#118 – Fantastic Beasts and Growing Up With Stories
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We dive back into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (or ‘The Potterverse’ as we unashamedly call it on the show) with Fantastic Beasts. After Erienne sets us straight about the source…
#081 – Mockingjay, Pt.2 and the Power of Love
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Years after The Hunger Games began taking popular culture by storm, we now arrive at a place where we get to see the story come to a conclusion cinematically. Would the…
#035 – The Giver and Human Choice
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We fully embrace the Young Adult genre by giving homage to The Giver. While, based on its reviews and box office mediocrity, it does seem like the Young Adult genre may…
#022 – Divergent and Social Division
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast:
We dive, again, into the world of young adult literature adaptations by conversating about the hugely popular film, Divergent. In the adaptation, up and comer, Shailene Woodley takes on our lead as Tris, who learns she’s Divergent and won’t fit in to a society that categorizes all it’s citizens into factions. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four (played by the surprising Theo James) must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it’s too late. We will give our thoughts on the movie, as an adaptation of the widely popular Young Adult literature genre, and also explore the themes the book very intentionally raises about conformity, human nature, leadership, sacrifice, and identity.
#014 – The Hunger Games: Catching Unconditional Love
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We are swept up in the blaze that is The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second installment in the Hunger Games series of 3 (or 3.5 if you base the numbers on…
#012 – Ender’s End Game
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: On this episode we are going to be taking apart the recent film, Ender’s Game. The film is based on the 1985 military science-fiction novel by Orson Scott Card. Set in Earth’s…