‘Bright Star,’ Dim Characters

With a great romantic poet as its subject matter, you would think this film would have been a bit more poetic.

‘Dollhouse’ ratings fall

Conference on Christianity and Literature: The City (Part 2)

Carissa Smith shares her thoughts and insights on a conference you probably should have attended.

Conference on Christianity and Literature: The City (Part 1)

A special treat: Carissa Smith shares her thoughts and insights on a conference you probably should have attended.

Living the ‘Goode’ Life

Fox’s short-lived The Goode Family finds environmentalists hilarious.

‘Agora’ Review from Toronto

The Music Industry Debates Auto-Tune

Singing the “I’m the Center of My Universe” Blues

Julie & Julia hijacks a great story for the sake of a mediocre one.

‘Funny People’: Apatow’s “best work yet”

Not That Kind of Girl: Rejecting the Evangelical Narrative, But for What?

This is not your typical testimony. Could it be worse?

‘Kings’ Redux

Movie studio promotional hijinks

So You Think You Can Dance: The Naughty Ballerina, the Cancer Dance, and Traditional Forms

Melissa and Ade’s breakthrough dance may have felt emotional, but that’s because we were manipulated, not because it was great.

Henry Louis Gatesgate

‘The Year of Living Biblically’: What Does True Biblical Literalism Look Like?

What happens when one man decides to do what he’s told, even if he doesn’t understand why?

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Already Nostalgic for Hogwarts

A flawed but fun film reminds us what we’ll be missing.