THE BALCONY IS CLOSED Roger Ebert blogs: I was surprised how depressed I felt all day on July 21, when Richard and I announced we were leaving the “Ebert and Roeper” program. To be sure, our departures were voluntary. We hadn’t been fired. And because of my health troubles, I hadn’t appeared on the show for two years. But I advised on co-hosts, suggested movies, stayed in close communication with Don DuPree, our beloved producer-director. The show remained in my... Read more
Congratulations to my good friend Alissa Wilkinson, who makes her debut as a Christianity Today Movies film critic today with a 3 1/2 – star review for Brideshead Revisited: (more…) Read more
When the sun sets on the new remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, where will writer/director Scott Derrickson go next? (more…) Read more
I’ve just seen The X-Files 2: I Want to Believe, and my review will be at ChristianityTodayMovies.com on Friday morning. But before I say anything about the movie, I’m interviewing YOU. (more…) Read more
And here… we… GO! Thomas Hibbs from First Things: It would be hard to imagine a more compelling embodiment of the escalation of evil in Gotham than what Nolan and actor Heath Ledger have created in the character of The Joker, whose insouciant embrace of chaos eclipses the malevolence of Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs and John Doe from Se7en. What makes Nolan‚Äôs latest film such a success is not, however, Ledger‚Äôs compelling presentation of evil, on which... Read more
Philip Yancey in CT: Lewis has taught me a style of approach that I try to follow in my own writings. To quote William James, “… in the metaphysical and religious sphere, articulate reasons are cogent for us only when our inarticulate feelings of reality have already been impressed in favor of the same conclusion.” In other words, we rarely accept a logical argument unless it fits an intuitive sense of reality. The writer’s challenge is to nurture that intuitive... Read more
If you ever overhear me muttering threats while I read Christian media, it’s likely that I’ve discovered more “Christian” shows of contempt for environmentalists. It’s amazing how often I find fellow believers putting down those who strive to save the natural world our Creator made. I get sick to my stomach when I hear that Christians disregard the state of the environment because, well, Jesus is coming back soon so why worry about global warming? And when certain Christian movie-review... Read more
The Dark Knight set an impressive box office record this weekend. But that’s not the only list it topped. (Thanks to Scott Derrickson, who sent the link and prompted me to post this.) Granted, this IMDB list is vulnerable to surges, and as time passes, I’m sure it will drop in the rankings. The integrity of the list is quite suspect anyway; if memory serves, The Shawshank Redemption was #1 for quite a while. (Best movie ever? Really?) But still,... Read more
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The Dark Knight is my favorite superhero movie for adults. It’s every bit as good as you’ve heard, and probably better. But it’s not for kids. Heath Ledger’s Joker is one of the greatest portrayals of the devil I’ve ever seen… perhaps the best. I’ll have much more to say later this weekend, but I’m on my way to an island to work on the third strand of The Auralia Thread, so I’ll catch up with you all later. In... Read more
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