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Welcome to Looking Closer Journals' first edition of HALF-SHOT, an occasional contest to make you...

What would you choose as the Top Five Spiritually Significant Films you've ever seen? The...

Yep, that's Bono kneeling toward the right, smack in the middle of Arcade Fire. U2...

I was dismayed to realize this morning that I had forgotten to link to this...

The Guardian interviews James McAvoy, who plays C.S. Lewis's loveable faun. Caution: The Guardian allows...

A few words from Over the Rhine: Hello from Ohio! Dear reader, we'll try to...

Saturday's specials: I'm hoping Pride and Prejudice is the beginning of a turnaround for this...

I had almost given up on the big screen this holiday season. Nothing's living up...

In a new article at CanadianChristianity.com, Peter T. Chattaway speaks the much-avoided truth about C.S....

Friday's specials: WAX OFF Farewell, Pat Morita. DAILY MAIL CRITIC GOES BANANAS FOR NARNIA Sheeesh!...

While it remains to be seen whether The Fantastic Four's Ioan Gruffudd will be a...

Wine me, dine me, Over the Rhine me!! I've just ordered my copy of a...

Tuesday's specials THE WAR IS OVER. Oprah... Dave. Dave... Oprah. I expect a talk-show troop...

Over at Christianity Today Movies, it's time for this year's HARRY POTTER SMACKDOWN! It begins...

It must have been quite an event... a conference on Christianity and the arts, featuring...

Monday's specials: Will Your Pastor's Sermon win Narnia Sermon Contest? In other words, can your...

Sunday's specials: SATAN WILL BE "WHATEVER YOU WANT HER TO BE" Thanks to Chattaway for...

Imagine a film about the life of Tom Cruise that pretends that his marriage to...

Thursday's specials: DEFENDING LEWIS Hooray for GetReligion, as they expose the bloodthirsty journalists trying to...

Movie City News lists the competitors. Which film do you think deserves the Oscar? I...

---THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED. Check out the input from Steven Greydanus.--- ... at least,...

Wednesday specials: THIS YEAR'S DEMILLE Lecter will get some lovin'. DOES ASLAN HAVE A THEME?...

I sat spellbound a few nights ago basking in the glow of Aerial, the new...

I saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire yesterday and am hard at work...

Over at GetReligion, Terry Mattingly's paying attention to see if "Walk the Line" will tell...

I promised a report on the live Bruce Cockburn show in Seattle on Wednesday, so...

Wednesday's specials: YOURS, MINE, OUR FAITH Huh. Peter T. Chattaway mentioned today that, lo and...

Wow. When videos as wild as this one actually get produced, and as perfectly as...

Jason Bortz, whose short documentary on aid to Africa called Scratching the Surface was recently...

In Phase Three of my plans for world domination, this month I'll begin publishing a...