The Man Who Saved the World

Last updated on: September 10, 2015 at 9:50 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

The Man Who Saved the World begins with an epigraph from Mark 8:36: “For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul.” Read more

Adrenaline (Simpkins, 2015)

Last updated on: September 8, 2015 at 7:35 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Adrenaline (★★½) was pretty much the sort of movie I was thinking of last year when I wrote the mini-essay, “Are Christian Films Judged By a Double Standard?” If you are not already predisposed to like Christian movies, nothing here will change your mind. That said, every class of films, even in genres you don’t like, have better or worse examples. In terms of writing, acting, and production values, Adrenaline is closer to a television movie than a feature-film, but–and this... Read more

The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 7 Recap

Last updated on: September 6, 2015 at 10:32 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

The series does tend to lean a little heavily on the contrast between individual faith (good) and institutional structures (bad, bad, bad). Read more

War Room (Kendrick, 2015)

Last updated on: August 28, 2015 at 5:00 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

When it comes to screenplay writing, Christian movies still lag in quality. Read more

Gemma Bovery (Fontaine, 2014)

Last updated on: September 1, 2015 at 2:23 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Anne Fontaine’s Gemma Bovery is one of those films I see at The Toronto Film Festival, enjoy, and then somehow never hear from again until it pops up, unannounced on Redbox or streaming on Amazon. Sometimes it is easy to figure out why such films don’t find an audience–too small, too indie, too foreign–but at other times the vagaries of film distribution are maddeningly opaque. So when Music Box Films announced a DVD release, I welcomed the opportunity to revisit... Read more

Tomorrow We Disappear (Goldblum & Weber, 2014)

Last updated on: August 25, 2015 at 2:42 pm By Alex McKee

What traditions have we left by the wayside in favor of progress, and, perhaps more importantly, who have we left behind? Read more

The Pardon (Anton, 2013)

Last updated on: August 23, 2015 at 7:56 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Seldom will one bad scene ruin a good movie, but there are tipping points. Read more

The Churchmen — Season 1, Episode 5 Recap

Last updated on: August 23, 2015 at 8:07 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

What makes a melodrama different from a soap opera? Read more

Top Spin (Newens & Son, 2014)

Last updated on: August 20, 2015 at 4:29 pm By Josh Wartel

What is the value of success without fame or fortune? Read more

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Ritchie, 2015)

Last updated on: August 13, 2015 at 8:29 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Now, there are Guy Ritchie movies and there are Guy Ritchie movies. Find out which kind of Guy Ritchie movie Alex McKee thinks The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is. Read more