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February 2016

February 26, 2016
Wow. We're at Oscar weekend already. I thought about doing an Oscar prediction post this...
February 25, 2016
Last weekend, indie horror film "The Witch" debuted head-to-head against faith-based historical drama "Risen." One...
February 21, 2016
With “The Gospel According to St. Matthew,” we looked at one of cinema’s most straightforward...
February 21, 2016
Hey everyone! For about the past year, I've had the great joy of co-hosting a...
February 19, 2016
"Risen" isn't a movie that will change the world. It's not going to take home...
February 19, 2016
A masterpiece of tension and atmosphere, "The Witch" left me disturbed and unsettled; it's not...
February 17, 2016
Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square. This month we're asking:...
February 15, 2016
Let's get this straight: Normally, I don't care what Kanye West does. I'm a 36-year-old...
February 14, 2016
I wonder if sometimes the best people to bring sacred stories to life are nonbelievers....
February 13, 2016
I love comedies, comic book movies and films that break the fourth wall. You would...
February 12, 2016
How bad must a movie be if it can't even make me smile by killing...
February 10, 2016
We're continuing the "Getting To Know You" portion of this blog. Two weeks ago, I...
February 09, 2016
Growing up Baptist, Lent always fascinated me. Many of my friends were Catholic, and I was...
February 07, 2016
For the first year in decades, I didn't watch the Super Bowl. It wasn't a...
February 05, 2016
When a colleague and I talked about the work of Joel and Ethan Coen on a...
February 05, 2016
Note: Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" just became available on Amazon Prime this week. I thought it...
February 04, 2016
Maybe there really is a cinematic holy war going on. Just a day after The...
February 04, 2016
I haven't seen "The Witch,"  Robert Eggers' upcoming horror film. I heard all about it...
February 03, 2016
Welcome back to week two in a series I'm calling "My Essentials." As I continue...
February 02, 2016
As I alluded to earlier, I had some minor outpatient surgery yesterday, and I've spent...
February 02, 2016
Hello everyone! I'm currently mending from some minor elective surgery, and laid up on the couch...
February 01, 2016
The continuation of our discussion about this year's best picture nominees.    Mad Max: Fury...

January 2016

January 30, 2016
First, thank you all for the comments, shares and support during my first week at...
January 29, 2016
We're officially less than a month away from the Oscars. And while there's definitely controversy...
January 28, 2016
When it was announced last week that McG would direct a film adaptation of the...
January 27, 2016
It’s long been cliché for a critic to lament that lists are meaningless, but I...
January 26, 2016
It's old news by now that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
January 25, 2016
This is the first entry in what I hope will be a long, engaging conversation....
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