Stranger Things: S01E08 The Upside Down
Well, we made it. Whew! That was a crazy ride. In just eight episodes we’ve been through a lot with the residents of Hawkins. On this side of the darkness, in my opinion, we’re all the better for the journey.…
Who-ology| S02E13 Doomsday
As noted in last month’s Who-ology, the Christian narrative starts with the distortion of truth in the Garden of Eden: with good being called evil, and light being called darkness (Isaiah 5:20, Genesis 3:4,5). That is the beginning of the…
Stranger Things: S01E07 The Bathtub
Dr. Brenner and crew are closing in on our boy wonders and Eleven, our intrepid superhero. The opening scene shows Lucas warning Mike, Dustin, and Eleven that the bad men are coming for them. Thus proceeds one of the most…
Streaming Weekly August 2016 2.0
The Olympics in Rio are in full swing and you may be glued to your TV screen as the world’s greatest athletes show off their incredible strength, stamina, and physical ability. There is no reason, once the Olympics end at every…
Oh! The Horror… of ‘Darling (2015)’
If Roman Polanski’s Repulsion (1965) succumbed to heavier edits and bought into a Dario Argento-esque aesthetic of blood and gore, the product might look like something akin to Mickey Keating’s 2015 independent feature, Darling. Keating unashamedly wears his Repulsion influence…
Stranger Things: S01E06 The Monster
Imagine you got sucked into a portal that took you to a dark, parallel world where you were chased by an unknown monster and barely made it out alive. Be a little shocked, would you? I’d say that’s an understatement.…
Faster, Higher, Stronger
This year’s Olympic Games take place under the shadow of many things. There’s the shadow of global economic crisis, the shadow of corruption in the Olympic Host City, the shadow of a dangerous city and Olympic facilities. But in an…
#106 – Suicide Squad and Critical Consensus
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We sit down to chat about DC Comics’ second offering this year, Suicide Squad. The film actually gives us a chance to talk about a curious trend of disconnect between audiences and…
Top 5 Live Action Animated Films
The early hype surrounding Disney’s reimagination of Pete’s Dragon is overwhelmingly positive, to the surprise of many. The original 1977 movie was never one of my favorites as a kid. I thought the dragon was super weird and Pete’s abusive parents…
Stranger Things: S01E05 The Flea and The Acrobat
What does it take to clarify the central conceit of a science fiction series? When a humble science teacher, Mr. Clarke, uses a paper plate to explain the “theoretical” existence of other dimensions. The Acrobat is walking a tightrope and…