Game of Thrones: S06E02 Home
This week was a first. We got a shocking, cataclysmic reveal that only the television series has revealed to long time fans of the story that is The Song of Ice and Fire… Ramsey kills Roose Bolton! What?! Yeah yeah.…
#097 – The Jungle Book and Interpretive Racism
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We’re talking about The Jungle Book. Not Rudyard Kipling’s book, or the 1967 animated version, but the brand new, Jon Favreau directed version. We talk about comparisons and tone along with…
Review| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), is both a great Western and a surprisingly rich political film. Liberty Valance has an interesting, complex story, but behind it is an examination of Justice and how it applies to…
Game of Thrones: S06E01 The Red Woman
Let me sum up what we got from the first episode of the new and highly anticipated Game of Thrones season: Jon Snow is dead… or is he? The truth is we still really don’t know. Surprisingly, very little happened…
Game of Thrones: The State of Thrones (…Preparing for Season Six)
Johnny Cash once said he liked songs about love, God, and murder. Surely we can assume he would have been a Game of Thrones fan. Broaden love to include sex, murder to include all manner of horrific deaths, and add…
#095 – 10 Cloverfield Lane and Living Beyond Regret
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Out of nowhere comes what JJ Abrams calls “the spiritual successor” to the 2008 genre-defying film, Cloverfield. In 10 Cloverfield Lane, we get suspense, horror, mystery, thriller, action, sci-fi, and a…
Review| Evidence, Philosophy, and ‘God’s Not Dead 2’ (Alternate Take)
Last night a surprising thing happened. I saw God’s Not Dead 2 and ended up defending it to a friend. Today the surprises continue and I’m going to recommend that some of you should see it too. When the last…
Review| God’s Not Dead 2
In order to review God’s Not Dead 2 I need to begin with some comments I wrote after seeing the original: I greatly desire the body of Christ to engage the culture as best we can. Obviously, a great way…
#092 – Room and A World Beyond Imagination
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: By now you’ve likely, FINALLY, heard about the film, Room. It garnered some Academy Awards attention and a win for Brie Larson as lead actress. It is hard to fathom such…
Review| The Wave (Bølgen)
The Wave (Bølgen), Norway’s first disaster flick—and the country’s official submission to the Foreign Language Film category of the 88th Academy Awards—is a film that is intimately familiar with the well-worn tropes of its genre, a film that, instead of…