Backward Mutters

Category: Reviews

  • Voyage of the Therapeutic, Moralistic Aslan

    The Helm of the Dawn Treader I’ve given myself since Friday to comment on the new Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media film adaptation of C. S. Lewis’, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Time’s up. Enough has been said about a number failings and justifications about the film adaptation.…

  • Original Sin

    Just got my copy of Alan Jacobs’ latest book. I’ve listened to Jacobs’ commentary on most things literary via Ken Myers’ Mars Hill Audio Journal. In fact, I’ve listened to him so much — especially Volume 77 and his extended discussion on C.S. Lewis — that I can actually hear…

  • Jacobs Jive

    Here are a couple of articles for you Christ and culture types by Alan Jacobs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows His Dark Materials Review MP3 from Mars Hill Audio Journal on His Dark Materials

  • More Pullman

    Alan Jacobs, author of the article I referenced on His Dark Materials has posted an ironic note on his own blog. Also, Mars Hill Audio has posted Jacob’s interview with Ken Myers from 2000 after the The Amber Spyglass hit the bookstore shelves in 2000.

  • Where is This Pointing? or What You Need to Know about The Golden Compass

    You’ve seen it on FoxNews. You’ve heard Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, harangue about it. You’ve gotten dozens of emails calling for its boycott. But what’s all the fuss about The Golden Compass? What should I look for if I read the trilogy or see the movie? How…