Depp shines through Secret Window, Mamet makes Spartan spark, but Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London stumbles. Plus: more on The Reckoning, Hidalgo, Starsky and Hutch, My Architect, The Passion of The Christ, and how the Bible can revitalize art in culture.

Critics continue to throw punches over The Passion of The Christ. Christian film critics find Hidalgo ho-hum, take The Reckoning seriously, debate Starsky and Hutch, shoot Club Dread dead, and hang ABC's TV movie Judas.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ties the Oscar record. The Passion of The Christ, a "loser" with critics, is a box office blockbuster. Meanwhile, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights is dirty and dumb, Twisted is torture, Eurotrip is trash, and Clifford's Big Movie charms the kids.

I haven't seen The Passion of The Christ, and I don't plan to. Here's why.

Well, not quite. But the normally crass writer/director toned it down for Jersey Girl, where the young father wears his heart on his sleeve.

Ten timeless, terrific soundtracks that will endure forever.

Why evangelicals need to get smart about movies—and learn to appreciate them as art.

A conversation with Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry, the brilliant minds behind Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which opens Friday.

Cinematic gems every woman should see.

Peter Jackson says he would like to direct The Hobbit, but it's at least a couple years—and perhaps a few legal battles—away.

In his first feature film since Lord of the Rings, Viggo Mortensen is an adventurous cowboy in Hidalgo, a yarn that doesn't get all the facts right. But that's just fine with this myth-loving leading man.

We think the R rating is right on the money. Parents should see it first, then decide.

Shrek director to helm The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, coming to theaters Christmas 2005.

Sarah Drew, an aspiring actress from Connecticut, made her big-screen debut in Radio. But no role will come before her family—or her faith.

Religion scholar thrilled to serve on advisory committee for The Gospel of Mark.

Christians remain divided about what a 'good' movie is

A book about real choices.

Plus: Not all evangelicals are gung-ho on a federal marriage amendment.

The author of Running on Empty discusses his life in ministry with and without a walk with God.

Plus: More on the marriage wars, the new Methodist evangelistic strategies, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Reactions to California's Catholic Charities case, gay marriage moves to Oregon, atrocities in Sudan, and links to other stories from online sources around the world.

Sometimes our Christian heritage must be overcome, not celebrated.

Plus: Public television station will sell to anyone but a Christian broadcaster, and many other stories from online sources around the world

Sometimes our Christian heritage must be overcome, not celebrated.

Some theologically conservative Christians support civil unions and remain opposed to same-sex marriage.

Patrick Henry College is still small and unaccredited, but is becoming increasingly prominent in Washington.

Millions of Americans have spent two hours listening to the characters in Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ speaking in an exotic, unfamiliar tongue. Yet not all find Aramaic so alien.

Plus: Concerned Women for America loses another leader, and other stories from online sources around the world.

After spending 20 years as pastor of a church in the Bronx, Heidi Neumark realized that sometimes people just need some room to breathe.

Plus: The Joash tablet may not be a fake after all, Christians attacked in India and Egypt, our continuing (and exhausting) roundup of stories about gay marriage and The Passion, and other articles from online sources around the world.

Plus: prayer and evolution in schools, Jessica Simpson's religious upbringing, Jesus with poseable arms, and more stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Hundreds of other stories from online sources around the world

Millions of Americans have spent two hours listening to the characters in Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ speaking in an exotic, unfamiliar tongue. Yet not all find Aramaic so alien.

What the success of The Passion of The Christ may mean for future films.

Plus: While Unitarian ministers are arrested by police for gay marriages, a wed lesbian faces a church trial for being a minister, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Gregory Wolfe, author of Intruding Upon the Timeless, has opted out of the culture wars in order to build a Christian culture for others to imitate.

Religious institutions must be included in federally funded programs.

Plus: More on the Baptists killed in Iraq, euthanasia debate in New Zealand, the best-selling artist of all-time's comeback, Choose Life license plates, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Foursquare Gospel leaders resign over Ponzi scheme involvement; remembering the Baptists killed in Iraq, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Christian Legal Society chapter sues Ohio State, USA Today issues major report on Jack Kelley, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

Lost amid the celebration of Patrick is the important story of Benedict, the father of western monasticism.

Jury says church language on incompatibility of homosexuality with Christian teaching is too weak.

Four of the Seven Deadly Sins, as seen from a contemporary vantage point.

The Christian life isn't so hard when you let God do all the work

The author of Good Ideas from Questionable Christians and Outright Pagans believes Christians can learn a lot from skeptics and non-Christians.

Plus: Time profiles Rick Warren, Christian Coalition reportedly not paying its bills, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Couple was willing to help anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Plus: Critics of partial-birth abortion win a few battles, 'Under God' case goes to the Supreme Court, U.S. criticizes China rights, injured Baptist aid worker returns to U.S., and other stories from online sources around the world.

There are real victims in the farce that was the Methodist church trial of a lesbian minister.

Plus links to articles about financial scams, the Pope's second autobiography, Iraq missionaries, and other subjects from online media sources around the world.

Frank Wright says issues over public interest may reshape views of Christian media.

Supreme Court justices will probably overturn ruling, but maybe without addressing Pledge issues.

Plus: Former Archbishop of Canterbury criticizes Islam, The Passion of The Christ opens overseas, and other stories from online sources around the world.

A modern British journalist gives us timely words from yesterday's sinner-saints.

'A broken man' turns to Christian colleagues for support.

Plus: Partial-birth abortion ban goes to court three times today, remembering Rwanda's genocide, Moscow bans Jehovah's Witnesses, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Ronald Reagan's faith.

Plus a look back with some Negro League veterans.

Plus: Jesus returns (in the latest Left Behind novel), partial-birth abortion ban in court, Boise commandments monument moved from public park, Massachusetts gay marriage ban goes forward, and other stories from online sources around the world.