Brett McCracken
Brett McCracken is a senior editor for The Gospel Coalition and expert on Christian culture and entertainment. He previously reviewed movies for Christianity Today.
Brett McCracken is a senior editor for The Gospel Coalition and expert on Christian culture and entertainment. He previously reviewed movies for Christianity Today.
This July 13, 2006 poll examines Latinos’ impressions of discrimination as a result of the immigration policy and debate.
The Christian Filmmakers Network is a forum for Christians working in the film industry, putting on events like “Content,” a Christian media conference.
Beliefnet.com unveiled its annual “Beliefnet Film Awards” on March 1, 2010. The Road won Best Spiritual Film, and Precious and Up tied for Best Inspirational Film.
Read a July 31, 2012 review in Christianity Today of William D. Romanowski’s book, “Reforming Hollywood: How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies.”
The website SpiritualityandPractice.com has several lists broken down by documentaries, animated films, feature films and so on. Avatar was a top pick of the site’s founders, United Church of Christ members Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, even though other Christian critics felt the movie glorified pantheism.
Phil Boatwright, movie critic for the Baptist Press and author of Movies: The Good, The Bad and the Really, Really Bad, wrote a year-end wrap of the “best and worst” movies of 2009. Boatwright pointed to some good movies but felt Hollywood generally “continued its attack on people of faith.”
Christianity Today‘s film critics compiled a list of the 10 most “redeeming” movies of 2009 — as well as a list of the best films. The Blind Side was No. 2 on the “most redeeming” list but did not make the Top Ten overall best films.