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June 2019

June 19, 2019

Why Are We Here? A Spork Has Some Thoughts About That.

Toy Story 4 is an odd duck. I’m not speaking of the literal odd duck...

May 2019

May 21, 2019

Storytelling is Not a Democracy.

In the closing moments of HBO’s Game of Thrones, a haggard Tyrion Lannister suggests that...

May 10, 2019

How Do You Respond to Unspeakable Hate? With Forgiveness, a New Documentary Says.

I was driving to Denver when I heard about another local school shooting--the fourth in...

May 07, 2019

Endgame is All About Colossal Failure—and Second Chances

The dust is settling, the ash has blown away. And, inescapably, the internet is roaring...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

Everything I Needed to Know I Learned From the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Avengers: Endgame is here. Finally. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been building toward this moment...

April 19, 2019

Pilgrim’s Progress is Instructive, Inspiring … and Utterly Insane

I've never read Pilgrim's Progress. As a college English major, you think I would've. And...

April 16, 2019

In The Curse of La Llorona, ‘The Only Way You Can Combat Darkness is With Light.’

I’ve written plenty about the spiritual dichotomy we find in horror movies. For lots of...

April 15, 2019

Notre Dame’s Fire Was Horrible. But We Can Find Hope There, Too

The fire in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is dying down now. No one knows...

April 10, 2019

Amazing Grace is a Messy Masterpiece

Singer Aretha Franklin was at her peak in 1972. She’d recorded more than 20 albums,...

April 09, 2019

Seeing the Power of Faith in The Curse of La Llorona

I just got back from a film junket in Los Angeles for The Curse of...

April 04, 2019

Yes, Shazam is Great Fun. And It Has a Great Message, Too

D.C.’s on a roll. After spending years in a post-Christopher Nolan wilderness, D.C. and Warner...

March 2019

March 29, 2019

Zach Snyder Just Doesn’t Get Batman

If Batman throws a party to celebrate his 80 years in action, I’m hoping Zack...

March 27, 2019

“It Was a Moment I’ll Never Forget.” Bill Riddick Talks About the Real ‘Best of Enemies’

Durham was a powder keg in 1971, according to the film The Best of Enemies....

March 25, 2019

This is ‘Us.’ And It’s Horrifyingly Spiritual

Jordan Peele’s smart, terrifying new film Us is tethered, you might say, to the Bible—specifically...

March 22, 2019

‘If Someone is Allowed to Touch History, Then It Sticks With Them.’ Scholar Robert Cargill Talks About the History Channel’s New Show About Jesus

The History Channel will unveil a new eight-part miniseries based on the life of Jesus...

March 21, 2019

Walking in the Shadow of Death in The Long Goodbye

Her blog was called “Mundane Faithfulness,” but there was nothing mundane about it. Not ever,...

March 15, 2019

Wonder Park Contains a Wonderful Message about Creativity

In Genesis, God speaks the universe into being. “Let there be light,” He says, and...

March 08, 2019

Captain Marvel Isn’t a Great Movie. But it has a Great Message

Captain Marvel is … just fine. It’s fun. It’s entertaining. It’s got a very likable...

March 03, 2019

‘I’m Just Fascinated by It.’ Morgan Freeman Talks About Religion, Faith and ‘The Story of God’

Morgan Freeman knows more about God than most of us. It’s not just that the...

February 2019

February 07, 2019

Finding Light in Darkness … and In LEGO Movie 2

Bricksburg has seen better days. When The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part opens, the...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Oscar Loses Its Religion

Oscar nominees were announced last week, and like always, they featured plenty of surprises, snubs...

January 18, 2019

Glass Isn’t Just About Superheroes: It’s About Belief

Ultimately Glass, M. Night Shyamalan's newest twisty adventure, didn't work that well for me, at...

January 07, 2019

Christian Bale Makes a Devil of an Acceptance Speech

People often thank God when they accept awards. Rarely do they thank Satan. Until last...

December 2018

December 28, 2018

Anger Reigned In 2018–Except At the Movies

Avengers: Infinity War gave us the greatest roster of superheroes ever assembled on screen. About...

December 20, 2018

The Year’s Best Movies (According to Me)

Reviewing movies is hard, people. You have to watch a lot of movies, and then...

December 14, 2018

Forget the Avengers: Roma Gives Us The Year’s Greatest Hero

Roma begins in water. It’s all we see at first—the water washing over black-and-white tile...

December 10, 2018

And the Most Religious Superhero Movie of the Year is … Deadpool 2?

Deadpool fans were treated to a new poster last week, right in advance of the...

December 07, 2018

Avengers End Game Cometh, and It Has a New Trailer

"Now is not the end," Winston Churchill said in Nov. 1942. "It is not even...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Daredevil is Television’s Bloodiest, and Best, Show About Faith

The third season of Netflix’s Daredevil begins with a black baptism. Its first few seconds...

November 23, 2018

We Share Good News at Christmastime: The Grinch Shows Us How

No one likes it when carolers attack. That’s especially true if you’re the Grinch, who...