Reel World: Rewind #021 – Blade Runner
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind . . . Blaine and Shannon are joined by Aaron White of Feelin’ Film to discuss Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. They talk about how the film addresses issues of humanity, memory, and perception. Be sure…
Review| Marshall
A couple of months ago, my review of Detroit opined the failure to keep the eyes of the audience on the black narrative and, instead, found it’s gaze concentrated on the white Detroit police officers at the center of the film’s…
Oh! The Horror… | of Plausibility Structures of Powers & Poltergeists
The line has distilled itself within American culture, taking its place among a pantheon of iconic phrases immediately recognizable even to those who have never seen its source: “They’re here.” Unlike “Play it again, Sam” (which Bogart never actually says)…
The Chase: Catch Me If You Can
Living a lie? Chasing happiness is just a con in Catch Me If You Can.
#148 – mother! and Layered Allegory
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Another year, another controversial and (generally) Biblically themed film from Darren Aronofsky. Somehow, the divide seems to be even wider with his new film mother! than it was with his highly…
Review| The Big Sick
It may surprise you to learn that I actually really like romantic comedies. Well, I like good romantic comedies, of which I think there are very few. And while there is certainly nothing wrong with liking more generic romantic comedies,…
Review| Blade Runner 2049
I have heard plenty of platitudes and honorifics thrown around for Blade Runner 2049, the follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 1982 Sci-Fi Neo-Noir, Blade Runner. Even before last night’s opening, the trailer was hailed as gorgeous, tantalizing, and Villeneuve’s vision advances the legacy Scott…
Oh! The Horror… | of the Liturgy of Michael Myers
Breathe in, breathe out. Stand up, sit down, kneel. Morning prayer, confession, remission. Leer, stalk, kill. Going through the process of (finally) viewing all of the Halloween franchise, in order, has been an odd endeavor. Some assumptions have been verified…
A Really Bad Case of the Mondays
7-Day Forecast So if you are a subscriber to Netflix, as many are, then you have probably seen a trailer or thumbnail for What Happened to Monday recently. The concept has been explored before by many sci-fi films and books:…
#147 – The Big Sick and a Different Type of Love
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: One of the best things about doing this podcast is finding films you truly connect with that maybe didn’t have huge theatrical runs or huge opening weekends but are still among…