Los Angeles, CA – It has been four years since Bruce Almighty conquered the box office, and a lot has happened at the intersection of faith and film since then. Many Christians were leery of the film when they heard that it starred Jim Carrey as a man who is endowed with supernatural powers after […]
Amazing Grace
Grace promotes politics over Wilberforce’s faith ‘Amazing Grace,’ the song, is a beloved gospel classic; but once in a while, someone complains that it isn’t Christian enough – at least not in that first, famous verse. Words like ‘grace’ are too vague, and phrases like “I once was blind, but now I see” could refer […]
Terabithia is a flawed but faithful adaptation
There are fantasies, and there are stories about children who fantasize. Bridge to Terabithia – which concerns a boy and girl who create an imaginary kingdom for themselves, as a sort of refuge from the travails of home and school – is most definitely the latter. But the Disney studio has gone out of its […]
Children of Men and Apocalypto: Apocalypse future and past
Life is precious, and the world is a hostile place. These two truths are taken to new – and sometimes shocking – extremes in “Children of Men” and “Apocalypto”. One film is set in the near future, and the other in the distant past, but both films are essentially chase movies set against the backdrop […]
Deliver Us from Evil: the tragedy of lost faith
Amy Berg scored quite a coup for her first documentary film. In Deliver Us from Evil, which covers one aspect of the child-abuse scandal currently rocking the Catholic church in the U.S, she gets a startlingly candid interview from Oliver O’Grady – a former priest, now living in Ireland, who abused numerous children while stationed […]
The Da Vinci Code: a slanderous bore which takes itself too seriously
Due to BCCN‘s publishing schedule, I am writing this column after I have had a chance to see The Da Vinci Code, but before the film has opened in regular theatres. So on the one hand, I can safely say that the movie is a dud, a complete bore, and that most film critics, secular […]
Brokeback Mountain, Oscar Favorite, is not necessarily pro-gay
The Academy is in a political mood this year. The front-runner for the Best Picture Oscar is Brokeback Mountain, the so-called ‘gay cowboy’ movie; however, some pundits have speculated that the trophy might go to Crash, a contrived and wildly overrated ensemble piece about racism in Los Angeles, when the awards are handed out. Meanwhile, […]
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is about four children who discover a magical country while staying in a professor’s house, far from their home, during World War II. They enter this country, called Narnia, through a secret portal in the back of a giant closet. And once they get there, they discover that […]
Elizabethtown
It isn’t every woman who gets to see a pivotal moment from her life interpreted for all the world to see by an Oscar-winning actress. It’s an even rarer woman who gets to see two Oscar-winning actresses re-enact such episodes from her life. But as anyone who has seen Almost Famous or Elizabethtown might have […]
Can a Christian make horror movies?
Can A Christian make horror movies? Scott Derrickson thinks so. As a screenwriter, he has worked on quite a few films in the genre, including Urban Legends: Final Cut, Dracula 2000 and Hellraiser: Inferno, the last of which he also directed. His newest film as co-writer and director, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, looks at […]
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