#054 – Jupiter Ascending and Choose Your Own Theology
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: The Wachowski’s are often criticized for never living up to the potential they showed in The Matrix. While we do think that no other of their films has topped The Matrix,…
Review | Chappie
Neill Blomkamp certainly blew me away with his first directorial effort, 2009’s Sci-Fi smash District 9. Boasting some incredible CGI aliens, as well as a breakout performance by fellow South African Sharlto Copley, it hit all the right Sci-Fi notes and…
In Theaters Thursday – 3-05-15
By the mercies of God, March is here! Not only is the weather starting to warm up (it’s gonna be in the 40’s next week here in Wisconsin!), but the movies season starts to pick up steam before we reach…
Leonard Nimoy Remembered
My family has always been a fan of genre fiction. My mother is a fantasy fanatic and my father schooled me in the ways of science fiction. The story of their first date (to see Star Wars in first run) is…
Review | As It Is In Heaven
There is something absolutely fascinating about cults and the psychology of cults. Of all the things that I could have spent a lot of time on in college in my Religious Studies courses, I was drawn to understanding and learning…
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Friendly Yet Deadly Movie Robots
I’ve been really looking forward to Chappie, the new movie from Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium, new Aliens movie) that comes out in theaters this Friday. Starring the vocal and motion capture work of Sharlto Copley (District 9, Maleficent, Elysium), Hugh Jackman (Wolverine),…
Netflix Your Weekend – Punch-Drunk Love
Adam Sandler basically formed my childhood love of absurdist and juvenile comedy. My first exposure to him was his early comedy albums he did with friends like Tim Meadows and David Spade during his time on SNL. He was Opera…
#053 – Birdman and How We Ended Up Here
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: After many attempts, we finally are able to get a group together to talk about Birdman— now a winner of four Oscars, including Best Picture. Besides being a technically impressive movie,…
In Theaters Thursday – 2-26-15
It’s mercifully the last week of February and that means the movie doldrums are finally going to pass! This week’s movies hold some minor intrigue and the limited releases look very interesting, as can be the case during these months.…
Netflix Your Weekend | Robocop
One of the only things I remember about RoboCop from when I was growing up in the 80’s is the RoboCop arcade game. Those darn giant monster/robots were incredibly hard and the guns you got were totally awesome. I always…
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