Stranger Things: S01E04 The Body
A vast expanse of stars is the first image we see after the harrowing conclusion of episode three, in which the “body” of Will Byers was discovered. What seemed like concrete evidence of Will’s fate is nearly immediately countered by…
#105 – Star Trek Beyond and The Best of Humanity
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: In a year of ho-hum blockbusters and endless sequels and remakes, we find ourselves taking a gander at another installment in the Star Trek franchise. This latest Kelvin-verse offering, Star Trek…
Stranger Things: S01E03 Holly Jolly
Barb is dead. Long live Barb! Nancy gives in to Steve’s consistent pursuit of her after the pool party while Barb struggles out of what the audience now comes to see as a parallel reality: She is in the swimming…
Review| Jason Bourne
If you’ve seen any of the previous films in the Bourne franchise, then you have basically seen Jason Bourne (2016) in its entirety. In the end, it’s not so much that the fruition of Paul Greengrass’s long-awaited reunion with Matt…
Stranger Things: S01E02 The Weirdo on Maple Street
Only two episodes into Stranger Things and there’s really only one question to ask: are you hooked yet? You are, admit it. Or, if you’ve already finished the series, you can probably point to this episode as the one where…
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…
Five Things to Love About ‘Star Trek Beyond’
Star Trek is one of my favorite things. I grew up watching The Next Generation, and after J.J. Abrams first film in this reboot series in 2009, I watched The Original Series and loved it too. (Despite its campiness and…
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…