One Night With the King

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.

"...nothing to do with Jesus Christ, the New Testament, Christian proselytizing, or the apocalypse. It brings back memories of..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gridiron Gang

The Rock's moral football tale is a pleasant surprise: a swift, sure-footed, and gritty melodrama that plays to the strengths of its formula and elicits empathy for its kids.

"...them to take on the snot-nosed pricks of a Christian youth sports league. There's some comic relief (Brandon Smith..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Wicker Man

Notorious director Neil LaBute's well-intentioned but inadvertently silly film starring Nicolas Cage replaces the vague, sinister paganism of the original with a creepy infusion of earth-mother estrogen gone haywire.

"...Robin Hardy's 1973 original featured Edward Woodward as a "Christian copper" who is lured to a remote island paradise..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Notorious Bettie Page

Gretchen Mol dazzles as the titular pinup girl, but the film raises many more questions about the enigmatic icon than it answers.

"...life (before her 1957 rebirth as a devout evangelical Christian, anyway) is mapped out by Harron in a studious..."

April 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Gospel

An R&B singer rediscovers his roots in this faith-based drama that successfully captures the ecstatic experience of gospel performance.

"...wants to transform the neighborhood congregation into a flashy Christian ecclesiastical empire. Can David save the church, or will..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Palindromes

Nominally the story of a 13-year-old girl who longs for a baby, Todd Solondz's latest is provocative, wicked, even bleakly funny, and ultimately empty.

"...abled, cast-off children presided over by an empire-waisted fundamentalist Christian (Monk) named "Mama Sunshine." (Her drop cookies are known..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Last Flight Out

Righteously mediocre stuff from the "film ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association"

"...Flight Out has the look and feel of a Christian Broadcasting Network movie of the week, replete with an..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

21 Grams

Powerful performances resonate in this devastating and weighty follow-up picture from the director of Amores Perros.

"...Toro), a recovering alcoholic, an ex-con, and a born-again Christian; Cristina (Watts), a wife and mother who attends Narcotics..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Man Without a Past

A man, beaten into amnesia, builds a new life in this Oscar-nominated Finnish film.

"...bank heist and the de facto manager for a Christian-folk-band-turned-R&B-outfit. He finds a home, a dog, a woman (Outinen)..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Amen.

"...Lt. Kurt Gerstein (Tukur), a public-hygiene specialist and devout Christian whose innovative treatments for eradicating typhus indirectly inspired the..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie

Animated Old Testament.

"...thereby necessitating some form of spiritual Heimlich maneuver. The Christian message is there, along with chlorophyllic choirs of produce..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Family Fundamentals

"...at the lives of three gay adult children of Christian fundamentalist “families.” Or is it fundamentalists with gay offspring..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Side of Heaven

"...avoiding proselytizing or any of the Armageddon overtures contemporary Christian films have taken such a shine to as of..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thank God It's Friday

UT grad Christian McLaughlin discusses Spyder Games, his MTV "soap opera on crack."

"...Thursday, July 12, was also the day that Christian McLaughlin, co-creator with Valerie Ahern of Spyder Games, came..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Left Behind

"...his actress wife Chelsea Noble co-star in this evangelical Christian movie based on the Book of Revelation. Shaped as..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Amati Girls

"...attractive to mini-distributor Providence Entertainment, which also released the Christian sci-fi epic The Omega Code...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

But I'm a Cheerleader

Campy film is fun viewing and shines light on lipstick lesbians who are willing to put their pom-poms where their mouths are.

"...doesn't know it yet. After all, she's a good Christian and a cheerleader. Thank goodness her concerned parents (Stole..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pokémon: The First Movie

"...boxers.) You can read the whole movie as a Christian parable: One Pokémon even repeatedly turns the other cheek..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ride

"...choose between going to jail or teaching a young Christian boy how to ride a bull. Although this rodeo..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oscar and Lucinda

"...An eccentric, idiosyncratic story about glass, love, gambling, and Christian faith, Oscar and Lucinda is a high-wire kind of..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Licensed to Kill

"...low-key probing. With no ambivalence, I wish that the Christian conception of hell were literally true so each of..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Cup Final

"...on the playing field. Israeli, Druse, Arab Muslim, and Christian soldiers all unite in their support for the Italian..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Convent

"...of Troy are amply mixed with a plethora of Christian symbolism. What does it all mean? I haven't the..."

March 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Balthazar

"...distinguished by his aversion to stylistic flourish and its Christian exploration into the nature of innocence and the source..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beyond Rangoon

"...most known for: the definitively white-trash, kooky hooker/wife of Christian Slater's character in True Romance. Unfortunately, Arquette isn't quite..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Conviction

"...subject is rape. Underpinning the drama are Freudian and Judeo-Christian tenets that regard the nature of female sexuality as..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

"...row -- has been adopted by a slight, horse-breeding Christian fundamentalist, Arlene Pralle, who prattles on about the glory..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Nation Under God

"...“Curing” homosexuality is the mission of Exodus International, a Christian reparative therapy organization profiled in the documentary One Nation..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Guelwaar

This comedy of errors is a piercing cultural commentary that examines large issues like the indignity of foreign aid and smaller issues like human vanity and pride. It satirizes African red tape and bureaucracy and casts a gently probing eye toward squabbling tribal differences.

"...philandering husband, that he was a leader in the Christian community, that he was so opposed to charity that..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Geronimo: An American Legend

"...of animals, Hollywood liberals have recast Native Americans as Judeo-Christian moral noble savages. This crass projection of personal values..."

Dec. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

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