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Category Archives: Reviews
Noah: What We Might Learn (Movie Analysis)
What do The Last Temptation of Christ, The Life of Brian, The Passion of the Christ, and Bruce Almighty have in common? Some Christians found the films wildly offensive; some found meaning and a deeper understanding of aspects of their faith by watching. Personally, I’m … Continue reading
Michael Hidalgo’s Unlost: Embrace Your Identity (Book Review)
Hidalgo wants us to understand that being found by God is bigger than the escapism of having our ticket punched to heaven, and he’ll show us how God’s plan is so much more. C.S. Lewis could’ve written the forward to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged atsab, c.s. lewis, michael hidalgo, shawshank redemption
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McCanick: What Obsesses You? (Movie Review)
Mack McCanick (David Morse, Green Mile, 16 Blocks) celebrates his birthday by setting in motion a manhunt for a recently-released ex-con, Simon Weeks (the now-deceased Cory Monteith, Glee). Defying his Chief of Police (Ciarin Hinds, Game of Thrones, Peabody & … Continue reading
Veronica Mars: From Kickstarter To Taking Numbers (Movie Review)
Seven years after the CW/UPN show of the same name wrapped, Veronica Mars hit the big screen last weekend, thanks to a multi-million-dollar Kickstarter campaign where fans paid to return Kristen Bell’s private investigator to Neptune High. When Logan Echolls (Jason … Continue reading
Harlen Coben’s Missing You: Wrestling With The Past (Book Review)
Two authors have dominated the “thriller” genre so significantly for me that I must buy their latest books. I’d even buy them if they suddenly dropped everything and became pulp romance authors! (Okay, maybe that’s a stretch.) But Lee Child … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Current Events, Reviews
Tagged harlan coben, missing you, myron bolitar, six years
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Frozen 2.0: Breaking Out Of The Box (Movie Review)
In December, I wrote that Frozen was one of the best movies I’d seen in 2013. I focused on the “act of true love” and what self-sacrificial love looked like. It was so easy to bubble over with enthusiasm about the “final … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Theology
Tagged alan tudyk, chris buck, disney pixar, hans, hans christian andersen, idina menzel, jennifer lee, jonathon groff, josh gad, kristen anderson-lopez, kristen bell, olaf, princess anna and elsa, robert lopez, veronica mars, Walt Disney
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Catching Fire: What Does A Revolution Cost? (Movie Review)
In the second installment of the Hunger Games series (is that a trilogy or a quadrilogy?), Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) finds herself in a different predicament than in the first film when she entered the Games in place of her younger sister. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Theology
Tagged Christ figure, Donald Sutherland, Easter, elizabeth banks, Fear, Gale Hawthorne, Haymitch Abernathy, hunger games, jennifer lawrence, Jesus Christ, Josh Hutcherson, katniss, Katniss Everdeen, lenny kravitz, Liam Hemsworth, Peeta Mellark, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Plutarch Heavensbee, President Snow, Suzanne Collins, woody harrelson
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Resurrection: Do You Want To Believe? (TV Review)
Midseason TV replacements are tricky. They often have a significant pilot but then often appear like a “flash in the pan,” disappearing before Johnny Q. Public has had a chance to even consider watching them. But Resurrection, ABC’s eight-episode series based … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Theology, TV
Tagged doubting Thomas, Jason Mott, John 20:24-29, Omar Epps, resurrection, The Returned
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True Detective Ep. 8: Brothers In Arms (TV Review)
Matthew McConaughey should win another Oscar. It’s too bad he’ll have to settle for an Emmy, as long as folks don’t forget about True Detective by then. In the vein of other gritty cable shows like The Wire, Banshee, The Bridge, and The Killing, True Detective takes … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Theology, TV
Tagged cary fukunaga, Dallas Buyers Club, HBO, marty hart, Matthew McConaughey, nic pizzolatto, rusty cohle, True Detective, woody harrelson
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Sara Miles’ City of God: God Is Out There (Book Review)
Sara Miles, author of Jesus Freak and Take This Bread, returns with her third non-fiction exploration of a life of faith lived out loud. In City of God: Faith in the Streets, Miles traces her path through Ash Wednesday, 2012, as she bears the … Continue reading
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