Netflix Your Weekend – Punch-Drunk Love
Adam Sandler basically formed my childhood love of absurdist and juvenile comedy. My first exposure to him was his early comedy albums he did with friends like Tim Meadows and David Spade during his time on SNL. He was Opera…
#053 – Birdman and How We Ended Up Here
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: After many attempts, we finally are able to get a group together to talk about Birdman— now a winner of four Oscars, including Best Picture. Besides being a technically impressive movie,…
In Theaters Thursday – 2-26-15
It’s mercifully the last week of February and that means the movie doldrums are finally going to pass! This week’s movies hold some minor intrigue and the limited releases look very interesting, as can be the case during these months.…
Five Stunning Truths that will Change Your Life (IF you believe them!)
“Clickbait” is a form of writing that begs for your attention. Even though it’s largely hated by the internet community for being cryptic at best and lascivious at worst, clickbait keeps coming up because it works. Despite the fact we know…
Stop Criticizing, Start Exploring
I’ve never went on one of those multi-stringed Twitter rants before. However, there is a first time for anything and I have officially entered that not-so-exclusive club. The straw that broke the camel’s back was an article at an unnamed…
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Oscar Winners
You’re not going to find any griping here. Neil Patrick Harris reminded us during the opening song of the 87th Academy Awards that, “movies may not show real life, but they’ll show you what life really means.” Apart from the opinions,…
Netflix Your Weekend – The Overnighters
The initial intrigue to Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters was not a familiarity with his previous material. His filmography is fairly well-known, with documentary work like Full Battle Rattle that won awards at SXSW and was nominated for an Emmy, as well as…
Review| The Grand Budapest Hotel: We’re Brothers
“You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed that’s what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant… oh, f*** it.” –M. Gustave In one week, I…
In Theaters Thursday – 2-19-15
For this weekend’s look at new movies, we’re going back in time for a follow-up to the surprisingly funny and clever Hot Tub Time Machine. There is Disney’s first release of 2015 in an impressive slate of movies (Strange Magic doesn’t count)…
#052 – Whiplash and The Cost of Perfection
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Our panel takes a look at another Best Picture candidate, Whiplash. Starring Miles Teller and JK Simmons, Whiplash explores themes of perfection and achievement in an incredibly intense and jazzy way.…