Hitch lacks the usual romantic-comedy glitches. Plus: Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Uncle Nino, Bride and Prejudice, Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior, and more reviews of Hotel Rwanda and The Chorus.

Born into Brothels finds joy and hope in one of the world's darkest places. Goodbye, Dragon Inn wins praise from patient viewers. Plus, Christian press critics endure The Wedding Date, survive Boogeyman, and offer more views on Million Dollar Baby, Coach Carter, and The Aviator.

Christian film critics pick their favorites of 2004, and warn moviegoers: Don't go looking for Hide and Seek. Alone in the Dark should have stayed in the dark. Plus: Aliens of the Deep, Les Choristes, Are We There Yet?, Coach Carter, and Million Dollar Baby.

Plus: Focus on the Family appoints new president, Kansas Attorney General seeks late-term abortion records, the Pope's tracheostomy, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Evangelicals in Morocco, doubts on Uganda's AIDS numbers, Doug Wead hands over Bush tapes, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Korn guitarist converts and quits; hearing today may be Terri Schiavo's last chance, WCC calls for Israel divestment, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: The Wall Street Journal on ethnic evangelicals, Christian band sues school over canceled concert, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Is Richard Scrushy's churchgoing a defense strategy? And other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: White House says faith-based initiative is still a priority, Planned Parenthood warns it'll form third party if Democrats go soft on abortion, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Dispensationalists don't hate trees, why the New York Post fired prolife blogger Dawn Eden, taxing missionaries in Kenya, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: GoDaddy.com's Bible connection, Catholic Communion riot, FBI investigates pastor's sermon, Ca. church bans Lakota drumming, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: The pope feeling better, Millard Fuller ousted from Habitat, TNIV, faith and the Super Bowl, and many more articles from online sources around the world.

Plus: The Black Baptist vote, the Pope is in the hospital, SpongeBob, and more articles from online sources around the world.

The faces of the movement include Catholics, a Pentecostal who questions Trinitarianism, and a "new kind of Christian." Are we really that broad?

Andrew Adamson says directing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is "kind of like a gift." Plus: Halle Berry gets Razzed; Hunter S. Thompson commits suicide; Tom Cruise brings Scientology to the set.

With Christian teens illegally downloading music apparently at the same rate as their mainstream peers, the Gospel Music Association hopes its anti-piracy campaign will stem the tide.

Withdrawal request welcomed, but some wish statement had been stronger.

U.S. and Canada churches asked to "voluntarily withdraw" from panel.

It was the Bible, not Greek philosophy, that shaped the theology of the Nicene bishops.

The sooner we stop thinking sports are about the spectators, the more enjoyable the games will be.

Judge allows Terri Schiavo to live a few days longer.

How the torch of racial reconciliation, once carried by Christian civil-rights workers, is now being held by faith-based organizations.

College class on U2 explores religious influence of a rock band.

Blink makes the case for intuitive judgment.

So says Michael Landon Jr. about his famous father, in whose footsteps he's following in many ways by making family-friendly fare. But he's also determined to avoid repeating his father's sins.

Everyone is asking who leads the evangelical movement.

It's going to take more than a few good Christians to clean up sports.

Sloan's resignation doesn't mean secularism won the day.

A history of the American movie industry.

AnnaSophia Robb, who plays the young girl in Because of Winn-Dixie, says her character just wanted to love and be loved. Leave it to an orphaned dog to show her how.

The cast and filmmakers of Constantine consider the movie's meaning—for audiences, and for themselves.

But many are waiting to see if the DNC walk matches their talk.

Star witness in criminal case against prominent Chinese pastor alleges officials tortured and sexually abused her to gain false testimony.

Some Christian artists "cross over" to the mainstream, and some have been there all along. They might argue that the line between the secular and sacred is a blurry one—if it exists at all.

ApologetiX frontman J. Jackson admits his band's parodies may be a low form of art, but it's bringing people closer to God and helping them dig into their Bibles.

Evangelical activist says it's time to find common ground on abortion and other issues.

The famous Russian author shows us what's to fear in a world without God.

The Republican from South Dakota, who defeated Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle last November. Daschle had taken a leading role in blocking some of President Bush's pro-life judicial nominees.

At the recent Sundance Film Festival, a group of Fuller Theological Seminary students and profs to bridge the gap between secular film and the Christian church.

Overworked, Bob Shallcross quit his job to reconnect at home. Now he's made a movie about that very thing—Uncle Nino, which opens in limited theaters this week.

Hollywood's black movies often depict negative stereotypes—gangs, violence—or revel in buffoonery, a la White Chicks and Soul Plane. But Michael and Christine Swanson are trying to change that, one film at a time.