#058 – Furious 7 and Exactly What You’d Expect
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Yes, believe it or not, Furious 7 is setting box office records and finding a way to make some grown men cry. I imagined the average critic would find this appalling but…
Review| Furious 7: A Furious Family Love
Just when you thought the Fast and Furious crew had taken their “last ride,” the almighty dollar, er, the need to tell the next chapter in the series brings audiences the seventh installment. In case you had thought that fully…
Re:View| The One I Love
It’s hard to find a good love story these days. Modern choices either give us the sugary sweet Rom-Com or the overtly sexualized fantasy. Relationships don’t get a lot of truthful representation in films right now. But The One I…
#057 – Cinderella and Overcoming With Kindness
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We definitely had our doubts about Disney making a live-action version of this age-old tale, but instead of giving it the reinterpretation or revisionist treatment, they simply gave us the story…
#056 – Calvary and The Path To The Cross
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We have the perfect opportunity to post our conversation on Calvary now during Holy Week. This film was easily one of our favorites from 2014 and we wish more people had…
Review | It Follows
Like so many horror movies before it—Halloween, Friday the 13th, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Thing, to name a few—Robert David Mitchell’s It Follows is about sex, which, of course, has very specific connotations in the genre and is replete with…
Review | Insurgent
One of the best things going for The Hunger Games, as it wraps up it’s four-part movie trilogy this November, is the absolute rock Jennifer Lawrence has proved to be. The strength of a book adaptation is going to be…
Who-ology| S01E08 Father’s Day
In previous episode “The Long Game,” we watched as the Doctor rejected one-off companion Adam for taking self-serving advantage of the Doctor’s invitation into time and space. The episode ended with the Doctor openly praising Rose, declaring that he “only travels with…
The Top Ten Moments of Doctor Who (in this century)
In a paradox worthy of Gallifrey’s greatest minds, Doctor Who aired its first episode on November 23, 1963…but it turns ten tomorrow. How could it have had its 50th birthday 16 months ago, but still not be old enough to drive? Of…
Review| Song of the Sea
Looking back at the five nominees for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year for the 2014 year in movies, a surprising majority of the movies deal with loss, community, and family. Big Hero 6 dealt with loss and healing…