Reviewing the Classics| The Gospel According to St. Matthew
When Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Italian director of The Gospel According to St. Matthew, was asked why his movies so often dealt with religious themes despite his communist leanings and professed atheism, he responded, “If you know that I am an…
I’ve already forgotten almost everything about Pacific Rim: Uprising
It’s spoiler free, because I don’t remember much about it. I don’t even think there’s really anything to spoil. Giant robots punching things – how am I supposed to redeem that?!
Review | Tomb Raider
I don’t really have a strong opinion on Ed Sheeran. He does his thing, it’s not really my thing, and life goes on. But on my way back from seeing the new Tomb Raider movie with Alicia Vikander, his insanely…
Reel World Interview #004: Hannah Leader
We’re continuing a new series at Reel World Theology called Reel World Interviews. In these, we hope to talk to people who are actively engaging entertainment and pop-culture with the Gospel in mind. This episode, we chat with Hannah Leader, who…
#165 – The Shape of Water and Adult Fairy Tales
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We talk about the best movie of the year according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Shape of Water. We ask ourselves how this odd, adult fairy…
Review| I Can Only Imagine
I Can Only Imagine is a biopic about the singer/songwriter Bart Millard who is the lead singer of Mercy Me and penned the #1 hit song of the same name as the movie. It is an uneven presentation of a…
Black Mirror S3E2: Playtest
Back when I first began my expedition into Black Mirror, Season 3 was my launch point. The themes centering around technology and how it assists us in propagating our sinful nature certainly intrigued me, but I was equally impressed with…
Reel World: Rewind #025 – The Godfather: Part II
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… With the Oscars now completed and a brand new Best Picture winner crowned, it got the Reel World: Rewind think-tank pondering some of the best picture winners of all-time. Consequently, the conversation will…
On Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
Stephen Hawking died today. What good did his science do? (Spoiler alert: Bunches.)
Reviewing the Classics| Rashomon
“A human life is so frail, as fleeting as the morning dew.” – the Priest, Rashomon “What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” – James 4:14 It was fortunate…