Top 5 Oscar Winners of 1985
Last week, we looked at big name directors with movies released in 1985. This week, our attention turns to five movies that could be considered prestige movies. These are the movies that featured some of the best performers and biggest…
Top 5 Big Name Director Movies of 1985
Some of the most anticipated movies of the year usually come from the directors that have made enduring classics, cult classics, or a movie that spoke to you personally. In 1985, we didn’t have a lot of the directors whose…
Top 5 Movies From 1985 That Don’t Hold Up
Last week, we started things off on a hilarious note with the Top 5 Comedies of 1985. This week, the Top 5 might be funny, but not always “ha-ha” funny. The potential pitfalls of counting down good movies from thirty…
Top 5 Comedies of 1985
Thirty years ago was a completely different pop culture landscape. Blockbusters, VHS, big hair, and bigger music on MTV. Here at Reel World Theology, this September we’re celebrating the movies of the year 1985 and also launching a new fall…
Fizz’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Post-Summer Films
I often take the time to plan the Reel World Theology Podcast many, many months in advance. What this tends to do is get me naturally excited about some upcoming films. I don’t want to take away from the really…
Top 5 Highest Grossing August Movies
Last year, Guardians of the Galaxy surprised everyone and crushed previous August box office records and became one of the highest grossing movies of 2014. Quick to jump onto that trend, Fantastic Four tried and failed miserably to be the…
Top 5 Documentaries of 2015…So Far
Last night was the TV debut of the documentary I Am Chris Farley. I’m about a half hour in after DVR-ing it and I am already loving it. Farley is one of my favorite comedians from my younger years. My…
Top 5 Non-Comic Book Superhero Movies
The latest reboot of the Fantastic Four hits theaters this weekend and there is much trepidation and reluctance surrounding Marvel’s first family. This time around, 20th Century Fox gave Josh Trank the opportunity to hopefully right the ship of this much loved…
Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies for the 2nd Half of 2015
We’re beyond the halfway point of 2015, and we have had some surprising successes and some unfortunate bombs. As we discussed on the most recent podcast, Minions was a disappointment. Critical success came to movies like Avengers: Age of Ultron, Mad Max: Fury…
Top 5 Paul Rudd Roles
With bated breath we wait for the much anticipated new Marvel movie Ant-Man. What I am looking forward to even more than a new superhero movie is Scott Lang being played by one of my favorite actors, Paul Rudd. Rudd typically…