (and...

October 2020

October 28, 2020

The Christian Paradox of Pan’s Labyrinth

Pan’s Labyrinth is not, exactly, a horror movie—no matter what my podcast partner might say....

October 25, 2020

The Healing Garden is a Very, Very Christian Movie (For Better and Worse)

I can’t tell you when you’ll be able to see The Healing Garden. My understanding...

October 21, 2020

Take Time for Time: The Doc is Worth It.

Time, a powerful new documentary directed by Garrett Bradley and available now on Amazon Prime,...

October 16, 2020

Seeing Faith in Disney+’s Clouds

Zach Sobiech wasn’t expecting a miracle when he went to Lourdes. His family made the...

August 2020

August 24, 2020

Words on Bathroom Walls Reminds Us of the Power of Confession

Words on Bathroom Walls, a teen romantic drama released to theaters this past weekend, takes...

July 2020

July 18, 2020

The Quiet Faith of Greyhound

Tom Hanks’ new movie Greyhound takes place during what Winston Churchill called the Battle of...

July 13, 2020

How Netflix’s Bloody The Old Guard is Like the Sweetest Christmas Movie Ever

You wouldn’t think that Andy from Netflix’s The Old Guard would have much to...

June 2020

June 19, 2020

This Man is Fast. But in Runner, It’s His Will That Moves You.

Guor Mading Maker was an experienced runner long before he laced up his first pair...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

The Truth Is Out There, Somewhere, in Amazon’s ‘The Vast of Night.’

In the opening minutes of Amazon Prime’s new film, The Vast of Night, the geekily...

April 2020

April 20, 2020

‘Stories are What Get Us Through Hard Times.’ An Interview With ‘The Quarry’ Director Scott Teems

It’s been a strange year for the movie industry, obviously. But while blockbusters have all...

April 03, 2020

Religion is a Part of The Other Lamb. A Bad, Baaaaad Part

With most theaters closed, The Other Lamb—an art-house horror film—landed on various video-on-demand services...

March 2020

March 11, 2020

How the Movie ‘Wendy’ Shows How We’re Really Not of This World

The movie Wendy hasn’t been as warmly received as director Benh Zeitlin’s breakout film, 2012’s...

February 2020

February 16, 2020

Doc ‘We Believe in Dinosaurs’ Highlights America’s Faith/Science Divide

I’m no scientist, but I do like science. I’m no pastor, but I do love...

February 13, 2020

The Green Knight Looks Intense. But Will It Retain the Original’s Spirituality?

The trailer for David Lowery’s intriguing-looking The Green Knight just dropped. Color me excited …...

January 2020

January 07, 2020

And Denver’s Film Critics Nominate …

It's awards season, of course. The Golden Globes were handed out this weekend, and Oscar...

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