On Movies & Media Does "V for Vendetta" celebrate rape? (And other viewer mail.) The latest letters at CT Movies are very interesting: I saw V for Vendetta, and I am appalled that the cruelty shown toward the Natalie Portman character has been overlooked in practically every movie review I've read. ... Why is no one noticing this? This is a film about
On Movies & Media The Most Redeeming Movies of 2005? Christianity Today Movies has posted The 10 Most Redeeming Films of 2005. Mark Moring explains the definition: What do we mean by "redeeming" films? They're all stories of redemption—sometimes blatantly, sometimes less so. Several of them literally have a character that represents a redeemer. And
Narnia Looking Elsewhere: November 26, 2005 Saturday's specials: I'm hoping Pride and Prejudice is the beginning of a turnaround for this movie year. In the next several days, I'll be seeing Woody Allen's Match Point, Andrew Adamson's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and
On Movies & Media Millions (2004) This review of Danny Boyle’s Million was originally published at Christianity Today. It is reprinted here with permission.
On Movies & Media Did I mention? Now playing. MILLIONS. "The most gleeful movie about a single-minded kid since A Christmas Story." — The Chicago Reader Go see it. Then tell all of your friends. And take your family.
On Movies & Media Danny Boyle: The Looking Closer Interview (Feb. 2005) As Danny Boyle's new film Slumdog Millionaire is cleaning up at this year's various surveys of film critics, perhaps it's a good time to revisit the conversation I enjoyed with Boyle in February 2005 at the release of Millions, which is my favorite of
