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July 2007

July 20, 2007
Much has been written about Martin Scorsese’s films and hopefully we can expect more of...
July 18, 2007
Thanks to Alexander Carpenter of the Beatitudes Society and The Spectrum blog for steering me...
July 15, 2007
Robert Redford’s Sundance Channel has become the first cable network to intentionally devote a portion...
July 10, 2007
Here are some clips from Michael Moore's Sicko that feature former labour MP Tony Benn...
July 10, 2007
For his most recent film, Sicko, Michael Moore turns his skeptical, investigative eye towards the...
July 09, 2007
While it's nice to find images of truth, beauty, redemption, etc. in popular culture, it's...
July 08, 2007
Most people give me a funny look when I tell them my area of study....
July 03, 2007
Mark my words, Brad Bird can do no wrong...cinematically speaking of course. Following the success...
July 01, 2007
I seem to be encountering a string of films that, on the surface, have loads...

June 2007

June 30, 2007
Filmed on location in the rainforests of Costa Rica, The Blue Butterfly offers stunning close-ups...
June 21, 2007
There’s a vast chasm between (post) apocalyptic literature and films like the Left Behind series...
June 15, 2007
My summer reading program has started off successfully. I've caught up on Dave Eggers' newest...
June 13, 2007
On one of his newer albums, The Devil You Know, Todd Snider has a song...
June 12, 2007
This might be the most self-serving post yet, but I couldn't help sharing that Pop...
June 12, 2007
As a fan of Judd Apatow's hilarious The 40 Year Old Virgin, I had high...
June 07, 2007
We've seen a couple of articles on video games that challenge the couch potato stereotype....
June 04, 2007
Recently released on DVD, The Queen offers another opportunity to view a near perfect film...
June 04, 2007
As the cinematic summer rolls on, we have the latest installment of the Shrek series....
June 04, 2007
Big summer blockbusters not your thing? Disappointed over and over again by sequels that fail...

May 2007

May 28, 2007
Visit the link below to read Dr. Bill Leonard's commencement address to the 2007 graduating...
May 20, 2007
I came across these two extremely thought provoking articles in The San Francisco Chronicle today....
May 17, 2007
I recently worked on a project on the resurgence of religious cinema in the United...
May 08, 2007
I do not watch "Grey's Anatomy," but I realize that so many people do.  A...
May 07, 2007
Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his...
May 06, 2007
Here is a great article that follows up on our post about Dr. J. Matthew...
May 04, 2007
I remember seeing the earliest extended previews of Spiderman 3 that included clips of the...
May 01, 2007
As if making a film about eternal life, The Fountain, wasn't enough, director Darren Aronofsky...
May 01, 2007
Here's an interesting, brief introduction to Jesus films. The lecturer's comments on how we envision...
May 01, 2007
With the imminent arrival of this year’s first “summer” blockbuster, Spiderman 3, I wanted to...
May 01, 2007
If we can compare movie watching to dieting, then I consumed about three Big Macs...
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