#126 – The 2016 Movie Year and a RWT Oscar Preview
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: As the 2017 Year in Film is just kicking off, we pause to take a look back at the year that was (2016). For what we hope will be a yearly…
Fizz’s Top 10 Films of 2016
For me, the 2016 year of film started with promise, crashed hard, and then was predictably salvaged. Sure, there were a few gems very lightly sprinkled throughout the year, but, as our staff has pointed out, it was largely “a Summer…
Josh’s Top 10 Films of 2016
For a little while, 2016 was a paltry ration compared to the veritable feast of 2015. We went into 2016 with incredibly high expectations as 2015 went down as one of the best years for movies in over a decade.…
Blaine’s Top 10 films of 2016
I have an adversarial relationship with lists. At the same time, however, I’m very excited and happy to be taking a look back at 2016 with my fellow Reel World Theology colleagues. I have no doubt this list will grow…
Top 5 Directors 2016
The director is the only person who is involved in every aspect of making a movie. No matter how great a performance, how well-crafted a script, creative the editing, or cutting edge the special effects are, if the director is…
Top 5 Actors 2016
Of all the Top 5’s we’re doing this week, the Best Actor category may be the most predictable and also contains the most consensus among the RWT staff. Does that speak to the lack of great starring roles by men in…
Top 5 Actresses 2016
Our Top 5’s continue with a category slightly flipping the script on the recent Oscar-nominations. While the most-likely candidate to win the Oscar this year squeaked into our Top 5, we are still in shock over the snub of our…
RWT Top 20 Films of 2015: 5-1
This year our Reel World Theology Contributors all submitted their picks for Top 10 Best Films of 2015. We used a numeric scoring system to assign points to every movie that received votes and then counted up each team’s score…
RWT Top 20 Films of 2015: 10-6
This year our Reel World Theology Contributors all submitted their picks for Top 10 Best Films of 2015. We used a numeric scoring system to assign points to every movie that received votes and then counted up each team’s score…
RWT Top 20 Films of 2015: 15-11
This year our Reel World Theology Contributors all submitted their picks for Top 10 Best Films of 2015. We used a numeric scoring system to assign points to every movie that received votes and then counted up each team’s score…