"This is really an entertaining film, with much humor and heart. Barry Corbin plays a cranky retired Vietnam War vet (the sort of role that Wilford Brimley used to play) whose reluctant friendship will be crucial for Spurlock’s hopes for the church to come to fruition. And Spurlock’s relationship with God is complicated. He struggles [...]
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Movie review: Wonder Woman
"The film is fast-moving, engaging, emotionally stirring and often funny. Although its realm of gods and goddesses is different from our Christian worldview, Wonder Woman dares to ponder the principalities and powers behind Good and Evil. Everyday decisions may have eternal consequences. That’s some good theological stuff to ponder as you pass the popcorn." Read [...]
Movie review: The Glass Castle
"As Leo Tolstoy said in his oft-quoted opening lines of Anna Karenina: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Most families don’t spend much time wondering if they’re happy or not, and most children assume that they are growing up in a typical family until their worldview expands [...]