The Critics Roundup: “The Remaining” and “No Good Deed”
Two thrillers that don’t quite hit the mark.
The Quick Take for August 1, 2014
What the critics are saying about the mystical, whimsical “Magic in the Moonlight” and “Mood Indigo.”
The Quick Take for June 20, 2014
A Christian dating show? That and more in the Quick Take.
The Quick Take for February 7, 2014
Hating on ‘Labor Day,’ remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman, streaming picks, and more.
The Quick Take for November 1, 2013
Critics take on ‘Last Vegas’ and ‘Dallas Buyers Club’, Tina Fey has yet another show coming, and more.
A Fine Bridge, a Campy Cage, and a Conflicted Catholic
What did Christian film critics make of the new family film Bridge to Terabithia, hellish comic book hero (played by Nicolas Cage) in Ghost Rider, or the conflicted Catholic criminal of Breach? What did they think? Find out, along with more reviews of Music and Lyrics and Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls.
Nacho Not So Dynamite
Christian film critics fight each other in the ring over Nacho Libre, demolish The Lake House, tow away The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and impound Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties. Plus, more reviews of A Prairie Home Companion and The Omen.
A Sentinel, a Satire, and Silent Hill
Christian film critics take on The Sentinel, American Dreamz, and Silent Hill, and give us further perspectives on Friends with Money, The Notorious Bettie Page, The Wild, and Scary Movie 4.
Darkly’s Dark, Dupree’s Depraved
Christian film critics consider A Scanner Darkly, and lament two crass new comedies: You, Me and Dupree and Little Man. Plus, more reviews of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Brick.
Critics Face Giants …and Each Other
Christian film critics clash over Facing the Giants, praise The Science of Sleep, and review The Guardian, Open Season, and School for Scoundrels. Plus, a new review of Half Nelson.