How to Survive the Apocalypse - a review
Why are so many of the films and TV shows we enjoy obsessed with the end of the world?
A Royal Ruin: Pascal's Argument from Humanity to Christianity
How can we explain mankind's dueling capacities for debauchery and greatness? Pascal argued Christianity held the answer.
Maleficent
'Whispers of Redemption' in Maleficent, Disney's makeover of Sleeping Beauty.
The Name's Bond
James Bond has been in the spying business for such a long time that he really ought to be up for a long-service award. But the…
'Prometheus' Raises Big Questions
Some thoughts about the film Prometheus and the human search for meaning.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: a discussion guide
The second of the two films adapted from J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel begins at the place where the first left us hanging:…
Peter Pan Theology
Postmodern liberalism may sound liberating and enticing to its adherents, but it may be no more than a 21st century fairy tale for the…
Skins
There are many people who will have switched off during the first five minutes of Skins, E4’s notorious wild-child. The show is…
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
Mark Meynell is disoriented by the reality-probing of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. There are three deaths. The first is when…