Our Mission Statement

        As our Mission Statement states, we "seek to find beauty and value in film from a Christocentric worldview, contributing informative and meaningful articles to film criticism."
        Not only do we love watching movies, but we believe it's important to watch films with discernment. We realize movies communicate meaning about God, revealing His handiwork and lovingkindness. In this way, movies are not just evening fluff, but a significant expression of sounds, images, and words.
        We watch a wide variety of films, given our understanding that Romans 1:19 says, "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them." God created man in His image, and thus, filmmakers cannot help but reveal Him in stories.
        At the same time, we try to address the artistic and aesthetic dimensions of film, seeing as how a creative, well-crafted secular film often glorifies God in more ways than a badly made, so-called "Christian" movie. Christ became the Word incarnate, and in the same way, we believe Christians have the responsbility to emulate Christ's example by creating good stories as mini-incarnations of the best story: Christ's story.
        As declaration of our beliefs, we subscribe to the Apostle's Creed:

"I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.

who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit

born of the Virgin Mary.

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended into hell.

On the third day he rose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand

of God the Father Almighty.

From thence he shall come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting.

Amen."

The People

Zachary K. Parker
Zachary has loved watching movies for as long as he remembers. While finishing his baccalaureate degree at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, Zachary also works for the university's paper, the Hawkeye, as the Arts & Entertainment Editor and movie reviewer. Some of his favorite movies include "Punch Drunk Love," "Moulin Rouge!," "The New World," "The Fountain," "Magnolia," "Ninth Gate," "Big Fish," and "Gangs of New York."