reviews yet another \u201ckidults\u201d movie called \u201cRole Models\u201d<\/a> that I refuse to link to.\u00a0 Apparently even the Times is getting tired of this genre: the film is \u201cthe newest entry in the increasingly worn-out \u201cboys will be babies until they are forced to grow up\u201d school of arrested-development comedies. But he might as well have. Directed by David Wain (\u201cWet Hot American Summer\u201d), it follows the silly misadventures of two flailing Peter Pans who are forced to do community service to avoid jail time.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2013Have a great weekend, all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1. You may not have heard of the InSight podcasts done by Doug Baker of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.\u00a0 If not, you\u2019re missing out on excellent interviews with a number of Christian leaders: Danny Akin of Southeastern Seminary, Marvin Olasky of WORLD Magazine, David Dockery of Union University, and more.\u00a0 Visit the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[368,491,13056,679,837,990,1014,1033,1126,1431,1502,1963,2010,13217,2343,2954,2983,13315],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-role-models-film","tag-andy-crouch","tag-batman","tag-braille-rap","tag-christian-rap","tag-culture-making","tag-dark-knight","tag-david-dockery","tag-doug-baker","tag-gotham","tag-harvey-dent","tag-marvin-olasky","tag-metaphilm","tag-new-york-times","tag-podcasts","tag-trinity-forum","tag-union-university","tag-world-magazine"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>2. I found a terrific site dedicated to deep Christian engagement with the world of film: Metaphilm<\/a>.\u00a0 I had never heard of the site, but it\u2019s run by a man involved with Os Guiness\u2019s Trinity Forum<\/a>.\u00a0 The site includes perhaps the best intellectual Christian engagement with films that I\u2019ve ever read.\u00a0 If you like analyzing film and culture, you must visit Metaphilm<\/a>.\u00a0 Excerpt from a piece on The Dark Knight: \u201cSo, in this very canny, complex action movie (the director of The Prestige<\/em> and Memento<\/em> seems incapable of a narratively direct movie), the duality is clear. Dent and Batman are both knights, but Dent is \u201cshining\u201d while Batman is dark knight. Dent is the hero Gotham needs\/not deserves while Batman is the reverse. In short one might say (with just a jot of overreach) that Batman willingly takes on the mantle of everlasting infamy in order to save humankind.\u201d\u00a0 Deep stuff, eh?<\/p>\n