Onward to a Fatherly Love
Since the first generation of young men in the digital age grew up and started becoming parents, dad culture has been on a significant upswing. Helped along by the proliferation of social media by uniting the like-minded Xennial/Millennial generation, their…
Frozen II and the Inescapable Story of Redemption
Frozen II is quite honestly an amazing sequel, as far as sequels go. The animation is gorgeous, the musical sequences are entertaining and thought provoking, and the messages of trust, family solidarity, and real loyalty are all delivered. Through the…
Review| Gretel & Hansel (2020)
Osgood Perkins (director of I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House and The Blackcoat’s Daughter) has done it again with his slow-burn retelling of this fairy tale. The structure of the story remains the same from the…
Reel World: Rewind #027 – The Incredibles
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind… With the upcoming release of Pixar’s Incredibles 2, it only made sense for us to look back at Brad Bird’s original superhero film from before there was the term “superhero movie fatigue”. This month, co-host…
#159 – The Florida Project and Finding Our Kingdom
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: When it comes to movies that strike right at the heart, there are few 2017 movies that resonate like The Florida Project. Set in the shadow of “the happiest place on…
Review| The Last Jedi
After an opening space battle sequence, The Last Jedi begins where The Force Awakens concluded on the planet of Ahch-To with Rey holding out Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber to a ragged, world-weary Luke Skywalker. So much anticipation, speculation, and rumors both in and outside…
The Bear Necessities: Friendship in The Jungle Book
Forget about your worries and your strife. These friends are your bear necessities.
Disney’s The Black Hole: David & Goliath in Space
We tend to associate Disney with family-friendly, kid-centric, animated films, replete with hip (On fleek is, perhaps, the more hip turn of phrase, but I do not know.) cultural references, ample humor, and an unshakable—if naive, or misguided—sense of optimism;…
DuckTales, Family, and the Surprisingly Insightful Deathtrap
Woo-oo! Grab on to some DuckTales in this new article!
#138 – Cars 3 and Relational Discipleship
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We take a dive into the world of Cars, Pixar’s most profitable film series and possibly its least critically acclaimed. We take a look at the dynamic of making a movie…