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January 15, 2024

Seven Movies That Powerfully Confront Racism

  A decade ago, 12 Years a Slave was stirring the Oscar stew. Though the...

December 2021

December 20, 2021

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Spins a Web of Second Chances

  Spider-Man: No Way Home snared a staggering $253 million in its sticky North American...

July 2021

July 09, 2021

Black Widow’s Quest for Redemption Might Make Her Marvel’s Best Hero

  Natasha Romanoff never asked to be Black Widow. She wanted to be a butterfly;...

August 2018

August 09, 2018

Move Over, Odysseus: Christopher Robin Takes a Classic Hero’s Journey

To the denizens of the Hundred-Acre Wood, Christopher Robin has always been a hero. In...

January 2018

January 21, 2018

The Glory of the Backup: The Inspiring Stories of Case Keenum and Nick Foles

Case Keenum’s season was over. Most everyone knew it. His Minnesota Vikings put up a...

August 2016

August 19, 2016

Forget Judah: Ben-Hur is All About Messala

The 1959 version of Ben-Hur is a triumph of filmmaking—one that won 11 Oscars, boasts...

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 16, 2015

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Gets Spiritual

Kylo Ren isn’t all that he pretends to be. When we first meet him in...

November 2015

November 03, 2015

A Little Light in ‘The Walking Dead’

The Walking Dead has always been more about the good and evil inside the living...

October 2015

October 02, 2015

The Martian and Sci-Fi’s Search for Salvation

Mars has never been a particularly welcoming place. From H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds...

September 2015

September 04, 2015

A Walk in the Woods and the Spiritual Pilgrimage

A Walk in the Woods is about two oldsters (played by the suitably-but-gracefully aged Robert...

August 2015

August 14, 2015

Ricki and the Flash Shows Us What Courage Really Looks Like

There's courage aplenty on the summer's movie screens: Hey, there's Ethan Hunt hopping on the...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

We’re All Trainwrecks

Let's get this out of the way first: Amy Schumer's Trainwreck was a crass, salacious...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

The Little Mermaid: Like the Garden of Eden, Only Wetter

The Little Mermaid opened in theaters 25 years ago Monday (Nov. 17). It proved to...

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