Crosswalk Culture Update

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  Private Down Under Blandly Predictable This latest e novel takes all of the Patterson brand’s hallmarks and raises them to a new level. Glenn McCarty Jan 02, 2015
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  The Good Lie Makes for a Good Reminder A powerful movie about family, love, faith and being found. The story of Sudanese refugees comes to life with grace, humor, and dignity. Susan Ellingburg Dec 30, 2014
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  The Power of Unbroken Faith Crosswalk was privileged to interview Luke Zamperini about the upcoming film Unbroken and learn more about his father’s journey to Christ. Ryan Duncan Dec 29, 2014
• Mixed Bag Hobbit Trilogy Concludes with a Convoluted Farewell Jackson broke a simple story into three larger parts, and now seems unsure how to fit the pieces together in this middling conclusion. Christa Banister Dec 26, 2014
• This is Where I Leave You: At the Opening Credits? Has a fabulously talented cast with authentic-feeling relationships. So what's the downside to this film? It is wildly inappropriate. Susan Ellingburg Dec 23, 2014
• Annie Update Fails to Cast Hope, Impact Emotions Flat, mostly dull, but gets points for trying, and certainly works better than the star-studded but hopelessly lame 1982 film. Susan Ellingburg Dec 19, 2014
• Cowabunga! Turtles Shells Out Action + Attitude With fun nods to pop culture and sci-fi classics, it’s a fast-paced, high-action story that takes no prisoners. Susan Ellingburg Dec 16, 2014
• Beautiful Calvary about the Struggle to be Both Righteous, Human When a religiously-themed film has no agenda towards evangelism or secularism, it’s amazing how legitimately thought-provoking it can be. Jeffrey Huston Dec 09, 2014
• Creationist Ken Ham Expresses Doubts Regarding Biblical Accuracy of 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' In advance of Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings, Christian commentators are speaking out about the film’s lack of biblical accuracy. Russ Jones Dec 08, 2014
• Wild Wields the Power to Inspire Those Who Can Stomach Its Hard R-Rating Witherspoon pours herself into the role of hiker Cheryl Strayed so wholly that she redefines our perceptions of her range and depth. Jeffrey Huston Dec 05, 2014
• Below the Surface is a Thrilling Ride Out of Dystopia It’s not just the change of scenery that makes Tim Shoemaker’s Below the Surface such an exciting novel. Christa Banister Dec 04, 2014
• Robin Wright Does No Wrong in The Congress After a promising start, the story lets Wright down in the end by losing the human-interest angle and growing less fascinating visually. Christian Hamaker Dec 02, 2014