Contributor: Paul Asay

Whenever Christians start arguing about entertainment—why they see or don’t see certain things, Philippians 4:8 is sure to pop up before the conversation gets too old. It goes like this: “Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever …

Fully engaged father? Check. Importance of adoption? Check. The beauty of family? Check. Disneynature shows us that, sometimes, the animal kingdom can teach us a thing or two about how to raise a kid (table manners notwithstanding).

“Dick Clark died today” I said last night as my family put dinner together. “Who?” my daughter-in-law asked. Who? Who’s Dick Clark?! That was what I wanted to say, a little taken aback at the idea that anyone, anywhere would not know who Dick Clark is. …

From the very beginning, we knew The Hunger Games would be tough to take down in the box office arena. It scored the equivalent of an 11 in the hype-centric prelims, scoring magazine cover after cover and inflaming fans with a Twilight level of anticip …

The Bible never comes right out and says what to do with movies. Moses didn’t bring back a commandment that said, “Thou shalt not watch any R-rated film (unless thine film be titled Passion of the Christ).” Jesus never explicitly spoke about Hollywood. …

Whenever a bunch of college kids go to a cabin in the woods in films like The Cabin in the Woods, we have to wonder, why?! And when people say they hope to watch them do it, we wonder the same thing.

Play catch with a major league starting pitcher? Most of us will never get the chance. But thanks to Twitter, it might be a good idea for us to cart around a glove. Earlier this week Jeremy Guthrie, the opening day starter for the Colorado Rockies, sen …

Jennifer Aniston is old. Not old old, mind you—but at 43, she’s older than Shaquille O’Neal, and he’s been retired for years. She’s older than the Internet. She’s old enough to be Justin Bieber’s mom. She’s older than me, for goodness sake—by like thre …

Spring is traditionally a fallow season for the box office. The blockbusters of summer are still months away. Oscar hopefuls are still being gussied up for their November/December debut. March and April are supposed to be times for the “other guys”—qui …

So I’ve been following the robust conversations y’all have been having regarding The Hunger Games. And while much of the discussion has focused on the premise of Games—can anything worthwhile be gleaned from a story that focuses on kids killing each ot …

We have a tendency to bemoan reality television, and sometimes with good reason. But, just like most everything in life, it’s a mixed bag: For every Jersey Shore there’s an Undercover Boss. For every duplicitous act on Big Brother there’s a feel-good s …

Lost in all the Hunger Games brouhaha this weekend was the remarkably strong debut of October Baby. The film details both the literal and spiritual journey of an abortion survivor—not exactly the sort of premise that you’d expect would pack ’em into th …

We all saw this coming. The Hunger Games, one of the most hotly anticipated movies of 2012, screamed to an estimated $155 million opening weekend take, obliterating the rest of the field (21 Jump Street finished a distant second with $21.3 million) and …

When I was a little boy—maybe 4—I was sure of perhaps just one thing. That no matter how bad I was that day, whether I colored on the kitchen walls or threw a fit or had an unfortunate “accident,” there was one person who would love me no matter what: …

Don’t look now, but Channing Tatum is plotting to take over the world. Well, maybe “plotting” is a little strong. That suggests that the versatile pretty-boy actor is in a secret bunker somewhere, rubbing his hands together and cackling with evil glee. …