Review| The Bourne Ultimatum
There’s a reason Matt Damon said he would only ever come back to the Bourne franchise if Paul Greengrass also returned. With just enough premise to keep these plots moving, it’s the frenetic camera of Greengrass that makes these movies…
Review| The Bourne Supremacy
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is alive and back in this critically acclaimed sequel and this time it’s personal! Actually, it was pretty personal in the original film. In 2002’s The Bourne Identity Jason had to re-discover who he was after…
Stranger Things: S01E01 The Vanishing of Will Byers
By the time the mysterious, shaven-head girl, Eleven, emerges from the woods and meets our three intrepid boy wonders, we have completed the first episode of The Duffer Brothers’ new Netflix series, Stranger Things, and been plunged into a 80s-tinged…
Review| The Bourne Identity
Growing up my dad and I watched tons of James Bond films. Tons. We had the vast majority of them on DVD or VHS, and if we didn’t have them Ted Turner’s channels seem to have quite the affinity for…
#102 – Hail, Caesar! and No Insignificant Professions
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We had the chance to circle back around to a film that did not make the type of splash a lot of people thought it would, but those who did see…
Review| The Conjuring 2
The Conjuring 2 opened to a massively successful first weekend: 75% on RottenTomatoes and $40 million dollars, the biggest horror film opening since the first installment in 2013 (and the biggest June horror film opening ever). The film is quite good…
#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| The Hateful Eight
“We still have a long way to go, but hand in hand I know we’ll get there.” -Abraham Lincoln (via letter in the film The Hateful Eight) Any movie that tries to speak to all of the problems with the current…
Review| The Leftovers, Season 2
“Everybody’s wonderin’ what and where they all came from. Everybody’s worryin’ ‘bout where they’re gonna go when the whole thing’s done, but no one knows for certain so it’s all the same to me. I think I’ll just let the mystery be”…
Review| Lost River
Ryan Gosling’s debut as a director is an ambitious mess. As an actor, he’s come a long way from early films and matured into a capable, brooding, interesting actor who tackles a diverse load of projects. Lost River certainly ain’t…