My latest look at the Bible-epic revival is a feature article for Christianity Today that looks at how the genre has emerged over the past decade and where it might go from here. Includes soundbites from various people in the industry. Read more
My latest look at the Bible-epic revival is a feature article for Christianity Today that looks at how the genre has emerged over the past decade and where it might go from here. Includes soundbites from various people in the industry. Read more
Meanwhile, Transcendence had one of the lowest openings for Johnny Depp since Pirates of the Caribbean put him on the map over a decade ago. Read more
Links to several articles that I wrote on Facing the Giants and Fireproof back in the day, including op-eds, a review, and multiple interviews with the filmmakers and their collaborators. Read more
The first film directed by cinematographer Wally Pfister is a big-questions sci-fi flick that looks great but gets increasingly muddled. Read more
Paramount is already encouraging members of the Academy to see Darren Aronofsky's Bible epic in theatres for free. Read more
The top five films about Jesus, the top five films with a "metaphorical Christ", and the top five films "with Christian themes", as determined by religion and ethics reporter Douglas Todd -- with a little help from myself and three other connoisseurs of the genre. Read more
The top-grossing evangelical movie ever made is a sloppily written, badly argued and unevenly acted bit of tribal chest-thumping. It's philosophy for people who are more interested in Duck Dynasty than in, say, Alvin Plantinga. Read more
Should movies like Noah and Exodus: Gods and Kings aim for greater ethnic "diversity" or "accuracy" when casting their major roles (or even the minor ones)? Read more
Critics have objected to the way Darren Aronofsky's film gives Noah the character arc that the Bible ascribes to God. But is there a theological justification for it? And has there ever been a film that put God front-and-centre successfully? Read more
Darren Aronofsky's Noah is now the second-highest-grossing Bible adaptation of all time worldwide, behind only The Passion of the Christ. Read more
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