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Francis Lawrence

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Constantine (2005): Remembering a movie I’d rather forget

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Constantine (2005): Remembering a movie I’d rather forget

My experience with the DC Comics character Constantine was unpleasant, at best. Some of you who were already reading my reviews back in 2005 may remember it...

Constantine (2005)

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Constantine (2005)

[This review was originally published at Christianity Today.] • You'd be hard-pressed to find an adventure film that uses as much Christian terminology and symbolism as Constantine. You'd have a tougher time finding one that's makes a bigger mess of it. Director Francis Lawrence&

Constantine director Francis Lawrence should pay closer attention

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Constantine director Francis Lawrence should pay closer attention

Listen to Constantine director Francis Lawrence. Question: Mixing religious themes with a comic book sensibility, were you worried about how it might be received by the hardcore Christian audience in America? Lawrence: I wasn't worried. I thought it was going to be more offensive than it has been.

My Constantine Adventure: Interviewing Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, and others.

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My Constantine Adventure: Interviewing Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, and others.

Angels. Demons. Humans caught in the middle. Heroes trying to resist temptation and defeat Satan’s emissaries. Sounds a lot like an adventure yarn from the mind of Frank Perretti. But Francis Lawrence’s action-horror flick Constantine is a far cry from This Present Darkness. While the hero is

It makes The Exorcist look like an after-school special

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It makes The Exorcist look like an after-school special

I’ve seen the new comic-book action film Constantine, which opens on February 18. When it opens, I’ll have a full review in Christianity Today Magazine and at the CT Movies site. I’ll also share with you what kind of answers I received when I asked the