The Da Vinci Code article archive
I happened to read Dan Brown’s book in July 2004 on a three-day Greyhound trip back from the Cornerstone festival, and I posted some thoughts on it here. General and related articles: ‘From Temptation...
View ArticleGrappling with the Da Vinci juggernaut
“SEEK the truth.” So say the posters for The Da Vinci Code. And so say many Christians who hope to make this movie a witnessing opportunity when it opens May 19 — despite its dismissal of the divinity...
View ArticleFrom Temptation to the Code
In 1988, Christians picketed theaters that showed The Last Temptation of Christ. Today, they’re trying to find ways to “engage” a new controversial movie — The Da Vinci Code. Two decades ago,...
View ArticleReview: The Da Vinci Code (dir. Ron Howard, 2006)
The makers of The Da Vinci Code have been saying for some time now that their film is not supposed to be taken all that seriously. It’s not history, and it’s not theology, director Ron Howard has said;...
View ArticleReview: The Da Vinci Code (dir. Ron Howard, 2006)
My initial reaction to the film version of The Da Vinci Code was almost one of relief. The film was a dud, a complete bore, and most critics, secular and otherwise, seemed to think so, too. Perhaps, I...
View ArticleReview: Angels & Demons (dir. Ron Howard, 2009)
It may have been boring and heretical, but the film version of The Da Vinci Code was also one of the biggest international hits of all time when it came out three years ago — bigger than The Passion of...
View ArticleComment: His Dark Materials: How the Grinch stole God
LAST YEAR, many Christians went out of their way to caution their fellow believers against over-reacting to the movie version of The Da Vinci Code. Yes, the film put forth a deeply problematic view of...
View ArticleReview: Inferno (dir. Ron Howard, 2016)
The most generic and, perhaps not coincidentally, the least potentially offensive of the three films starring Tom Hanks as Professor Robert Langdon.
View ArticleBox office: Tyler Perry says Boo! to Tom Hanks’s Inferno
Plus: the biggest film of the week internationally, and thus globally, was Doctor Strange, which earned $86 million in 33 territories a week ahead of its North American release.
View Article20 things about The Prince of Egypt, which turns 20 today.
Detailed notes on the making, and legacy, of the first successful Bible epic since the genre's golden age.
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