Gavin O’ Connor’s Miracle (2004) & The Accountant (2016)
“But you looked at me and I could see your mother in your eyes I thought about the things she lost and how she always cries And how your daddy tries to fight the truth with Bombay gin And I…
Oh! The Horror… | of the Curious Crucified Rabbit Man
I, earlier this week, reviewed the new anthology horror film, The Dark Tapes, and declared my love for the sub-genre and the heartbreak inherent in those times when it is not done well. So, when I was thinking about an…
#126 – The 2016 Movie Year and a RWT Oscar Preview
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: As the 2017 Year in Film is just kicking off, we pause to take a look back at the year that was (2016). For what we hope will be a yearly…
Josh’s Top 10 Films of 2016
For a little while, 2016 was a paltry ration compared to the veritable feast of 2015. We went into 2016 with incredibly high expectations as 2015 went down as one of the best years for movies in over a decade.…
Top 5 Directors 2016
The director is the only person who is involved in every aspect of making a movie. No matter how great a performance, how well-crafted a script, creative the editing, or cutting edge the special effects are, if the director is…
Top 5 Actors 2016
Of all the Top 5’s we’re doing this week, the Best Actor category may be the most predictable and also contains the most consensus among the RWT staff. Does that speak to the lack of great starring roles by men in…
Top 5 Actresses 2016
Our Top 5’s continue with a category slightly flipping the script on the recent Oscar-nominations. While the most-likely candidate to win the Oscar this year squeaked into our Top 5, we are still in shock over the snub of our…
Top 5 Supporting Actor 2016
After a creaking start to the first-half of 2016, the movies and performances picked up steam to near breakneck speeds in November through January. Which ends up being pretty funny since this category is heavy with movies from before November.…
Top 5 Supporting Actress 2016
In 2016, if there was ever a category needing a Top 5 instead of a Top 10, it is the Best Supporting Actress category. Multi-Oscar winners continued their incredible run of great performances and some surprising newcomers entered the conversation,…
Oh! The Horror… of ‘Blair Witch’ (2016)
Oh! The Horror… | Of Blair Witch (2016) “A third and final transformation to the magic circle has to do with the disappearance of the circle itself, while its powers still remain in effect. During [Lovecraft’s story, “From Beyond”], as…