‘The Help’ deals with racial tensions and prejudices during the eve of the civil rights movement. But is this movie just another presentation of stereotyped characters or does it portray genuine human emotion? In an attempt to present a well-rounded depiction of the tension, does the humor in the film balance out the darker drama? Dr. Gary DeMar as a guest reviews this film on today’s Movieology.
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It has become an established truth that any new and good movement in the church will first meet the opposition of the scribes and the Pharisees in the church, i.e. of those who sit in the “chair of Moses” and enjoy some influence among other Christians because of their positions of leadership in the churches, [...]
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Dominionism is still in the news. Jack Cafferty brought it up on his rarely watched TV show. Then there are the current links to Katherine Yurica’s 2004 article “The Despoiling of America: How George W. Bush Became the Head of the New American Dominionist Church/State.” Quoting from J. J. Ligon Duncan’s 1994 article “Moses’ Law [...]
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The wailing imams of the dry jihad are shouting “forbidden!” again. That’s right; the old prohibitionist crusade against enjoying alcohol has boiled to a head yet again, this time with well-known Baptist popularizer John MacArthur stirring the wort. Or perhaps I should say, spitting in it. MacArthur seems very distraught that the so-called “young, restless, [...]
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It seems that there are more nutball Leftists than there are grains of sand at Myrtle Beach. One of the kookiest is Michelle Goldberg. Here’s her latest “journalistic” screed: “Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry aren’t just devout — both have deep ties to a fringe fundamentalist movement known as Dominionism, which says Christians should rule [...]
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Great Britain has strict gun control laws. Advocates of gun control believe that these laws cut down on violence and crime. Such laws only empower lawbreakers. Gun homicides were low in the United Kingdom even before gun control laws went into effect. This does not mean that there hasn’t been any gun violence since these [...]
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Today we review ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’. If an evolutionary worldview can be incarnated in a story, here it is. But rather than remain consistent with evolutionary presuppositions, like all evolutionary practice, ‘Rise of the Apes’ borrows from Christianity to build an explanation for morality without the source of a Creator God. Can this prequel and reboot of the classic franchise deliver where the previous attempts failed? Or is this movie just a barrel full of silly monkey business? Find out right now on Movieology!
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Based on the works of Belgian comic strip artist Peyo, ‘The Smurfs’ are back for the first time since their cartoon show in the 1980’s. Hollywood has lacked a good comedy this summer season, so does this live action/computer animation hybrid make audiences want to sing a joyful chorus of la-la-las? Or will viewers leave the theater feeling blue? …in a bad way. Stewart gives you the world-view of the little blue people in this latest episode of Movieology.
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A missionary in Latin America told me not long ago about the problems he has with the local Christians. He is on the board of the local seminary, and when a meeting of the board is called for a specific time and day, all the other members of the board arrive an hour later after [...]
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Matt Dillon and Rooster Cogburn have nothin’ on a rag-tag band of cowpokes wrestling’ with aliens for their way of western life. Daniel Craig’s performance as Lonergan (a real “loner”) is a stranger in a town that will not accept him till he repents and turns from his jaded trace record. Between making good and saving the world from aliens, Lonergan makes time to ponder life after death and God’s sovereignty—or lack thereof. But does ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ withstand the clash of genres? Find out now on Movieology!
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