Facing the Giants (2007)

When I first grabbed this movie off the shelf at Blockbuster, I was expecting another “Remember the Titans” or “Glory Road” or “Miracle” or some other movie about a sports team coming from behind to beat all the odds and how the coach is in danger of losing his job unless the team wins and when they win, his job is saved and children make up with parents and they dig a well and find water and a vein of gold cutting through the town. Okay, I’m getting sarcastic, but you must know how I feel. I’ve seen more versions … Continue reading

Where’s God When I’m S-s-s-cared? (1993)

The first VeggieTales video ever begins with “Tales From the Crisper.” Junior Asparagus (voiced by creator Phil Vischer’s wife, Lisa) has stayed up past his bedtime to watch a scary movie about a monster named Frankencelery. When it’s time to go to bed, he imagines that everything around him is turning into monsters. Climbing into bed, he is scared to go to sleep, thinking that he’ll get eaten alive. At that moment, Bob and Larry show up in his room to bring him a message. “You don’t have to be afraid,” they tell Junior, and then they sing him a … Continue reading