The film adaptation of the astonishingly popular novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, which has been on best-seller lists since it was published in early 2003, opens in theaters May 19. The film brings renewed scrutiny of the book’s unorthodox view of Christian history and another round of debate about Hollywood’s handling of [...]
Teenagers and college-age young adults know all kinds of things others don’t: Cool, unheralded musical artists. Fascinating web sites. Scintillating new books. How? They are so wired into one another – through cell phones, email and instant messaging – that they seem to absorb information through their pores. And it’s clear many are looking for [...]
This season in television and films may be spookier and more out of this world than any in recent history. The big and small screens are alive with psychics (Medium), ghosts (Ghostwhisperer), extraterrestrials (Invasion), the walking dead (Just Like Heaven), demons (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) and otherworldly creatures (Surface) (see list). And why not? [...]
Disney and Christian-backed Walden Media will release Prince Caspian, the second of its film adaptations of the Chronicles of Narnia, on May 16, 2008.The first film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, (2005) scored big successes – and generated big debates.
Two films in theaters in May have cosmology at their hearts. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith are wildly different from each other in perspective and approach, but they both deal with questions about faith, practice and the meaning of it all.
The critically acclaimed Millions heads a new list of “religious” films that focus as much on values as saviors and saints.
The premiere of The Passion of the Christ on Feb. 25, 2004 – Ash Wednesday – was accompanied by both dire warnings that the film would foment anti-Semitism and by sharp denunciations of those predictions as unfounded and even “anti-Christian.” The movie, financed and directed by actor Mel Gibson, a traditionalist Catholic, went on to [...]
Jaws dropped across the country a year ago when Janet Jackson had a “wardrobe malfunction” that resulted in millions of Americans catching a glimpse of the singer’s breast during the Super Bowl halftime show. Almost immediately, phones began ringing at CBS affiliates throughout the country and, more significantly, at the Federal Communications Commission. Before long, [...]
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