#150 – Death Note and Fear-Based Obedience
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Merry Halloween! It’s that time of the year where we take a look at a film that was a bit more on the odd or freaky side. While we all wish…
#144 – Detroit and When the Gospel Gets Political
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Detroit is a movie that has received positive reviews overall but has incited a mixed response from audiences of different backgrounds. Does Detroit serve a larger purpose to remind us of…
When the Center Does Not Hold: The Problem with Detroit
“The white gaze: it traps black people in white imaginations. It is the eyes of a white schoolteacher who sees a black student and lowers expectations. It is the eyes of a white cop who sees a black person and…
#139 – Baby Driver and Subversive Cultural Privilege
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: It’s that wonderful time of the year when we get to enjoy a new Edgar Wright film! We take some time talking about what it is Wright brings to his films…
Review| Baby Driver
If you expect your films to have narrative complexity, don’t go see this film. If you expect your films to break apart common cinematic tropes and characterizations, don’t go see this film. If you want your musicals to contain characters…
Streaming Weekly May 2017 4.0
Over the long, Memorial Day weekend, you might be ready to kick back and enjoy the sunshine. To that our contributors say, “A pox on thy respite!” Spend your weekend and the extra day enjoying the sweet, REM-destroying glow of…
Review| Free Fire
There are those action films that manage to kill thousands without the audience acknowledging any of their deaths. Think the back end of the Die Hard franchise or just about any Michael Bay film. The lives get lost in the…
#132 – The Fate of the Furious and Bro Bliss
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: It’s often hard to believe that The Fast and the Furious franchise now has eight installments– or that it’s a franchise at all. But they keep coming back to the theater…
Ferocious, Fearful, and Tenacious Hounds of Love
Australian Ben Young’s debut film, Hounds of Love, is a sordid, intense feature of survival in 1980’s suburban Perth. Starring Ashleigh Cummings as Vicky Malone, a young, teenage schoolgirl abducted by a deranged, serial killer couple (Emma Booth and Stephen Curry),…
Streaming Weekly March 2017 1.0
The month of March is finally upon us and the 2017 movie calendar is stacking up. With so many highly anticipated movies starting to make their way into theaters this month, you might need a break from the choice of…