#098 – CROSSOVER: Captain America: Civil War
On this CROSSOVER episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: In an Avengers-sized podcast, James Harleman (Cinemagogue), Mikey Fissel (Reel World Theology), and Steve Norton (ScreenFish) come together for an epic episode on the latest offering from the Marvel Cinematic Universe,…
Game of Thrones: S06E02 Home
This week was a first. We got a shocking, cataclysmic reveal that only the television series has revealed to long time fans of the story that is The Song of Ice and Fire… Ramsey kills Roose Bolton! What?! Yeah yeah.…
#097 – The Jungle Book and Interpretive Racism
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We’re talking about The Jungle Book. Not Rudyard Kipling’s book, or the 1967 animated version, but the brand new, Jon Favreau directed version. We talk about comparisons and tone along with…
Review| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), is both a great Western and a surprisingly rich political film. Liberty Valance has an interesting, complex story, but behind it is an examination of Justice and how it applies to…
Game of Thrones: S06E01 The Red Woman
Let me sum up what we got from the first episode of the new and highly anticipated Game of Thrones season: Jon Snow is dead… or is he? The truth is we still really don’t know. Surprisingly, very little happened…
Review| Green Room
Jeremy Saulnier’s last film, 2013’s Blue Ruin, was a vengeance flick with a flare for equal amounts of comedy and tragedy. It’s characters, narrative and outcomes actually felt satisfyingly realistic. None of the clean-cut, glorified vengeful murder set pieces found…
#096 – Zootopia and Following Your Dreams
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We are talking about one of Disney’s most lauded animated films in quite some time, Zootopia. Rarely do we revel in a film that wears its themes on its sleeve, but…
Game of Thrones: The State of Thrones (…Preparing for Season Six)
Johnny Cash once said he liked songs about love, God, and murder. Surely we can assume he would have been a Game of Thrones fan. Broaden love to include sex, murder to include all manner of horrific deaths, and add…
Reel World: Rewind #003 – The Return of the King
On this episode of Reel World Rewind: Blaine is joined by Gene Gosewehr they continue to look at Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. This month’s episode is all about The Return of the King, why it won so many Oscars, and…
Review| The Invitation
As a more reserved and introverted person, parties and get-togethers are naturally unsettling for me; so Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation, a tense, smart film about a man who attends a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife and her new lover,…