#113 – The Birth of a Nation and Systemic Injustice
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We talk about the Sundance hit, The Birth of a Nation. While we have mixed feelings about the technical (and historical) merit of the film, there is no doubt that the…
Reviewing the Classics| Knowing Our Neighbors Outside Our Rear Windows
When Alfred Hitchcock and the horror genre are mentioned in the same breath, the conversation is more than likely revolving around Psycho – Hitchcock’s 1960 classic that single-handedly evolved the horror genre into a new kind of monster. If Psycho…
Star Wars Rebels S03E05 Hera’s Heroes
Star Wars is a cinematic icon, but it is much more than its movies. Blaine and Josh dive deep into the universe of Star Wars Rebels, the fantastic animated show on Disney XD, with reviews of the third season of this…
Screaming Weekly October 2016 2.0
Our contributors have taken a peek into the netherworld and brought back three recommendations to make your weekend a little more horrific. Gaze in wonder, but don’t look too long and enjoy a movie or town that might keep you…
Reel World Rewind #009 – Vampyr (1932)
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind, Blaine is joined by Blake Collier to talk about Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Vampyr (1932). While Dreyer’s take on the vampire myth, with its refusal to submit to basic rules of continuity editing, is deliberately…
Oh! The Horror… | Of Making It Through The Film
Blake gets very introspective in this weeks edition of “Oh! The Horror…” as he examines 2010’s “A Serbian Film”. What is it that might drive a person to watch something gratuitously cruel and nasty? Blake dives in head first and concludes, among other things, that “Good film persuades; it makes us feel its truth and meaning. It does not force feed it down our throats.”
Comic Books, Human Books, and Holy Books
This week’s article is by contributor Tim Etherington of By Farther Steps. • • • I’m going to use a comic book reference to make a point. If you’re not a comic book kind of person, just stick with me…
Star Wars Rebels S03E04 The Antilles Extraction
Star Wars is a cinematic icon, but it is much more than its movies. Blaine and Josh dive deep into the universe of Star Wars Rebels, the fantastic animated show on Disney XD, with reviews of the third season of this…
#112 – The Magnificent Seven and God’s Justice
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Fall kicks off with a movie that tries to bridge the gap between Summer blockbuster and the better-produced films of the Fall, The Magnificent Seven. Sure, this is a remake of…
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This has been…well, a rough year. And if you’ve been watching the Presidential Debate tonight, you probably feel the same way. Don’t worry. This isn’t a political post, and I’m not going to be endorsing a candidate. It’s just hard…
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