The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is a royal disappointment, and Alien vs. Predator takes two franchises to a new low, while Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie baits youngsters to waste money. Plus, more reviews of Napoleon Dynamite, Collateral, Little Black Book, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, A Home at the End of the World, and Intimate Strangers.

Time magazine on the church's changing attitudes about film. Plus: Religious press critics review Collateral, Open Water, Garden State, Little Black Book, A Home at the End of the World, Code 46, Maria Full of Grace, The Village, The Manchurian Candidate, and Thunderbirds.

The church's changing attitudes toward movies. Plus: Religious press critics review Collateral, Open Water, Little Black Book, Garden State, Code 46, Riding Giants, The Story of the Weeping Camel, Maria Full of Grace, The Village, The Manchurian Candidate, and Thunderbirds.

Shyamalan's Village people are stalked by phantoms, while a presidential candidate is targeted by a brainwashed assassin in The Manchurian Candidate. Plus, critics praise Intimate Strangers, shoot down Thunderbirds and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, and continue reviewing I, Robot, A Cinderella Story, The Bourne Supremacy, Maria Full of Grace, and Catwoman.

For composer John Debney and vocalist/lyricist Lisbeth Scott, the creative talent behind the soundtrack to The Passion of The Christ, scoring the epic film was the experience of a lifetime.

From hilarious comedies to poignant—even heartbreaking—stories about culture and society, here's one critic's list of Asian movies worth watching.

From stories of grace and beauty to those depicting the horrors and heartbreak of war and death, here's one critic's list of European movies worth watching.

Joe Camp, creator of the Benji films, brings the beloved pup back to the big screen after 17 years. He tells us all about it—and how his faith played a part in the process.

Christians often get riled up about the movie industry's questionable entertainment offerings. So why not turn that passion into something productive?

Former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp tells us about his faith journey—falling away from God as a rebellious rock star, and, just recently, coming back to embrace Christianity.

What is a Christian's responsibility when it comes to portraying The Big Three vices in film? There are no easy answers to the question.

At least 11 dead, 52 injured in Baghdad and Mosul bombings. A roundup of the on-site reporting and response.

Plus: A tainted quest for Noah's flood, another Methodist lesbian trial, and the group that may or may not be behind the Iraq church bombings.

What Colonial farmers have to teach us about living with the land.

Close vote at July General Assembly maintains sexuality standards.

In its anti-Israel resolution, the Presbyterian General Assembly isn't speaking on behalf of members. A rabbi's opinion.

Plus: Washington Post vs. freedom, censoring Romans 1, and many, many other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Too loud churches, banning home worship, Salon on religious persecution abroad, Dobson backs Bush, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Attacks defy the Prophet's wish for the area's millennia-old Christian community, which is now on the edge of oblivion.

Hate laws making their way through U.S. and British governments highlight the need for peaceful yet critical Christian witness. A 12th-century abbot leads the way.

Plus: Iraqi Christians return to church, Boston churches demonstrate against violence, and Bush is told to renounce his possessions.

Swedish pastor sentenced to jail for blasting homosexuality.

Plus: Senate leader vs. EU vs. Arab League on Darfur genocide, Mrs. Bush vs. Kerry/Edwards on stem cells, and Luis Palau in the Twin Cities.

How the ancient Olympics differed from the modern spectacle.

The first installment of our new midyear book report.

Plus: Falwell gets another critical site, Christian radio station raided in DRC, the faith behind the world's fastest runners, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Who's going to New York, the next big movie controversy, the fundamentalist press, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Finding faith under unthinkable circumstances.

Plus: N.J. gov's religious resignation, wheat-free-free Communion, blaming the victim in Iraq, and more articles from online sources around the world.

Let's not be too eager to pull the plug on our fellow image-bearers.

Courts don't have authority to adjudicate ecclesiastical matters, says New York State Supreme Court Justice.

Roman Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Assumption on Sunday. What's up with that?

Plus: Rwandan troops arrive in Darfur, and the Pope preaches at Lourdes.

Sports Spectrum magazine has its eye on the believers competing in Athens.

Plus: Florida vouchers nixed, assisted suicide wins again in Oregon, Methodism and the presidential campaign, and other stories from online sources around the world.

The biotech lobby is attempting to buy a law in California, Wesley J. Smith says.

The first installment in a new Tolkien-inspired series shows genuine promise.

Part 2 of our midyear report on outstanding books.

Plus: Ethicists vs. the Bush campaign, Falwell's law school, DNA testing the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other stories from online sources around the world.

U.N. relief workers airlift 198 refugees to Cambodian capital.

Plus: Crisis editor Deal Hudson withdraws from Bush campaign as exposé approaches, and other stories from online sources around the world.

We're not just passing through, says theologian Michael Wittmer, author of Heaven Is a Place on Earth.

2 Corinthians doesn't teach that flesh and spirit are opposites, Michael Wittmer says.

Plus: Democratic candidate leaves Catholic Charities post, school chief quits over Ten Commandments, and other stories from online sources around the world.

President Hugo Chavez will need the support of churches to restore progress to the country.

New scholarship on the ancient Olympics reminds Christians why Emperor Theodosius outlawed the event so many centuries ago.

Sri Lanka Christians cheer high court ruling on controversial bill.

Plus: Deal Hudson gets contrite as Bill Donohue turns nasty.

The concluding installment of our three-part midyear book roundup.

The battle for state marriage amendments leads to a power grab in Michigan.

Plus: Joe Stowell resigns from Moody, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

The rise, fall, and redemption of the Father of the Information Age.

Plus: Another blow to the partial-birth abortion ban, church attacks in India and Cyprus, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Bill Clinton on bearing false witness, and the Olympics that began with Greek paganism ends with a former priest's apocalypticism.

The strange tale of the controversial Bishop Pike and his fatal quest for relevance.