Prayer Shaming After San Bernardino Shooting: What’s ‘Doing Something’?
Debate rages over whether prayers without gun control are worthless when it comes to mass shootings.
Letter from the Editor
Chasing the Christian Movie Audience
The new art and science of reaching the fifth quadrant.
Pope Francis: Let Moms Breastfeed in Church
‘If they are hungry, mothers, let them eat,’ reiterates pontiff at Sistine Chapel.
Secret Window, Secret Agents
Depp shines through Secret Window, Mamet makes Spartan spark, but Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London stumbles. Plus: more on The Reckoning, Hidalgo, Starsky and Hutch, My Architect, The Passion of The Christ, and how the Bible can revitalize art in culture.
Excruciating? Excellent? Reviews of The Passion of The Christ
The reviews are finally in for The Passion of The Christ. Plus, Oscar speculation, and reviews of The Return, Touching the Void, My Architect, Welcome to Mooseport, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Against the Ropes, and more.
Nostalgia for Tomorrow’s Simple Fun
Christian film critics review Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Mr. 3000 and Wimbledon. Plus: Silver City, A Dirty Shame, Cellular, What the Bleep Do We Know?, a philosophical look at The Passion, Disney’s new video The Three Musketeers, and Star Wars creator George Lucas’s stubborn artistic pride.
A Formula Thriller, a Lousy Sequel, a Remake, and a Revision
Christian film critics review Cellular, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Criminal, and THX 1138: The Director’s Cut, What the #$*! Do We Know? Plus: Mean Creek, Paparazzi, Vanity Fair and The Cookout.
Does Saved! Condemn Christian High Schools?
News comes in on “the most spiritual film of all time,” the Best of 2003, and The Passion of The Christ. A pregnant teen is persecuted by gay-hating evangelical Christians in Saved! Religious press critics review The Big Bounce and The Perfect Score, and You Got Served, examine new DVD releases, consider nudity in Calendar Girls, argue over The Butterfly Effect, and highlight themes in Oscar-nominated films.
Monsters and Nightmares Haunt Villagers and War Veterans
Shyamalan’s Village people are stalked by phantoms, while a presidential candidate is targeted by a brainwashed assassin in The Manchurian Candidate. Plus, critics praise Intimate Strangers, shoot down Thunderbirds and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, and continue reviewing I, Robot, A Cinderella Story, The Bourne Supremacy, Maria Full of Grace, and Catwoman.