This latest post is something of a 2-for-1.  Read on for my reflections on the sacredness of film and check out the featured video of selected film clips that I recently put together. (more…) Read more

Ah, the break-up. An inevitable part of the human experience often causing some sort of mental, emotional, or spiritual damage. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is one of the funnier break up movies of late. Sometime Pop Theology contributor Wendy Arce has absolutely fallen in love with it to the tune of four viewings. I’m glad she’s put the love to good use. Read on for her review. (more…) Read more

Throughout last year, I came across several articles that referenced the spate of pro-life films flooding cinemas. From Juno to Knocked Up to Waitress, pro-lifers were finding some unwitting partners in a variety of cinematic genres. One of these films, Bella, ran for quite some time in cinemas across the country. I heard and read mixed reviews, none of the negatives would stand in the way of a free Redbox Wednesday rental (I don’t know what happened to Monday). I... Read more

Pop Theology is back and getting better than ever. I still have a few aesthetic and technical wrinkles to iron out (specifically finally getting some images up), but other than that, I hope you enjoy the new layout. The first post since the reconstruction is a great review of a recent screening of West Side Story by new, hopefully frequent, Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay. Check out his bio in the contributors page. (more…) Read more

In the conclusion to John Ford, Peter Bogdanovich reflects on the director’s career and death. He recalls Jane Fonda picketing the American Film Institute’s presentation of their first Life Achievement Award to Ford because President Nixon was present. Bogdanovich sees a shortsightedness to Fonda’s protest and a timelessness to the director’s work. Though Ford may have held disagreeable political views (whose aren’t?), Bogdanovich writes, “His best movies–and there are many of them–are for all our days” (109). A film’s resonance... Read more

I’ll admit it.  I was more than skeptical when I saw the poster for another Jason Statham movie, especially when the title is The Bank Job.  I mean really, how many times does Statham need to play a low-class British criminal?  He’s like the James Bond of the London underworld, though not nearly as suave.  However, all the positive reviews on rottentomatoes and 2-for-1 ticket night at The Cerrito lured me in.  Turns out, I was pleasantly surprised.  Rather than... Read more