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.”…
#089 – Brooklyn and Finding Home
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: One of the smaller films that has garnered a lot of attention this year (and rightfully so) is Brooklyn. While the story is simple and there are no explosions or over-dramatic…
Review| Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
In order to understand a review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it might behoove readers and moviegoers to first understand the world in which the characters live. For that reason, I have included the following: A Young Lady’s Guide…
Art & Indie Corner| Another Earth
If you approach Another Earth with the intention of digesting it literally, don’t. Mike Cahill’s film isn’t just about the neat idea of planet identical to our own coming into reality; it’s about redemption and second chances. The movie begins…
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…
Re:View| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I have often felt an ache that is hard to describe. You may have felt it yourself. It’s not physical, but emotional. Not painful per say, but rather, unquenchable. Throughout human history, many of the greatest writers and scholars have…