#169 – Come Sunday, Ira Glass, and a Loving God
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We take a look at one of the newest Netflix original films, Come Sunday. This film is based on the life of Bishop Cartlon Pearson who began teaching a doctrine of universal…
Review| Stronger
Movies about persons with disabilities are a curious beast. They have a tightrope to walk. Disability is a difficult thing to deal with and often manifests itself in painful, isolating ways. However, this makes it easy to fall into the…
RWT Non-Top 10 Movies of 2017
We’ve shared our Top 10’s from 2017, but there are a bunch of movies just missing the cut we still liked. Our contributors and staff offer up a movie from 2017 they consider to be essential viewing but missed out on their…
Review| Molly’s Game
I wanted to love this movie. I really did. I put it on my list of most anticipated movies of 2017 and I’ve really enjoyed following Aaron Sorkin’s career ever since I took his online screenwriting course. I was excited…
Review| The Man Who Invented Christmas
A Christmas Carol. We all know the story as well as any age-old fairy tale. We’ve seen multiple film versions (Muppet Christmas Carol is my personal favorite) and the memorable quotes of “bah humbug” or “God bless us, everyone” have…
#152 – Only the Brave and Connection Through Pain
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We take some time to talk about one of the biggest surprises of the year. As surprisingly good as Only the Brave is, it seems to have been mostly skipped by…
Review| Marshall
A couple of months ago, my review of Detroit opined the failure to keep the eyes of the audience on the black narrative and, instead, found it’s gaze concentrated on the white Detroit police officers at the center of the film’s…
#146 – The Case for Christ and the Evidence for Faith
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We’re doing it again! We went for the longest time on this podcast without actually reviewing faith-based films and now, in the span of a few months, we’re reviewing our second?…
Streaming Weekly September 2017 2.0
A brand new week, a brand new set of streaming picks to prioritize in your streaming queues. Our fabulous contributors are constantly at the ready to deliver exactly what you need for an (almost) fall Friday night. Enjoy these recommendations and have…
Streaming Weekly March 2017 5.0
This weekend, we welcome April with open arms and say a fond farewell to March with three recommendations from our fine contributors. It’s the rare month where you get 5 Fridays of recommendations. So don’t ever say we never did…