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October 2018

October 30, 2018

‘To Live Life in Radical Amazement’: An Interview with Behold the Earth Director David Conover

We live in some crazy times. In the United States, we may be as divided...

October 25, 2018

The Terrible Truth of Beautiful Boy

“I need to find a way to fill this big, black hole in me.” Nic...

October 19, 2018

Halloween’s Michael Myers Is Not Just a Killer: He’s a Demon.

Michael Myers is a big jerk. We've known that for a while, of course. The...

October 17, 2018

Talking Film, Forgiveness and Faith with ‘Change in the Air’ Director Dianne Dreyer

As Halloween tears into theaters this weekend, you might want to keep an eye out...

October 09, 2018

Drew Brees Breaks Record, But His Post-Game Interview is Even More Inspiring

I watched New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees break one of the National Football League's...

October 08, 2018

Is Venom Anti-Science?

Is the new movie Venom silly? Yep. Dumb? Sure. No one's going to walk into...

October 04, 2018

Star is Born Comes With Heartache, Song and Just a Twinkle of Faith

It’s barely October, but the movie awards season seems already in full swing. Oscarbait films...

October 03, 2018

Need a Lift? Watch a Doc.

It used to be that, when real life got a little too real, folks would...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Network TV Is Embracing Something New This Fall: Faith

We’re just ankle-deep into the new fall television season, but already I’m struck by one...

September 26, 2018

Here’s a Fun Clip From Smallfoot, and Gina Rodriguez Says Hi

Gina Rodriguez is just the coolest. She's one of those actresses who seems to make...

September 20, 2018

The Critical Lesson White Boy Rick Teaches About Family

White Boy Rick features two scenes that stick with me. The first: Rick Wershe Sr....

September 12, 2018

Mandy is the Craziest Movie of the Year. (Naturally, It Stars Nic Cage)

Say what you will about Nicolas Cage. But when he takes a role, he's all...

September 07, 2018

Three Fascinating Themes Hiding Under The Nun’s Gruesome, Gothic Horror

I'm a sucker for old-fashioned horror stories. I even love all the clichés—the misty graveyards,...

September 06, 2018

Featurette: Fear and Faith in The Nun

I watched The Nun last night. Very gothic, pretty scary and quite interesting from a...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

Wrestling with Evil in Operation Finale (and in Real Life, Too)

Operation Finale, now in theaters, is a morality study masquerading as an espionage thriller. The...

August 23, 2018

Faith, Doubt and Batman

It’s been an eventful week for my favorite Caped Crusader. First, in commemoration of its...

August 16, 2018

Aretha Franklin, ‘A Gift From God,’ Goes Home

Aretha Franklin may be gone, but her voice lives on. And what a voice. In...

August 10, 2018

Leviathan: The Meg, Moby Dick and Power from the Deep

The Meg paddles into theaters this weekend, and the makers of this Jason Statham action...

August 08, 2018

Robert Redford’s Greatest Performance Might Not Be What You Think

Robert Redford announced a couple of days ago that he's retiring from acting at the...

August 02, 2018

Four Great Lessons from Christopher Robin (With a Spiritual Twist)

When Christopher Robin was a child, he knew everything. Or, at least, that's what his...

July 2018

July 12, 2018

Four Reasons Why A Quiet Place is One of the Year’s Best—and Most Spiritual—Movies

Look, I've seen a lot of good movies this year. First Reformed was great and...

June 2018

June 14, 2018

Incredibles 2’s Incredible Message

Every superhero has his weakness. Superman has his kryptonite, Batman had his Bane. And in...

March 2018

March 15, 2018

Exploring the Universe With Stephen Hawking and Billy Graham

Physicist Stephen Hawking died March 14 at the age of 76. Millions grieved the passing...

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 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...

September 2016

September 07, 2016

How Logical Spock Gives Us a Surprising Example of Spirituality

The starship Enterprise may reportedly have plied the galaxy in the 23rd century, but it...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Batman v Superman Has Issues: Daddy Issues

OK, most of us agree that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice wasn't a great movie....

June 27, 2016

Matthew McConaughey Gets Spiritual in Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones is not technically a Christian movie, but it might as well...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

U2’s Bono on Why Christians Need to Get Honest About Art

Bono, lead singer for U2, and Eugene Peterson, author of The Message contemporary Bible translation,...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

The Tragic Story of ‘Amy’

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