Faith & Culture

Arthur Christmas 

Review from NPR
Arthur Christmas is the surprise gift of the season: a sharp, savvy holiday comedy that doesn't get its laughs at the expense of those who start to glow in the early days of December. Read more

Review from The Fish
From UK-based Aardman Studios, Arthur Christmas is a comic adventure that lands somewhere between the high-octane attitude of DreamWorks Animation and (perhaps more closely to) the warm, character-driven sensibilities of Pixar. Read more

Hugo 

Review from Christianity Today
Martin Scorsese's latest tells of the power and wonder of film through one boy's redemption. Read more

Review from The Fish
Hugo is a 3D lesson in discovering one’s purpose in life and in finding healing through personal connections. Read more

The Muppets 

Review from Christianity Today
It's time to light the lights. The Muppets is a fun, sweet, and true return to form. Read more

Review from Relevant Magazine
A welcome return to the classic Muppet comedy America was raised on. Read more

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Leigh Nash
Hymns and Sacred Songs

Review from Christianity Today
Hopefully Hymns and Sacred Songs will encourage listeners to reconsider traditional hymns and the practice of hymn composition today. Contemporary praise choruses—which often utilize short stanzas, oversimplified themes, and drawn-out phrases—could learn from Nash and company, whose rich scriptural context, beautiful lyrical expression, and intricate arrangements occupy an important place in Christian tradition and make for an aesthetically valuable, spiritually nurturing work of art. Read more

Coldplay
Mylo Xyloto

Review from Relevant Magazine
This concept album, set in a backdrop of 1940s Germany, is a love story that follows a couple through tribulation and then lands at a happy ending. Read more

Review from The Fish
While it may not work completely as a concept album, Mylo Xyloto delivers a handful of cool singles—you need to hear "Heaven," "China," "Waterfall," "Charlie Brown," and "Paradise"—and takes artistic chances instead of completely playing things safe.
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Kelly Clarkson 
Stronger

Review from The Fish
Clarkson's fifth album, Stronger, will put the first American Idol winner back in the limelight of her second record, Breakaway.
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