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June 2025

June 29, 2025

Finding a Life of Meaning in ‘The Life of Chuck’

The Life of Chuck hasn’t exactly set the world on fire since its release earlier...

February 2024

February 08, 2024

Suncoast: Coming-of-Age Dramedy With Heart—and Faith

I really liked Suncoast, a quirky coming-of-age dramedy hitting Hulu tomorrow. This semi-autobiographical dramedy from...

August 2022

August 08, 2022

Luck Isn’t About Luck. It’s About Character.

It rains movies in August. The summer’s big blockbusters have come and gone, and studios...

November 2019

November 21, 2019

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a Beautiful Movie. It’s Also All About Pain.

I’ve got a friend who’s prone to make lists, and he recently gave me one...

August 2019

August 15, 2019

Where’d You Go Bernadette? Asks an Important Question—and Not the One in the Title

My favorite quote from Where’d You Go, Bernadette? isn’t from the movie at all. Rather,...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

October 2018

October 08, 2018

Is Venom Anti-Science?

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

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...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

Faith, Doubt and Batman

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

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...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Recovering From (and Finding Hope In) Avengers: Infinity War

I saw Avengers: Infinity War last week. I’m still recovering. If you’re like me, read...

March 2018

March 24, 2018

‘It Changed My Life.’ An Interview With the Director of ‘Summer in the Forest’

We’re afraid of people who are different. It’s not a knock. It’s in our nature....

March 08, 2018

How A Wrinkle in Time Went Wrong

Madeline L'Engle once famously said, "You have to write the book that wants to be...

January 2018

January 27, 2018

Why the Churchill Drama Darkest Hour is as Timely as Ever

Darkest Hour is the only second-best movie made about the Miracle of Dunkirk this year....

January 14, 2018

What Kylo Ren Can Teach Us

Love it or hate it, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has sparked plenty of debate....

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 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...

September 2017

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...

August 2017

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 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...

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...

June 2017

June 15, 2017

Four Fantastic Flicks that Might Make Your Dad Cry (Even If He Won’t Admit It)

The day my son was born was the scariest day of my life. He was...

April 2017

April 16, 2017

He is Risen Indeed

On Easter, my second father was actually dying.