Re:View| Flash Gordon: 40th Anniversary
“Pathetic earthlings. Hurling your bodies out into the void, without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here. If you had known anything about the true nature of the universe, anything at all, you would have hidden from…
Re:View| Men in Black: They Won’t Let You Remember
The sci-fi comedy Men in Black is two decades old. (Though it probably doesn’t remember, having been “flashy-thinged” too many times.) Today, its third sequel comes out: look out for our review of Men In Black: International next week, but…
Re:View| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. And if you can survive a game of dodgeball as a kid, well, you can pretty much survive anything in life. Seriously, is there any sport more humiliating than…
Re:View| The Princess Bride
“Who says life is fair? Where is that written?” –The Grandfather I am an escapist. You are too. But as we say at Reel World Theology, the entertainment that we escape through is not mindless. It has something very real…
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…
Re:View| Hook
by Mark Wingerter (@MarkWingdinger) Mark Wingerter is a writer, filmmaker, and musician with a passion for story. In his “Re:View” series, he will not only be exploring movies from the past, but helping you understand why they are worth revisiting.…
Re:View| The Prestige
by Mark Wingerter (@MarkWingdinger) Mark Wingerter is a writer, filmmaker, and musician with a passion for story. In his “Re:View” series, he will not only be exploring movies from the past, but helping you understand why they are worth revisiting.…
Re:View| Once
“Music… will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer A guy stands busking on a crowded street, guitar in…