Ten Spiritually/Theologically Significant Films of the Decade
Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay and I have just completed our list of ten spiritually/theologically significant films of the last decade. Check it…
Victory With (A Sappy) Heart
As a sports fan, I am well aware of games’ ability to bring people together and create disharmony. For every story of cooperation…
A Cinematic Game Changer?
Unless you’ve been in a coma for over a year, you are probably familiar with James Cameron‘s latest film, Avatar. Touted as the…
A Complex Evil
I recently took a break from my Christmas movie bonanza with all its images of love and peace and togetherness to watch Gomorrah,…
The Rapture Exposed: A Review
Hollywood has spent billions of dollars to visualize global destruction through natural and man-made disasters. Religious filmmakers have spent millions trying to visualize…
He Loves to Fly and It Shows
Throughout this semester, I have frequently referenced an NPR interview with film scholar David Thomson in which he discussed how desperate times often…
BEING ERICA: RE/MEMBERING SIN!
Check out the latest from Jason Derr on Being Erica after the jump.
A Fate Worse Than Death?
Roland Emmerich’s disaster films are escapist fantasies that imagine how we humans will respond in the face of certain (almost) global destruction. As…
Jesus, This Was Boring…
“But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your…