Here’s an interesting, brief introduction to Jesus films. The lecturer’s comments on how we envision Jesus in light of on-screen representation are helpful.

With the imminent arrival of this year’s first “summer” blockbuster, Spiderman 3, I wanted to return to the first two Spiderman films and examine the ways in which they speak to issues of identity and vocational calling. As a result, these films offer great points of discussion for teenagers, or anyone else for that matter, [...]

If we can compare movie watching to dieting, then I consumed about three Big Macs watching The Condemned on Sunday. Produced in part by WWE Pictures (yes, that’s World Wrestling Entertainment), this is an action film that would have been more entertaining had it not tried to address questions of internet or journalism ethics. However, [...]

What would you do to ensure the safety of your loved ones? What price would you pay for freedom? Is freedom worth sacrificing your ideals, your religious beliefs, or even your faith itself? These are the questions that Dirty Pretty Things (2001) asks. Directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen) and written by Steven Knight (one [...]

We can continually talk about the spiritual significance of pop culture entertainment, as we should and will do; however, sometimes it’s necessary to pause for a laugh…for its own sake. While we could draw some “spiritual lessons” from arguably one of this years funniest films, I’ll just encourage you to see it so you can [...]

The Last King of Scotland will be released on DVD tomorrow. Daniel Skidmore reviews this provocative film.

Officially starting last Sunday, but going full-swing this week, millions of people across the country will start going to church for the first time this year. Having taken a five-month sabbatical, they will finally return to worship at the altar of home plate. For the next seven months (hopefully) faithful congregants will participate in a [...]

It’s hard to tell what lesson(s) the makers of Meet the Robinsons are trying to bestow on their audiences, but I imagine each of the seven screenwriters had their own intentions. This Disney release lacks all the humor and originality of more successful recent animated installments like the Toy Story or Shrek series. I went [...]

I can only imagine that the race for best foreign language film in this year’s Oscars was down to the wire.  Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth took home three Oscars for makeup, art direction, and cinematography, but failed to take home best foreign language picture.  This went to Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s The Lives of [...]

~Reviewed by Mary M. Dalton The documentary feature Jesus Camp generated a lot of buzz in some festival circles last year and won the top prize at SILVERDOCS: AFI-Discovery Channel Documentary Festival 2006 (one of the most highly regarded documentary festivals in the world). It was an auspicious launch for an unpretentious film, which went [...]