Michael Elliot

From 1998 - 2008, Michael Elliott's Movie Parables added a spiritual perspective to film reviews while bringing a worldwide attention and praise to his website, ChristianCritic.com . With Thus Saith Hollywood, Elliott revisits a popular feature of his website. Through the comparison of familiar movie quotes and timeless Bible verses, he was able to show just how often Hollywood's screenwriters "borrow" from the Creator of life. Because of his deep-seated belief that God's truths are woven into the very fabric of life, he further believes that any stories that deal with life or the human condition must, by definition, reflect God's original handiwork. This could arguably make God Hollywood's most prolific, uncredited screenwriter.

Being both a student and a teacher of the Bible, as well as having been both a professional actor and director, Michael Ondrasik, writing under the name Michael Elliott, sought to combine his two passions into a single outlet. In 1998, he launched ChristianCritic.com, a movie review website which brought spiritual insight to a secular form of entertainment. After a ten year stint of being a leading online voice for Christian film lovers, he retired his website. But the passion continued on. Michael Ondrasik lives in Central Florida with his wife Kate where they own and operate Home Video Studio. He still enjoys studying the Bible and watching movies.

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