Crosswalk Culture Update

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  Blatant Commercialism Can’t Sink Sweet Walter Mitty A comedy that deals with serious themes but manages to stay light enough on its feet that any moments of heavy-handedness are forgivable. Christian Hamaker Dec 27, 2013
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  The Lone Ranger is a Wild, Wild Mess The last half-hour is exactly what we want a summer movie to be, but we have to sit through two hours of utter tedium to get there. Christa Banister Dec 24, 2013
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  Is The Hobbit a Christian Film? Yes and No Middle-earth is a world constructed on Christian principles, but that doesn't mean The Hobbit should be taken as a subliminally evangelistic work. Kay Campbell and Greg Garrison Dec 20, 2013
• A Spoonful of Sharpness Helps the Sugar Go Down in Saving Mr. Banks Seems to serve as a family-friendly version of the art vs. commerce debate, but also packs an emotional and thematic wallop. Christa Banister Dec 20, 2013
• Prisoners More Revenge-Minded Than Faith-Filled 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. Christian Hamaker Dec 17, 2013
• Christmas in Narnia Christmas' appearance in Narnia is very brief, but the celebration means a great deal to the tiny book. Here are three lessons we can draw from Lewis' work. Ryan Duncan Dec 16, 2013
• Despicable Me 2 Delivers More Than Expected Plain and simple, a kid's movie: lots of fun to watch, the colors are bright, the laughs are many. Ryan Duncan Dec 10, 2013
• Smurfs 2 Will Leave You Blue What is meant to be a family-friendly comedy sadly becomes a big blue blunder and waste of studio money. Susan Ellingburg Dec 03, 2013
• A Million Little Ways to Make Art for God Emily Freeman talks with Crosswalk.com about her new book A Million Little Ways, in which she discusses how we can be creators and artists in our daily lives, just as God created in the beginning. 'crosswalkcom' on GodTube.com Dec 02, 2013
• If Only Jobs Were as Sleek & Beautiful as an Apple Product Sounds like a great American dream, and it is—but the filmmakers show us the downright ugly along with the good in this TV-ish biopic. Susan Ellingburg Nov 26, 2013
• Black Nativity Adapts Hughes' Christmas Play for the Screen Crosswalk.com chats with director Kasi Lemmons and producer T.D. Jakes about the process of bringing Black Nativity from the stage to the screen. This Christmas musical, based on the play by Langston Hughes,... CrosswalkMovies on GodTube.com Nov 25, 2013
• Catching Fire Trumps its Predecessor in Every Possible Way Under a new director, deeper themes lurk beneath the disturbing surface story of this sequel to offer a surprisingly relevant takeaway. Christa Banister Nov 22, 2013