My Bottom Five 2018: Blake I. Collier
Unlike my top ten films list, my bottom five were rather easy to select; but probably more controversial than most lists. When I hate a movie, I actively despise it and the more praise that gets heaped on it—if praise…
My Top Ten 2018: Fizz
I think curating a top 10 list of films these days is like navigating a minefield. There are literally so many films being made every year that, even watching over a hundred a year, you have a swiss-cheese amount of…
of the 1960s
As we continue into the 1960s, we see, once again, another dramatic shift in the film industry. Theater palaces are being forgotten in the wake of the creation of multiplexes. As history proves time and time again, capitalism stokes the…
My Top Ten 2018: Blake I. Collier
There’s a compulsion in me that says my inability to see every movie released in a year renders my list futile. It’s just another variation on the “fear of missing out.” As I made this year’s futile list, I recognized…
The Natural & Contrived Loves of The Lobster (2015) & Never Let Me Go (2010)
Yorgos Lanthimos’ seventh directorial feature, The Lobster, is a compulsive critique on societal expectations often assigned to an individual’s relationship status. It’s a dark comedy that is as neurotic as its Greek director (see Dogtooth and The Killing of a…
My Top Ten 2018: Josh Crabb
When looking back at 2018 in movies, it may be seen as a lackluster year or possibly an underrated year. Looking back at what I saw, I’m surprised by how many big movies were either outright no good or just…
My Top Ten 2018: David Atwell
2018 was the year of surprises, the year of emotional stakes, the year of superheroes and supervillains. A friend of mine likes to quote Roger Ebert, who said that “movies are the most powerful empathy machine in all the arts,”…
Reel World: Rewind #033 – Unbreakable
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… With the upcoming release of M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass, it seemed fitting to return to the movie that started it all. Surprising audiences on the back of Shyamalan’s Oscar-nominated Sixth Sense, people were excited…
#193 – Aquaman and the Longing for a Compassionate King
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: The latest offering from the DCEU is upon us and we have thoughts. Is this more of the drab symbolism that we got with early DCEU movies or did Aquaman learn…
Review| Roma
Have you ever watched something that made you feel a slight twinge of sadness because you knew it would eventually end? That’s how I felt watching Alfonso Cuáron’s latest masterpiece: Roma. I was very conscious of my built-in bias when…