Faith and Pop Culture Archives

A heartwarming message and strong production values are bogged down by an unnecessary dichotomy between faith and using our talents.

Even a sucker for a good sappy tale won't find much to love in the hollow story of a ridiculous couple in a frowned-upon love affair.

For most people, Lifetime movies are basically a love ‘em or hate ‘em proposition. And for anyone who really enjoys them, it’s typically more of a...

This rapid-fire laugh machine is a wildly inventive, highly enjoyable and thoroughly entertaining family film when we least expect it.

While looking for a new directorial project that captured his attention, Clooney first became aware of the book, The Monuments Men by Robert M....

Our 8-person panel of editors and film critics has weighed in on our top films of 2013 based on strong themes and original stories.

Probably won't be considered an animated classic, but it’s sure a lot of fun as it embraces the spirit of Judi Barrett’s original work.

Thrive builds upon the visual provided by Psalm 1:3, a verse describing the blessed man as being “like a tree planted by streams of water . . . In...

Tom Hanks carries the weight of this observational piracy story with a control that is all at once intellectual, primal, and brittle.

Quite the opposite of feel-good cinema, but director Lee Daniels is mostly successful in satisfying his multi-faceted objectives.

A comedy that deals with serious themes but manages to stay light enough on its feet that any moments of heavy-handedness are forgivable.

What really sets Linsanity apart from other documentaries is the presence of faith basketball star Jeremy Lin gives to his interviews.

Just too much disturbing pornographic imagery to recommend this film. But if there's a silver lining, it's rescue from the hopelessness.

Prisoners is a story of human pain and loss, and of how we respond to the temptation to carry out our own ideas of justice.

A goofy, unserious film that generates laugh after laugh, stopping well short of the raunch-fests that pass for movie comedies today.