Category Archives: Movie Reviews

Movie Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Alex R. Howe

That. Was. EPIC! Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is probably the most anticipated movie of the entire decade. Jurassic World was big, but the hype around that was nothing compared with the revival of Star Wars. Not only … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Jurassic World

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Alex R. Howe

Two decades after the disastrous events of Jurassic Park, Jurassic World is a wildly successful theme park serving millions of visitors every year. That is, until the experimental, genetically modified, highly-intelligent super-predator (because regular dinosaurs are boring, now), Indominus rex, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Tomorrowland

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Alex R. Howe

Tomorrowland: a parallel dimension somehow accessed by Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla in 1887, in which the world’s most brilliant inventors and creators built a utopian, futuristic city to solve all the world’s problems. In the 1960s, the people of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Chappie

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Alex R. Howe

Chappie is the story of a robot brought to life by one kidnapped scientist and three brutal gangsters. Given an upbringing like that, he turns out better than you’d think. In 2016, the police force of Johannesburg, South Africa deploys … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Exodus: Gods and Kings

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

I reviewed Noah last spring with a follow-up post on the finer points of the film’s theology. I thought that film was pretty good, but you had to be willing to think deeply about its message and not just watch … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Interstellar

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

There is a certain type of film that asks you to swallow a really implausible premise from the outset. For example, a giant monster movie will often ask you to accept that the best way to fight a giant monster … Continue reading →

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Children’s Fantasy: Books Versus Movies

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

It’s a well-known rule in fiction that the book is always better than the movie. However, in my survey of children’s fantasy, I have discovered that this genre is the exception. In many cases, the movie versions of children’s fantasy … Continue reading →

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The subtle theology of Noah

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

In my review of the movie Noah, I said that I felt that the film was much deeper and richer in the theology of the Biblical text than it gets credit for. I wanted to take the time to show … Continue reading →

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Movie review: Noah

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Alex R. Howe

The new Biblical epic, Noah, has generated a lot of controversy for its loose interpretation of the famous Bible story. (If you’re not familiar with it, you can go read Genesis 6-9 right here.) While the film has gotten good … Continue reading →

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Movie review: Ender’s Game

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Alex R. Howe

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is considered one of the modern classics of science fiction, about a genius boy named Ender Wiggin, who is recruited to fight a war against alien invaders. Now, the movie is out, and I … Continue reading →

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