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November 2017

November 27, 2017

Netflix Asks Us to Find God in the Mud of Mudbound

Netflix, the ubiquitous television streaming service, wants to become a venue for must-see movies, too,...

November 20, 2017

Check Out ‘A Wrinkle in Time’s’ New Trailer

Disney just released its new trailer for A Wrinkle in Time, in theaters March 9....

November 17, 2017

What Went Wrong With Justice League (and How to Fix It)

I feel kind of sorry for D.C. We know the folks behind Justice League meant...

November 14, 2017

Dickens Didn’t ‘Invent’ Christmas. But Here Are Three Ways He Changed It.

Forget the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future. The real inescapable spirit of the...

November 11, 2017

Sin, Penance and Forgiveness in an Age of Scandal

My favorite movie? It might be The Mission. The 1986 movie unpacks the story of...

November 10, 2017

A Spoiler-Free Look at What Murder on the Orient Express Gets Right, and Wrong, About Faith

Every summer, when I'd visit my grandma and grandpa at their Colorado cabin for a...

November 05, 2017

How ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Connects With Christian Faith in Four Freaky Ways

Let's not pretend that Thor: Ragnarok is some profound theological declaration. It's a superhero movie,...

November 03, 2017

‘The Long Road Home’: Faith Under Fire

In the second hour of National Geographic's miniseries The Long Road Home, Lt. Shane Aguero...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Exorcism Of Emily Rose is a Boo-eutiful Halloween Movie

The doorbell's stopped ringing. The candy—at least all the candy you can bear to part...

October 29, 2017

I’ll Push You: ‘God Was Saying I Need to Do This’

The Camino de Santiago—traditionally stretching from the southwest corner of France to the Cathedral of...

October 27, 2017

The Florida Project: Searching for the Kingdom of Heaven Next to the Magic Kingdom

The Florida Project rolls nationwide this week. It’s a quirky, difficult and sometimes heartbreaking movie,...

October 23, 2017

Mercy Me: Three Lessons From the Season Premiere of The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead kicked off its eighth season with a war—or, at least, the start...

October 11, 2017

Don’t Pooh-Pooh This Bear

“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first...

October 09, 2017

NatGeo’s The Story of Us Misses the Full Story

Morgan Freeman is one of the United States’ most beloved entertainment figures. He’s appeared in...

October 06, 2017

Getting to Blade Runner 2049’s Soul (Without Getting Into Spoilers)

"When do you get your soul?" An agnostic friend of mine asked me that in...

September 2017

September 15, 2017

Forget CGI: ‘I’ll Push You’ is a Movie With Just Two Friends, a Wheelchair and a Whale of a Story

Suffering is a gift. It's difficult for us to grasp that truth in 21st century...

September 13, 2017

Stephen King: ‘Faith Makes it Possible to Battle the Monsters’

Stephen King and I go way back. I think IT was actually the first book...

September 11, 2017

Nothing but the Blood: 3 Fascinating Spiritual Themes in ‘IT’

IT made an estimated $123 million this weekend, setting a record for highest debut ever...

September 07, 2017

‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ Coming to Christmas Future (and It Looks Pretty Good)

We all know 'A Christmas Carol.' We've seen Ebenezer Scrooge played by Alastair Sim, George...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Why Don’t Christians Like Good Movies?

Sometimes, I don't get us. We Christian moviegoers can sound oh-so-superior when we critique Christian...

August 23, 2017

Is God in the Movies? A New Book Shows Us How to Find Him There

They would come without question. They’d gather in the sanctuary, light streaming in red and...

August 16, 2017

Three Ways ‘Annabelle: Creation’ Nails Evil (in Our Own Lives)

There's no doubt that the doll in Annabelle: Creation is a truly terrible toy. She's...

August 10, 2017

“There’s Something Greater Than All of Us.” A Conversation With Annabelle: Creation Writer Gary Dauberman

The wind howls. A door creaks. And then in the darkness—just out of the corner...

August 08, 2017

We Can’t Just All Get Along: Detroit as Seen by Four Characters

We need rules. If we loved each other perfectly, we'd have no use for laws...

August 04, 2017

The Great Eight: The Summer’s Best Movies

A calendar tells us that summer runs from June 21 to September 21. Most of...

July 2017

July 24, 2017

What Dunkirk Can Teach Us About Finding Victory in Failure

I'm still processing the death of Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park. Linkin Park...

July 20, 2017

Six Questions with A Ghost Story’s David Lowery

In David Lowery's excellent, intimate A Ghost Story (increasing its theatrical run this week), the...

July 18, 2017

I’m Officially Pumped for Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time

So, there's only so much you can learn from a movie trailer. They're advertisements, after all. They're...

July 17, 2017

In War for the Planet of the Apes, God’s Chosen People Aren’t People at All

Jesus told us to give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, give to God what is...

July 13, 2017

Little Love for Faith in Emmy Nominations

TV has never been better, no question. The television landscape is so saturated with prestige...

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