Movies & TV

Haircut Chats and Harvard Brats
What Christian critics are saying about Barbershop, Stealing Harvard, One Hour Photo, Swimfan, and City by the Sea. Plus news on future films about Christians: Hell House and Saved
The R-Rated Film That We're Not Supposed to Call Christian
What Christian and mainstream critics are saying about To End All Wars, Spirited Away, The Banger Sisters, The Four Feathers, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Barbershop, Secretary and One Hour Photo. Meanwhile, the MovieMask story continues
Sweet Home Stereotypes
What religious and mainstream critics are saying about The Magdalene Sisters, Sweet Home Alabama, The Tuxedo, Igby Goes Down, Trapped, 8 Women, and The Four Feathers
(The Voice of) Larry the Cucumber Speaks
Nobody thinks growing up that they're going to be a cucumber.
The Serious Business of Silly Songs
The director of music for the VeggieTales talks about bringing musical depth to the score
Signs of Faith on the Big Screen
How Christian and mainstream critics rate Signs, Full Frontal, The Master of Disguise, Who Is Cletis Tout?, Runteldat, and Never Again
Family-Friendly Fare from Fancied Fathers of Filth
Readers respond to challenging Disney, and critics respond to Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, XXX, Blood Work, Happy Times, The Good Girl, Read My Lips, and more on Full Frontal
Is a Clean Movie Unrealistic?
Christian film reviewers look at Little Secrets, Simone, One Hour Photo, and Serving Sara, and readers debate movie-editing software.
Light Sabers and Self-Sacrifice
Two recent films—a blockbuster and an unknown—show two ways of confronting evil
Gangster Rap
Road to Perdition has viewers discussing Greek tragedies and mob movies. Plus: What critics are saying about Reign of Fire and The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
Soviet Good Guys
What critics are saying about K-19:The Widowmaker, Stuart Little 2 and Eight Legged Freaks. Also: More comment on Men in Black 2, Road to Perdition, Reign of Fire, and Halloween: Resurrection.
Bawdy Blockbuster
What critics are saying about Austin Powers, Country Bears, Signs, Lovely and Amazing, Tadpole, The Kid Stays in the Picture, and more reviews of K-19: The Widowmaker and Sunshine State
Signs
A Hindu director who attended Christian schools tells a parable about a Christ-haunted ex-priest
Big Screen America
Critics' and readers' favorite movies for Independence Day, plus a review roundup for Mr. Deeds, Hey Arnold! and Men in Black 2.
MIIB—Sequel or Rerun?
What critics are saying about Men in Black 2, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Like Mike, Sunshine State, Road to Perdition, Reign of Fire, and the year's best films (so far).
A young seminarian's documentary on suffering Brian McLaren's vision for postmodern evangelism
A young director's documentary is thin on theology but rich with compassion
Nuclear Blast Equals Box Office Boom
"What Christian and mainstream critics are saying about The Sum of All Fears, Undercover Brother, The Climb, Thirteen Conversations about One Thing, Insomnia, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron."
So-So Ya-Ya
"Critics weigh the pros and cons of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, while very few like Bad Company. Also: Cherish, Atanajuart—The Fast Runner, a video game version of Black Hawk Down, a discussion of admirable action heroes, and a sneak peek at Th"
Everybody Runs
"What Christian critics are saying about Minority Report, The Bourne Identity, Windtalkers, and Scooby-Doo. Plus: Narnia vs. His Dark Materials"
Spielberg & Stitch
"Religious press critics review Minority Report, Lilo and Stitch, Juwanna Mann, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, and the still-running Bourne Identity and Scooby-Doo. Also: Readers respond to the future films based on His Dark Materials."

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