Review| Shoplifters
Shoplifters snuck up on me. It seems as if the film has been surprising audiences since its debut at the Cannes Film Festival when it took the highest honor, the Palm d’ Or, at the prestigious gathering – beating out…
Of The 1950s
It would not be long until the boom of Hollywood in 1946 would begin to crumble under the weight of paranoia and scandal. The marks of war still remained and the claws of global dissension began to creep into the…
Review| Instant Family
Instant Family is a comedy about a very serious thing: foster care. While the traumas that bring kids away from their birth families and into the foster system are no laughing matter, the messiness that results from imperfect people trying…
Review| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The universe that J.K. Rowling is building in the Fantastic Beasts series is at once fascinating, beautiful, and a terrifying mirror of our own, and The Crimes of Grindelwald turns each of those elements up a notch. It’s Harry Potter…
#190 – Bohemian Rhapsody and Shuffling the Facts
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: While wildly popular with audiences, Bohemian Rhapsody, the latest Queen/Freddie Mercury biopic, is also gathering its detractors. There are a number of reasons, from historical inaccuracies, conveniences, and in the way…
Reel World: Rewind #032 – Wreck-it Ralph
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… With the impending release of Ralph Breaks the Internet, it seemed only fitting to rewind six years to its predecessor, Wreck-It Ralph. It also seemed incredibly fitting to bring back the original co-host of Rewind…
Review| Widows (2018)
It has been mentioned by many at this point but considering the type of story Steve McQueen usually endeavors upon, this is not the type of property one might have expected. Lynda La Plante’s 1983 British mini-series doesn’t quite have…
Maybe Redemption Has Stories to Tell: Warrior (2011) & Good Will Hunting (1997)
Every movie is a story about redemption. Warrior (2011) and Good Will Hunting (1997) are no different, but what they tell us about redemption—and its source—could not be less similar. Good Will Hunting is a story about Will Hunting (Matt Damon), a…
Review| The Haunting of Hill House: A Grief Unobserved
I was almost too scared to look. Much like Shirley Crain was afraid to look into the open casket at her mother’s funeral. Many legends and whispers of good tidings broached my ears, telling tale of a critically-acclaimed horror show.…
Review| Overlord
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot studios have surprised with genre movie conventions layering callbacks to their B-movie origins and bigger cinematic influences. 2001’s Joy Ride the first feature-length movie ever produced by Abrams’ studio, mixed thriller pulp storytelling about a mysterious killer…