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October 15, 2015
Woodlawn Asks if We Believe in Miracles
Christian movies can be difficult for secular audiences to embrace. Sometimes it’s because of the...
October 14, 2015
Frankenstein: Still Crazy (and Relevant) After All These Years
Frankenstein, the 1931 classic Universal monster movie, probably doesn’t have the oomph to terrify folks...
October 11, 2015
Should Christians Watch Horror Movies?
October is the season for scary movies. So says Redbox, anyway. The movie rental company polled...
October 08, 2015
Does God Want You to Do Great Things? Phil Vischer De-Disneys a Popular Myth in Kids’ Entertainment
Phil Vischer has always been one of my favorite storytellers. My kids drew up watching...
October 05, 2015
Looking for Life in The Leftovers
The second season of The Leftovers, on HBO, begins with what feels like a Paleolithic...
October 02, 2015
The Martian and Sci-Fi’s Search for Salvation
Mars has never been a particularly welcoming place. From H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds...
September 2015
September 30, 2015
The Walk: A High-Wire Act That’s Not About Faith (But Sort of Is)
When I was youngish, a friend of mine and I went to check out the...
September 25, 2015
Are The Muppets Worth Getting Mad About?
Say what you will about we conservative Christians, we do not lack opinions. And...
September 24, 2015
Sorry, Francis Critics: Faith is Inherently Political
I typically deal with entertainment here at the Watching God blog, but its mission extends...
September 21, 2015
The Scorch Trials: WCKD’s Road of Good Intentions
Way back in the Paleolithic 1980s, sage philosopher Mr. Spock told us that "The needs...
September 18, 2015
The Season of the Sorta-Secular Christian Movie
Last year was called the year of the faith-based movie, and in a lot of...
September 14, 2015
The Dark Ages, Told in Bright Blocks
I’ve never been a big fan of the term “Dark Ages,” actually. It seems kinda...
September 11, 2015
Can You Actually Spend 90 Minutes in Heaven … and Come Back?
90 Minutes in Heaven, released today, is reportedly the true story of a man who...
September 04, 2015
A Walk in the Woods and the Spiritual Pilgrimage
A Walk in the Woods is about two oldsters (played by the suitably-but-gracefully aged Robert...
September 02, 2015
Ben Hur, 1925: When Christian Movies Were Just … Movies
A few days ago, a reporter interviewed me about the Christian movie industry—whether there should...
August 2015
August 28, 2015
Attention Hollywood: Here’s What Moviegoers Actually Want to See
It's been a great year for women in movies. Check out the year's 15 top-grossing...
August 26, 2015
A Peek at the Christian Movie Woodlawn
If there's anything the Tim Tebow phenomenon has taught us, we Christians love our Christian...
August 24, 2015
American Ultra: Monkeying Around With Free Will
You can count the things that American Ultra’s Mike Howell loves on three fingers: his...
August 19, 2015
Remembering Robin (Part Two)
To mark the sad anniversary of Robin Williams' death, Esther O'Reilly posted last week the...
August 17, 2015
The Poignant Wisdom of Stephen Colbert
GQ features former-fake-conservative-blowhard-turned-Late-Show-host Stephen Colbert in its newest issue. And Joel Lovell's cover story, "The...
August 14, 2015
Ricki and the Flash Shows Us What Courage Really Looks Like
There's courage aplenty on the summer's movie screens: Hey, there's Ethan Hunt hopping on the...
August 12, 2015
Remembering Robin (Part One)
A year ago yesterday, we learned that Robin Williams was dead. I remember where I...
August 10, 2015
Fantastic Four: Proof That Not Every Superhero Needs a Dark Reboot
Reed Richards feels really, really bad for what he did to Ben Grimm. He tells...
August 05, 2015
The 33: A Miner Miracle
Five years ago today (Aug. 5), 33 Chilean miners were trapped nearly a half a...
August 03, 2015
The Messy MacGuffins of Mission: Impossible
It might be a briefcase. A treasure map. A priceless statue of a falcon. A...
July 2015
July 31, 2015
The Aurora Theater Shooter: What Would Batman Do?
It's been about three months since the Aurora theater shooting trial began. A jury has already...
July 27, 2015
Southpaw: Blind, But Now I See
The eye always gave him trouble. It was the price Billy Hope paid for the...
July 24, 2015
The Power of Story
I'm actually in the mountains of Colorado right now, climbing hills and dodging coyotes. But I...
July 20, 2015
We’re All Trainwrecks
Let's get this out of the way first: Amy Schumer's Trainwreck was a crass, salacious...
July 13, 2015
Batman v. Superman’s Super, and Spiritual, New Trailer
So the new Comic-Con trailer for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice has been out...
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