Film Review: Saving Christmas—Defending a Secular Christmas from Kirk Cameron

This year was “The Year of Christian Film,” with at least seven big-name Christian themed movies: Son of God, God’s Not Dead, Noah, Heaven is for Real, Left Behind, Mary, and Exodus. (If you like,... Read More
Film Review: Rosewater Jon Stewart Didn’t Want to Make a Movie—He Wanted to Make THIS Movie

Let me say right off the bat—Jon Stewart seems like a really nice guy. When you watch him on The Daily Show he comes across as sharp, engaged and, of course, very funny. And he... Read More
Film Review: Interstellar May Be the Best Movie of the Year

Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and Michael Caine, and directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento, Inception, and the Dark Knight trilogy) may just be the best movie of the year. Incorporating a fantastic... Read More
TheHumanist.com Staff Picks: Our Favorite Halloween Films

Happy Halloween! In the latest edition of our staff picks series, we choose our favorite scary (and some not-so-scary) films in time for All Hallows' Eve. If you've ever wondered how the Olsen twins and... Read More
Nicolas Cage: “Left Behind” at the Box Office

Right after its opening weekend I enjoyed a screening of Left Behind with seven other people—these being all the patrons in the audience besides me at my local metroplex—one of whom departed in the middle... Read More
I Loved Lucy (Spoiler Alert: This sci‒fi film contains both science and fiction!)

Despite impressive box office numbers, mixed reviews suggest not everyone’s crazy about Luc Besson’s new film Lucy. A Rotten Tomatoes audience score of 48 percent isn’t what you’d expect from a sci-fi movie about brain... Read More
Film Review: Kidnapped for Christ

Does your child ever lie or have anxiety issues? Does your child often get into fights? Perhaps you are worried that your child might be gay. Well, all of these “troubling conditions” are curable if... Read More