Reel World: Rewind #014 – Godzilla (2014)
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind . . . Blaine introduces listeners to his new co-host, and they discuss Gareth Edwards’s 2014 film, Godzilla. They talk about the film’s environmental subtext, how the film fits within the larger MonsterVerse, and…
Review| Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann is about the lengths one might go to pursue someone and the ways we mask such a longing for connection under a facade of professional ambition. It’s about the clash that can occur when an eccentric personality plants…
Review| Kong: Skull Island
Opening to an estimated 61 million dollar weekend, Kong: Skull Island, the sophomore film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, virtually guarantees that we’ll get to see giant monsters duke it out on the big screen for years to come. Twelve-year-old me is…
#128 – Logan and an Incomplete Hope
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: After last year’s Deadpool, Fox showed that it could succeed with a rated R superhero movie so they strike again with a Wolverine film that critics and fans are loving. Wolverine,…
Streaming Weekly March 2017 2.0
Spring is in the air and we are springing forward this weekend (well, most of us). For those of you looking to make the most of your hour-shortened weekend, let our contributors recommend a trio of great movies to watch…
Oh! The Horror… | Of Breaking and Entering
To me it was about trying to ground the movie as much as possible so that the audience would believe that world, so we tried to find a house that your brother could have lived in and your father could…
Reviewing The Classics| 12 Angry Men
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1957 film 12 Angry Men, and it is as relevant and captivating as ever. Our current cultural climate is different and much more progressive than the 1950s, but we still face the…
Top 5 Non-Kong Non-Godzilla Kaiju Films
A blockbuster-sized testament to the fact that everyone loves seeing giant monsters brawl and wreak havoc, Kong: Skull Island hits cinemas this week. This highly-anticipated premiere, which is expected to get Legendary’s MonsterVerse firing on all cylinders, also presents me…
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…
Stay Woke and Don’t Scream: Get Out’s Subversion of White Horror Narratives
*There are spoilers ahead* “Finally, much of horror’s history has been about the removal of Blacks from the genre. Blacks have been rendered invisible by way of Whites in blackface, through a deprecation of Black culture without (and absent a…