Messed Up…
As a fan of Judd Apatow’s hilarious The 40 Year Old Virgin, I had high hopes for his latest raunchy rom-com installment, Knocked…
Today’s Problems, Yesterday’s Answers
Recently released on DVD, The Queen offers another opportunity to view a near perfect film punctuated by two fantastic performances, Helen Mirren as…
Heir Unapparent
As the cinematic summer rolls on, we have the latest installment of the Shrek series. As a fan of the first two films,…
A Slice of Joy
Big summer blockbusters not your thing? Disappointed over and over again by sequels that fail to deliver? Forget the latest installment of Shrek…
The Resurgence of Religious Cinema
I recently worked on a project on the resurgence of religious cinema in the United States and linked it to the religious responses…
A Robotic Christ?
Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13) I realize that there are…
Too Much?
I remember seeing the earliest extended previews of Spiderman 3 that included clips of the film’s three villains, “New Goblin,” Venom, and Sandman.…
Jesus and Film
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.
Blessed and Cursed
With the imminent arrival of this year’s first “summer” blockbuster, Spiderman 3, I wanted to return to the first two Spiderman films and…