Review| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The universe that J.K. Rowling is building in the Fantastic Beasts series is at once fascinating, beautiful, and a terrifying mirror of our own, and The Crimes of Grindelwald turns each of those elements up a notch. It’s Harry Potter…
Review| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
In a time when Disney is more known for taking the wheel on gigantic franchises, or remaking its own animated classics into live-action movies (whether we asked for them or not), I was incredibly refreshed when I saw the trailer…
Reel World: Rewind #030 – UHF
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… We’ve got it all on this episode as we sit down to talk about UHF! Of all the career accomplishments of the legendary comedic musician Weird Al Yankovic, his 1988 feature-length movie may…
Review| I Can Only Imagine
I Can Only Imagine is a biopic about the singer/songwriter Bart Millard who is the lead singer of Mercy Me and penned the #1 hit song of the same name as the movie. It is an uneven presentation of a…
Review| A Wrinkle in Time, and Sanitizing the Darkness
As a filmmaker myself, I completely understand that not everything is translatable from page to screen. Filmmakers are readers just like anyone else. Their interpretations or viewpoint on a story will look very different from each of our own. We…
#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…
Review| The Breadwinner
While Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman remains my heroine of the year, The Breadwinner’s Parvana is a steadfast and intrepid contender. Cartoon Saloon has now officially become my favorite animation house. As of now, the Ireland-based studio has put out a…
Review| Wonderstruck
Adapted from Bryan Selznick’s New York Times bestselling novel, Todd Haynes’ (Carol, Far From Heaven) latest film Wonderstruck is an aptly named story for audiences of all ages. The film simultaneously follows two young protagonists Rose (Millicent Simmonds) and Ben…
#138 – Cars 3 and Relational Discipleship
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We take a dive into the world of Cars, Pixar’s most profitable film series and possibly its least critically acclaimed. We take a look at the dynamic of making a movie…
Who·ology – S10E11 World Enough and Time
Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love’s day. – Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress If we’re honest,…