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Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Victor Frankenstein
This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective
"...ménage à trois with the arrival of the deeply religious Scotland Yard Inspector Turpin (Scott, best known to audiences..."
Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Mad Max: Fury Road
Glorious action cinema abounds on Fury Road
"...an army of white-painted War Boys who, ridden with pseudo-religious fervor and some horrific pox, use normal humans as..."
May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Mary's Land
This production of Spain presents the perspective of a Devil's Advocate sent to investigate religious claims about the Virgin Mary.
"...the perspective of a devil's advocate sent to investigate religious claims about the Virgin Mary...."
Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Sign Here for Prejudice
Efforts to repeal Plano's ban on discrimination
"...of minority – has instigated a standoff between the religious right and the city of Plano...."
Jan. 9, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy
Deliver Us From Evil
A police officer and a priest team battle supernatural forces in this horror thriller from the director of Sinister.
"...When will the movies’ obsession with this rarely performed religious practice ever wane? God only knows...."
July 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Son of God
This biopic is strictly for easily-entertained believers.
"...his rising influence as a leader, healer, and powerful religious figure. The second half of the film is darker,..."
March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
The auteur from Atlanta dons his Madea drag once more to spread holiday cheer.
"...hers (JR Lemon). As is Perry’s wont, there is religious proselytizing and heavy-handed moralizing clothed in predictable melodrama. Everything..."
Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black
Wadjda
In this first Saudi Arabian film ever directed by a woman, much is revealed about the reality of life for women there via its story of a 10-year-old girl who wants a bicycle.
"...coming-of-age story as it is a story about the religious and cultural restrictions placed on women in modern-day Saudi..."
Oct. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Home Run
A pro ballplayer with a substance-abuse problem goes back home for rehab, and finds Christian redemption by coaching a Little League team.
"...It’s well-acted, but it’s way too long and too religious: afterschool-special narrative fare...."
April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black
Majority of Texas Voters Favor State-Funded Family Planning
And disapprove of 2011 fam-plan budget cuts
"...A majority of Texans – across racial, political, and religious lines – support access to family planning for women..."
Feb. 19, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith
A Thousand Words
Eddie Murphy plays a truth-challenged literary agent who learns his lesson when a bizarre set of circumstances allow him to utter only 1,000 words before dying.
"...Bruce Almighty and Click. In brief: Clueless guy meets magical/mystical/religious force. Antics ensue, followed by a dark night of..."
March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Way
Emilio Estevez directs this film about a spiritual pilgrimage, which stars his father Martin Sheen.
"...perfect analog to the film: spiritual but not terribly religious, kinda dopey but admirably sincere. The Way never arrives..."
Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Mausam
This Hindi film presents a timeless story of love in the face of political hostilities and religious conflict.
"...of love in the face of political hostilities and religious conflict...."
Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Incendies
A powerful and eloquent anti-war drama, this French-Canadian film unites the personal with the political in a stunning manner.
"...story is opened up by the location work. Factional religious fighting and retaliations have scarred and disfigured the landscape..."
June 3, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
American: The Bill Hicks Story
The rants of the late, great stand-up comic Bill Hicks sound as fresh and brilliant as ever.
"...hearing him unload on the Gulf War or the religious right or advertising hacks was like having your ears..."
April 22, 2011 Movie Review by Robert Faires
I Love You Phillip Morris
Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star in this tale of Texas con man Steven Russell, which walks an unsteady line between outright farce and redemptive gay love story.
"...is married and has children and a seriously intense religious life. After a quick change of profession, Russell becomes..."
Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
This biopic tells the life story of Hildegard von Bingen, the 12th-century Benedictine nun, who was a woman of many talents and mystical visions.
"...intriguing, and polished, yet it finds no ecstasy – religious or otherwise. Though these nuns can sing, they are..."
Dec. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Battle for Terra
An animated tale of a peace-loving race of creatures known as Terrians, who are invaded by alien humans.
"...boys in this futuristic, CG-animated tale of a peace-loving, pseudo-religious race of tadpole-esque creatures known as the Terrians, who..."
May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Not Forgotten
This unusual U.S.-Mexico border film is a thriller starring Simon Baker and Paz Vega, and it's screening in Austin prior to its national release.
"...the kidnapping mystery. Integral to the story is the religious cult of Santa Muerte, a death cult we’re told..."
May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Not Easily Broken
In this film based on a novel by pastor and bestselling author T.D. Jakes, a couple hits a rough patch in their marriage but eventually discovers that their vows are "not easily broken."
"...threatens to be a message film, with the overtly religious theme spoken by the minister at the wedding of..."
Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Theresa Everline
Surfwise
This documentary is a revealing portrait of Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, the spiritual father of Israeli surf and the corporeal father of a nine-child surfing dynasty in California.
"...comforts (and two failed marriages) to go on a religious quest to the promised land and then a fact-finding..."
June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Evangelicals Behind the Velvet Curtain
"...we've been told about the boundless power of the "religious right" – a supposedly homogeneous group comprised of millions..."
May 20, 2008 Books Post by Jordan Smith
Son of Rambow
Amid this endearing story about two boys in Eighties England who join together to make their own Rambo movie, lies an uncommon, unaffected portrayal of young male intimacy.
"...Neil Dudgeon. A congregant of a strict (and unspecified) religious sect in the early-Eighties, young Will Proudfoot (Milner) is..."
May 16, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
This Brazilian film is set against the twinned, opposing backdrops of the explosive 1970 World Cup and the human toll of the country's brutal military dictatorship.
"...of the archetypal coming-of-age tale, here twinned to "outsider" religious overtones (in this case São Paulo's Orthodox Jewish community)..."
April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Caramel
The denizens of a beauty parlor in Beirut depend on one another for friendship and support in this lovely Lebanese film.
"...it depicts a Beirut that is not war-torn by religious strife and dominated by artillery-pocked buildings and such. In..."
Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim Burton's adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim classic shows just how dull violent retribution can be when it's all someone ever talks (or, in this case, sings) about.
"...spending a few days in his company. Like some religious fanatic, Todd is a sounding bell playing the same..."
Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
September Dawn
This movie about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of Sept. 11, 1857, during which local Mormons murdered 120 members of a wagon train heading West, reeks of ulterior motives.
"...to make a point about the fatal excesses of religious zealotry. All this might be more effective if the..."
Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Catholics Start Campaigning
The Catholic League starts to position itself to lobby presidential candidates, and defend Christmas.
"...White House?), it's easy too forget there's an oppressed religious minority in America. Catholics. In a mail out from..."
Aug. 15, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The Nativity Story
Sadly, this familiar tale is presented with a yawn-inducing neutrality more reminiscent of a community-center Christmas pageant than an epic story of divine humanity.
"...it’s the story of the birth of Jesus. And religious affiliations aside, the setup has potential for some badass..."
Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
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