#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…
Who·ology – S10E01 The Pilot
“Time is a structure relative to ourselves. Time is the space made by our lives, where we stand together forever. Time and relative dimension in space. It means life.” – The Doctor The Doctor as a professor at a university…
Review| Some Freaks
Some Freaks is an astonishing debut that cuts deep, shattering open the high school drama of the misfits falling in love narrative to reveal a longing for human connection. This review is part of an ongoing series covering films appearing…
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),…
Frankly Faraci – The Piano Guys
Hans Christian Anderson, a man familiar with the power of storytelling in the written word, said of music, “where words fail, music speaks.” His simple axiom brings to mind the myth-making power and emotional soul of music from John Williams.…
Streaming Weekly April 2017 2.0
Easter weekend means you are going to be at the movie theater with family or at home recovering from remembering Jesus’ death on the cross and celebrating his resurrection on Sunday. We give you something to chill out to this…
Who-ology: Season 10 Preview
Whovians rejoice! That oh, so comforting whirr of the Tardis engine is kicking into gear again as season 10 is finally upon us. Give yourself a pat on the back for surviving the long wait. You deserve it. After all,…
Oh! The Horror… | of the Curious Crucified Rabbit Man
I, earlier this week, reviewed the new anthology horror film, The Dark Tapes, and declared my love for the sub-genre and the heartbreak inherent in those times when it is not done well. So, when I was thinking about an…
Who-ology| S03E03 Gridlock
This episode has long been one of my favorites, certainly of season 3, possibly of all Doctor Who. There are so many threads worth following in this thematically rich story: kidnapping, drug addiction, terrible consequences of the human propensity towards excess, repentance and…
Review| The Dark Tapes (2017)
When anthology horror is executed well, it can be one of the most satisfying sub-genres of horror to witness. There is something cathartic about divining a united thread running between (seemingly) dissonant stories—usually told by different writers and directors. Each…