Faith and Pop Culture

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  Brooklyn Nine-Nine Leads Comedy Charge Rarely do new TV shows amass a sizable audience in their first few weeks. From the looks of things though, Brooklyn Nine-Nine aims to be the exception. Ryan Duncan Oct 03, 2013
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  Clash Between Faith, Fame Reaches Fever Pitch in Grace Unplugged More than just the chronicling of a young woman's misplaced ambition, new film Grace Unplugged shares connection with the Prodigal Son. Christa Banister Oct 03, 2013
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  Kings of Summer is No Moonrise Kingdom Never quite finds its footing—emotionally, comedically or otherwise. It's simply too ridiculous to be taken seriously. Christa Banister Sep 26, 2013
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham Puts Family First If parents are looking to teach their children about the Freedom Marches, or even a simple tale of God’s love, Birmingham is their destination. Ryan Duncan Sep 19, 2013
• Animated Movies and the "Me" Generation There's a trend in animated movies to overplay themes of self-esteem and impossible dreams. But does that condemn the entire genre? Ryan Duncan Sep 19, 2013
• Ironically, Into Darkness is Too Light on Meaningful Ideas There's enough to enjoy here, but this new Star Trek installment continues to show unfulfilled promise and a lack of strong themes. Christian Hamaker Sep 12, 2013
• Clever 'Gotcha' Not Enough to See Now You See Me Plays like a movie equivalent of a CBS procedural: high in concept, production artifice, and plot holes, while low in character depth. Jeffrey Huston Sep 05, 2013
• One Direction: This is Us is Safe, Sincere, Staged In capturing a worldwide phenomenon, Morgan Spurlock clearly highlights the songs and what makes One Direction tick as people. Christa Banister Sep 05, 2013
• Blue Jasmine Introduces Woody Allen's Newfound Sense of Justice Cate Blanchett's powerhouse performance as the titular character is what the accolade tour de force is reserved for. Jeffrey Huston Aug 29, 2013
• Epic Never Quite Lives Up to Its Name With such a title, the bar is immediately set too high for what’s a fairly conventional good vs. evil battle with spectacular visuals. Christa Banister Aug 22, 2013
• Neither Soaring nor Crashing, Planes Just Kinda Glides Not bad, but not awesome, and definitely below Disney standards for quality. It's cute, funny, sweet, and forgettable. Susan Ellingburg Aug 15, 2013
• Homeless at Harvard An Insightful Experiment Lindsay Williams Aug 15, 2013