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Harry Potter v. Lord of the Rings: The Christian Struggle With Fictional Magic
“To me [the religious parallels have] always been obvious… [b]ut I never wanted to talk too openly about it because I thought it might show people who just wanted the story where we were
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The Hunger Games: A Christian Response
Anticipation of the potential blockbuster movie release of The Hunger Games sparked much debate on moral code and ethics. How should Christians respond to the trilogy? Why So Hungry? Suzanne Collins got the idea
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Superman: Perfection At Its Weakest
Disclaimer: If you find yourself disagreeing with my Superman deconstruction then present a logical rebuttal that attacks the argument; exasperated rhetoric and sly Red Herrings are ill-advised. Batman forever. “The idea is destroyed
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Televisions Don’t Belong In Living Rooms
Living rooms shouldn’t have televisions. The designated space for family communion and conversation has been plundered by the hypnotic-power of the boob-tube. The gravitational pull towards the “vaudeville box” is an easy distraction from
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Feeny vs. Wilson
In the fictional world of sitcoms there exists two men of neighborly supremacy. These “next-door” virtuosos have single-handedly propelled their respective protagonists towards rightful living. For our purposes here today, I will examine which
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Well, Mylo Xyloto To You Too!
Well, it’s about that time… Just when we had forgotten that Coldplay was still making music, they introduced us to a new album. Although Coldplay has been around for almost ten years, this is
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Criterion for a Proper Movie “Walk-Out”
Buttered popcorn caked on sweaty palms. Compromised guilt and an indecisive mind. Conviction breathing on the face closer than the lips of back-row lovers. These are the sensations of the moral-movie viewer. When should
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CSI: Corpse Scene Infatuation
In 1929, Alice Mitchell wrote of movies: The sweetness, the hopefulness, the joyousness, the crude, the morbid, the grotesque of life are mixed in a huge bowl, sometimes not proportioned to reality but convincing,
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Drive
Once upon a time a scorpion asked a frog to carry him across a river. The frog was hesitant, fearing the scorpion’s lethal sting. “But if I sting you, we’ll both drown,” the scorpion pointed out.
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The Tree of Life: Movie Review
~ Originally published on Love Feast on August 29, 2011 by Sara Carrara DiFuccia. ~ After eavesdropping on my husband and my friend Eric’s (both PhD in Philosophy and Theology) discussions of theological and philosophical
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