Denzel Washington’s “The Great Debaters” is still racking up critical acclaim and awards buzz, while seeking to build a bigger audience at the box office. The film tells the based-on-truth story of the debate team at a small African-American college in the 1930s South which goes on to challenge some of the nation’s best teams.…

This has been a surprisingly good year for movies and I am thrilled to say that it was difficult to limit my list of favorite movies to ten. (Last year I had a difficult time even finding ten to make my list!) In fact, there are a couple of movies that would probably have made…

While I have never understood the fascination with continuing to remake the bizarre story of demonic barber Sweeney Todd, I have to admit that when I saw the dazzling, completely innovative spectacle of the Tony winning Broadway revival of ‘Sweeney Todd” in 2005, it had a powerful impact on me as a Christian writer and…

There’s gold in them thar hills. Black gold, that is, for Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), an early California silver prospector-turned-oil-tycoon in “There Will Be Blood.” There’s Hollywood (statuette) gold gushing up on-screen, too, considering this film’s soul-drilling excellence. With its operatic treatment of the themes of greed, family and religion, its stunning cinematography and production…

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