Reel World: Rewind #023 – The Room
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind . . . With the release of The Disaster Artist, the new film by James Franco, it seemed only appropriate to delve into the cult classic that spawned the book the movie is…
#158 – Lady Bird and Attention as Love
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: More awards movies! Also, movies that happen to just be good. With this we turn to Lady Bird, a movie that is making a LOT of Top 10 lists this year…
#157 – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Righteous Anger
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Our attempt to hit on as many award-worthy 2017 films as possible continues as we take a look at Martin McDonagh’s latest film, Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri. This movie does…
Review| Dead Poets Society
Do you remember the good old days back when Robin Williams was still around? Many of his movies are remembered for being not only funny (Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire), but also heart-warming and uplifting (Good Will Hunting, Awakenings). His kind and…
Review| Downsizing
Reactions to Downsizing from critics and audiences have been mixed with scores ranging from 25 to 100. Be that as it may, most agree Downsizing has a fascinating premise that presents an interesting, albeit far fetched, solution to some of…
#156 – The Muppet Christmas Carol and a Fearful Conversion
On this SPECIAL Christmas episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Merry Christmas from the Reel World Theology team to all of you out there! You voted, and we obliged. For Christmas we got you a brand new episode on…
Reviewing the Classics| The Shop Around the Corner
Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 film The Shop Around the Corner is a familiar story for many reasons—one being that it is a textbook romantic comedy. The film is “textbook” not because it is a repetition of what came before, but because…
#154 – Coco and God Defined Family
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Our next Pixar film has dropped and, not surprisingly, people are loving it. However, some people are really loving it while others are simply enjoying it. We take a look at what…
Review| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri & the Backroads to Justice
Three monuments stand erect in a staggered row along a road that gets little traffic in the town of Ebbing, Missouri; justice, here, like any other place is relegated to the backroads of peoples’ consciousness and not its central thoroughfares.…
Review| Stein’s Gate
What would a person do if given the foreknowledge of things to come, and the ability to change the present and future as he sees fit? In Steins Gate, protagonist Okabe and his friends wrestle with such a power, and…