Losing the Endgame: How the Avengers Deal with Failure
Last year’s Avengers: Infinity War was quite a unique film. Part cliffhanger, part villain-as-protagonist character piece; the movie had all the makings of standard superhero epic, and assembled the most powerful characters that really matter to most of the moviegoing…
Review| Tag: A Game Worth Playing
As children we all played games and engaged in activities that for many of us have either passed into nostalgia or are no longer possibilities through time constraints or physical limitations. But what if you were so committed to a…
Review| Wind River
Imagine being in a bad way and no help is coming. Nobody can or will come to help you, the only person you can rely on is yourself and those who suffer with you, but even they too are helpless…
Review| Arrival and the Importance of Patience in Communication
“Language is the foundation of civilization and the first weapon drawn in a conflict.” Those words are from a book written by the lead character in Arrival, Dr. Louise Banks, but more than that, they abridge much of what the…
In Theaters July 31st, 2015
This weekend promises to be a wild, stunt-laden ride with the release of the fifth movie in the Mission Impossible franchise, Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation. While the new Cruise movie promises to be a huge draw, there are some other intriguing limited…
Top 5 Comic Book Characters Without Their Own Solo Movie
I think I have finally recovered off my high from watching Avengers: Age of Ultron enough to continue my regularly scheduled programming. Since I have had my fill of “punchsplosions”, as one friend of Reel World Theology put it in his…
Review | Avengers: Age of Ultron
One of the benefits of not being one of those fortunate reviewers who gets a screener or gets an early pass to see a movie everyone is waiting for is the chance to not only react to the movie but …
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Lowest Grossing Best Picture Winners
Everyone loves lists. Top Tens, Billboard Top 200, Bottom Ten, Top 100, etc. It is inherent and ingrained in our human nature to take the chaos around us and put it in some sort of orderly fashion. Every Tuesday, Josh…
In Theaters Thursday – 10-09-14
In Theaters Thursday is Reel World Theology’s weekly look at new movies hitting the theaters near you this weekend. We look at all nationwide releases, as well as some select limited releases that are piquing our interest. Add your own…
#018 – Award Shows and Every American’s Hustle
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We tackle another fine offering from David O. Russell, American Hustle (rhyming unintentional!). Russell, has been a part of a number of really thought-provoking character-driven films, such as Three Kings, I Heart…