Each month, UMC.org publishes critical reviews of recently released movies, music and books. A critical review is one in which the writer describes and evaluates the work and supports this evaluation with clear evidence. Though UMC.org reviews works of all genres, these works are chosen based on their message. Meaning, we will only review movies and music that challenge us to ponder significant issues facing us as Christians. We look for what the works seem to be saying about relationships, values and the human condition.
MOVIE REVIEWS
Iron Man
Rated: PG-13
Iron Man is a film of both fun and substance, whose imperfect hero struggles to be on the right side in a violent and complex world.
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 The Visitor
Rated: PG-13
The Visitor asks us to examine our own humanity, particularly as it relates to immigrants in post 9/11 America and to search our souls to find where compassion ends and a hard heart begins.
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MUSIC REVIEWS
Sheryl Crow
Detours
Detours finds Crow taking some alternate paths, though its many sure-footed turns may take unsuspecting musical joy-riders down avenues of awareness they might otherwise have opted to avoid altogether.
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