HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
For Torey Lightcap, the sixth Harry Potter film gives us just what we'd expect in the fight between good vs. evil. But don't think that will last...
WORTH WATCHING: THE TRAIN
Its roots are in the conventions of the classic genre of the
action film, but The Train is also a war movie and an ethical think-piece. And
it’s this last element— the moral universe it inhabits —that can make this film so
enticing to anyone on a spiritual journey.
THE VILLAGE: A FILM BUILT ON QUESTIONS
In his 2004 film The Village, M. Night Shyamalan uses a 19th century Shaker-like community to pose pointed questions about purity, innocence and the utopian dream.
THE HUMAN(IZING) CHRIST OF FILM
Jesus' humanness has been portrayed in numerous ways in movies. Here Torey Lightcap takes a look at some of the more intriguing examples.
HOW SHOULD WE WAIT?
LET BILL MURRAY SHOW THE WAY
We know we must wait during Advent. In his 1993 classic film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray shows how to and how not to do just that.
VIOLENT DUDS
We find these days that people don’t understand what it takes to present violence on film in ways that actually make us think or turn us to the good, and we’re left with the continuation of a grossly disturbing trend.