Frailty is a real love-it-or-hate-it kind of movie. Directed by Bill Paxton, an actor best known for his roles in James Cameron films like Aliens and Titanic, it’s a dark, moody thriller about a single dad in rural Texas who tells his two sons that God has given them a secret mission — to destroy […]
John Q
There is no movie so bad it can’t be at least partially redeemed by Denzel Washington. Take John Q. The film is an extremely timely thriller about health care and the difficulties faced by those who cannot afford it, but it is also one of those shamelessly manipulative social dramas in which nearly everything is […]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and his friends may soar through the air on broomsticks and dangle from flying cars in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the latest chapter in J.K. Rowling’s ongoing saga about a young orphan and his classmates at a boarding school for witches and wizards, but the film itself never takes flight […]
Divided We Fall
Funny, dramatic and surprisingly poignant, Divided We Fall is one of the most oddly engaging stories about life under the Nazis in recent memory. This Oscar-nominated Czech film — now playing in Vancouver theatres, and soon coming out on video — focuses on Horst (Jaroslav Dusek) and Josef (Bolek Polivka), two Czechoslovakians who work for […]
Waking Life
Remember Generation X? Douglas Coupland once traced the origins of that short-lived bit of media hype to three items that appeared on the pop culture scene within months of each other in 1991: his own book by that name, Nirvana’s album Nevermind, and Slacker, a film by Richard Linklater. In Slacker, Linklater drifted from one […]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
If there is one thing the movie adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone may prove, it’s that being faithful to the original text can be both a strength and a weakness. For over a year, director Chris Columbus has assured fans of the young orphan wizard that he intends to stay as true […]
Hardball plays soft with the truth
Bob Muzikowski with Gregg Lewis: Safe at Home (Zondervan, 2001) Hardball (in theatres now) Earlier this year, Chicago-based Little League coach Bob Muzikowski took Paramount Pictures to court in a futile effort to block the release of Hardball, a movie about a baseball team for boys set in the Windy City’s housing projects — and […]
The Believer
“The Beleiver” is a powerful, shocking film about one man’s struggle with faith and ideology. Henry Bean’s directorial debut won the grand jury prize at the Sundance independent film festival in January 2001, but it couldn’t find a regular distributor until earlier this summer, apparently because its subject matter — it’s about a Jewish skinhead […]
A.I.: a human wanna-be in a robophobic society
For years, Christians have argued that God gave us free will, with all the potential for sin and pain which that entails, because he wanted children who would love him, and not mere robots who would do whatever they were programmed to do. But these days, many people ask whether that is a false dichotomy. […]
Is Harry Potter a menace to our children’s souls?
Richard Abanes: Harry Potter and the Bible: The Menace Behind the Magick, Horizon, 2001. Connie Neal: What’s a Christian to Do With Harry Potter?, WaterBrook, 2001. Years ago, as a teen, I heard a man at a church speak on the evils of popular culture. I expected him to rail against the usual suspects — […]
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