Kwisatz Haderach: The Promised Savior in Dune Part 1 (2021)
I had no experience with Dune before I watched Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 film adaptation, and that lack of grand expectations is probably why I was so happily surprised by how fresh, epic, beautiful, and well made it was. In an…
The Dread and Spectacle of Oppenheimer (2023)
The dread of the bomb and more. Oppenheimer was quite…explosive.
The Chief End of (Wo)man – Barbie (2023)
We’re all good and equal now, right? Natalie explains why Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is THE movie for millennial women.
Imago Droid
Are the droids of the Star Wars universe sentient? As the world’s most popular space fantasy franchise podraces toward its fiftieth birthday, the question is only getting muddier. The ineffable reality that there is something about humans which makes us…
Truth, Life, and God’s Word: Jesus Revolution
When it comes to the sub-genre of “faith-based film” (defined here as movies made by Christians for the church and/or with evangelistic intent), filmmakers often find themselves on two ends of a spectrum. The more common tendency is for these…
Vice and the Struggle for Power
I recently stumbled upon yet another one of those YouTube videos I love so much where an expert dissects and explains scenes from movies that represent their expertise. “Expert reacts” videos are always interesting to me because they are revealing…
A Child’s Wise Eyes in C’mon C’mon (2021)
Look at the world through Jesse’s eyes.
Redemption in the Desert: Obi-Wan Kenobi season 1
Now THIS is Star Wars: Lightsabers, saving the princess, and redemption.
Seriously, Watch Ozark
This is a show that seems to be built on the suffering of fallen humanity, grounded in realism, and set against the backdrop of a very gray and gothic middle America.
In other words, it’s great.
The Unavoidable Allure of Alternate Universes: Right Place, Right Time
Alternate universe stories give us a chance to see what the characters in the narratives we love are really made of. Strip away the trappings of their circumstances, put them in different hardships and opportunities, and what do they become?…