Regular readers have noticed that my film blogging has been lighter of late—and if anything, that trend is going to continue, for reasons that will become clear soon.

For now, though, I want to highlight a welcome development in film blogging that I’m very much looking forward to following in the months and years ahead.

Two of my dear friends and fellow film writers have joined the new Film channel at Patheos: Jeffrey Overstreet of Looking Closer and Peter Chattaway of FilmChat.

I’m especially pleased to see Peter coming out of a long blogging and writing hiatus. Jeff has remained consistently prolific as long as I’ve been reading him, but I’ve missed Peter’s presence for awhile,...READ MORE

Latest Reel Faith 60 Second Reviews … enjoy!

To Rome, With Love

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Latest Reel Faith 60 Second Reviews from David and me! Enjoy! And watch tonight's episode at 8pm Eastern!

Brave (SDG)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Brave (DD)

Last week I screened Pixar’s new movie Brave with my oldest daughter Sarah. I’m still under embargo and can’t tell you what I thought of the film until next week — but I can tell you this much.

Reviews from the Hollywood trade journals (Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, etc.) and perhaps other sources are starting to appear … and they all freely reveal a key second-act plot twist that I went into Brave not knowing. And I’m sure that more reviews, as they come out, will do the same.

What these reviews treat as basic background information came as a complete surprise to me — a surprise I’m grateful for. It’s not in the trailers, which mostly focus on the first act, culminating in an...READ MORE

Note: This week’s opening of Snow White and the Huntsman, the second Snow White movie this year after Mirror Mirror, is as good an occasion as I’m likely to get to go back and review the fairest one of all.

Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is widely celebrated as a beginning, the first feature-length animated film in Hollywood history. It’s just as correct, though, and perhaps more illuminating, to hail it as a culimination — as the crowning achievement of years of experimentation, discovery, growth and achievement by Disney’s animation team.

A decade earlier, with the landmark short Steamboat Willie, Disney had pioneered the union of animation and sound, including...READ MORE