#092 – Room and A World Beyond Imagination
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: By now you’ve likely, FINALLY, heard about the film, Room. It garnered some Academy Awards attention and a win for Brie Larson as lead actress. It is hard to fathom such…
Who-ology| S02E05 Rise of the Cybermen & E06 The Age of Steel
It is a basic element of humanity that we have the freedom to make our own choices—good or bad. In the Christian worldview, this was very intentional on the part of the Creator. Although most humans would consider choice a…
#088 – The Revenant and the Fear of Death
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: The Revenant is a film that seems almost impossible to live up to the hype. Alejandro Iñárritu’s follow-up film to his Academy Award-winning film, Birdman (including two incredible actors in Tom…
Who-ology| S02E04 The Girl In the Fireplace
The “girl” in our title is the renown Madame de Pompadour of eighteenth century France. Known to us in this episode as Reinette, we are given a window (or several, as you will see) into both her life and inner…
#084 – Die Hard and Christmas Movie Ingredients
On this CHRISTMAS! episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Merry Christmas from the gang here at Reel World Theology! As usual, we roll out a special Christmas episode highlighting one of our favorite Christmas films. This time, it is…
Who-ology| S02E03 School Reunion
There’s a lot going on in “School Reunion”, but it all adds up to the same thing, best expressed in the episode by a former (quite beloved) TARIDS traveler: companion Sarah Jane Smith, played by the late Elisabeth Sladen. As…
minisode #005 – Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
On this minisode: Likely the episode everyone has been waiting for (though, if you skipped the prequels you may have missed some comedy gold). The Empire Strikes Back is a landmark film– a film other films will be compared to…
Who-ology| S02E02 Tooth and Claw
Doctor Who is no stranger to horror, and here it dives into a story that includes one of the most iconic monsters of the genre: the werewolf, although with a gorgeous sci-fi twist. As horror often does, the setting of…
Who-ology| S02E01 New Earth
Episode 2 of season 2 offers what science fiction does best–not only giving us a world we’ve never been in before, but using this new setting to explore questions already prominent in the human mind. In the case of “New…
#076 – Sicario and Standing Up to Evil
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We bring in a Canadian to help us chat about a Canadian directed film that deals with the complete opposite side of America’s borders. If that isn’t enough, this film has…