The Joyful Rebel: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
It’s been thirty years since the famous (infamous?) “Day Off.” John Hughes’ legendary film – the one that put Matthew Broderick on the map and finally gave us something to say when we’ve asked a question but nobody’s answered it…
Review| Love & Friendship
Neither love nor friendship are quite what one would expect in this 2016 adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan. Neither is Lady Susan herself, the heroine, who one might hesitate to call heroic. Lady Susan is an enigma. Just…
Game of Thrones: S0607 The Broken Man
Mark is on assignment this week and this space is being temporarily filled by Mikey Fissel, managing editor at Reel World Theology, in an attempt to make sure no white walkers slip past… Another week of Game of Thrones, another…
Review| Eleganssi
Making its premiere at the 2016 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Virpi Suutari’s Eleganssi is a twenty-six minute documentary that offers a glimpse into the gentlemen’s hunting culture of the Finnish upper class, wherein smartly dressed men and their purebred…
Moulin Rouge
This review does contain mild spoilers about Moulin Rouge, but seriously, you should watch it. My wife and I love Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film Moulin Rouge. Excellent performances by talented actors and musicians, spectacle and humor, and of course love…how could…
Reviewing the Classics| Make Way for Tomorrow
When Leo McCarey won an Academy Award for directing The Awful Truth, he began his acceptance speech with the following: “I want to thank the Academy for this wonderful award, but you gave it to me for the wrong picture.”…
Game of Thrones: S06E06 Blood of My Blood
Allow me a brief moment of book-reader freak out here. I try not to approach this review series from the eyes of the Ice and Fire reader that I am, but I simply must make an exception this week. We…
Review| X-Men: Apocalypse
Is this an apocalyptic end to the X-men franchise, or a new beginning? X-Men Apocalypse opens in ancient Egypt with what could be the original mutant, one that has been around for generations due to the transference of his being into…
Review| X-Men Origins: Wolverine
On the heels of the highest grossing, yet most critically reviled installment of the X-men franchise, X-Men: The Last Stand, Fox tried to continue the money machine by focusing on their most popular X-man, Wolverine. It’s hard to argue against…
Game of Thrones: S06E05 The Door
Here’s a question: do you believe things happen for a reason? It’s a big question to be sure, but I’m guessing you answered right away. We’ve all wondered to some extent at how much fate or destiny controls our lives.…