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May 2025

May 06, 2025

Sinners Is a Great Movie With a Problematic Message

You can’t deny the power, artistry and sheer entertainment value of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. The...

February 2022

February 16, 2022

Death on the Screen: What Murder Mysteries Like Death on the Nile Say About Faith

Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle is hosting a honeymoon cruise up the Nile for all her closest friends....

March 2019

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....

February 2018

February 16, 2018

Why Black Panther’s The Movie We Need Right Now

T'Challa's in heaven, or something close to it. The newly crowned king of Wakanda stands...

November 2017

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...

September 2016

September 02, 2016

Why Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem Kneel Down Matters

When Colin Kaepernick first refused to rise during the National Anthem before a fairly meaningless...

June 2016

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...

June 23, 2016

A Clip From Free (and Faithful) State of Jones

Free State of Jones, opening tomorrow, June 24, is a far cry from the sequels...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

Daredevil Goes to Church

The chase ends in a church. It's the culmination of a frantic running confrontation—one that...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

The Convicting Power of ‘Concussion’

I may not bleed orange and blue, but on game days I sweat the colors...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

The New Captain America Movie Looks Intense … and Troubling

As we go into this holiday weekend, we all can take the opportunity to consider...

November 20, 2015

Together, Mockingjay’s Katniss and Peeta Make a Pretty Good Christ Figure

G.K. Chesterton once wrote that “Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites by...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

The Aurora Theater Shooter: What Would Batman Do?

It's been about three months since the Aurora theater shooting trial began. A jury has already...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Mercy, Justice and The Equalizer

The Equalizer isn’t exactly a family friendly, faith-centric movie. Denzel Washington, who plays protagonist Robert...