Bob Dylan: Time Out of Mind, Sony, 1997. The Christian community has not always been kind to high-profile musicians who have espoused Christian beliefs. A prime example is Bob Dylan: although he did some superb Christian albums and a phenomenal gospel tour, and continues to perform faith-affirming songs in concert, I’ve encountered church musicians who […]
Lars and the Real Girl – An Endearing Parable
Lars and the Real Girl stars Ryan Gosling as a loner who doesn’t allow himself to come close to anyone, not even his brother (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer). He certainly can’t handle the thought of a relationship with an actual woman, even though he has a co-worker named Margo (Kelli Garner) who is […]
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – Unflinching
What with films like Waitress, Knocked Up and the upcoming Juno, this seems to be the year of the unplanned pregnancy in North American films – and many critics have asked why the women in these films don’t just have their pregnancies terminated. That is, beyond the obvious fact that, if these women were no […]
Michelle Shocked ‘went for the singing, and stayed for the song’
A recently posted video on YouTube features Michelle Shocked giving a riveting performance of the gospel standard ‘Yes, God Is Real.’ The clip, according to one viewer, is “as convincing an argument that God is real as you are ever likely to find on the face of the earth.” During the video’s brief introduction, her […]
Real Girl an endearing parable
Lars and the Real Girl stars Ryan Gosling as a loner who doesn’t allow himself to come close to anyone, not even his brother (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer). He certainly can’t handle the thought of a relationship with an actual woman, even though he has a co-worker named Margo (Kelli Garner) who is […]
4 Months unflinching
What with films like Waitress, Knocked Up and the upcoming Juno, this seems to be the year of the unplanned pregnancy in North American films — and many critics have asked why the women in these films don’t just have their pregnancies terminated. That is, beyond the obvious fact that, if these women were no […]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
There is a lot that could be said about Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It is the longest of the books in J.K. Rowling’s phenomenally popular series, yet it is also the shortest of the five movies that have come out so far. The book, which came out in 2003, was the […]
Evan Almighty director Shadyac’s God is ‘very personal’
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 […]
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