#FOMO: Be All There
My seven-month-old son’s day goes like this: Look around for the most interesting thing around him. It might be behind me! Stare at it intently (and hopefully put it in his mouth) for a few minutes until you figure it out. Go…
Top 5 Musician Biopics
Musicians can be some of the most enigmatic and interesting people to bring to life in the movies. There have been a couple recent Jimi Hendrix movies and documentaries, as well as the forthcoming movie about the Beach Boys’ Brian…
Review | Aloha
In Cameron Crowe’s 1989 debut feature film, Say Anything…, John Cusack’s underachieving, kick-boxing oddball, Lloyd Dobbler, convinces his love interest, Diane Court (Ione Skye), into dating him and staying with him because he is a good guy who does the right…
#062 – Mad Max: Fury Road and Cinematic Milestones
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: One of our most anticipated movies of the Summer may have just become one of the best movies of the year. With levels of hype that seemed unachievable, Fury Road surpassed…
Netflix Your Weekend | The Boxtrolls
When The Boxtrolls came out last September, my weekly movie theater preview was smothered in skepticism. Even the general movie-going public’s opinion on this movie wasn’t even lukewarm. People were even more confused and slightly angry when it got an Oscar nod…
In Theaters May 29th, 2015
Hard to believe May will have come and gone after this weekend. But fret not, intrepid movie viewer, the final weekend of this first month of summer movies does not fail to bring the blockbuster, as well as the potential…
Space Day, Race Day, and Memorial Day (Lightning Round)
Occasionally, a week is so busy that we feel a need to comment on more than one thing. Usually we release multiple articles, but this week we’re going to try something new: the Lightning Round. We’re going to take a…
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…
Top 5 Disaster Movies
At some point in your life, you develop an obsession with the end of the world. Stick with me on this, but everyone one of us wonders, eventually, what it would be like for all life on earth to be…
Review| Pitch Perfect 2
The central plot is pretty straight forward. It is one of redemption: the Barden Bellas seek to clear their soiled reputation and earn back the right to perform by being the first Americans to win an International a cappella competition.…