Review| Nocturnal Animals
“The very nature of love is something that requires sacrifice of self; an emptying of ego, pride and want so that the other person becomes the recipient of all that we have to offer…”
Review| Finding Dory
Finding Nemo is a splendid film on a number of levels. It’s a kid-friendly, fun-loving flick that simultaneously tackles some very adult issues, like how fear and anxiety have a terrifying ability to cause us to hurt the ones we love…
Lessons of Love Found in THE CONJURING
I love horror movies. More specifically, I love horror movies dealing with the paranormal. And to break that down even further, I love horror movies dealing with the demoniac. However, even though I grew up reading Goosebumps books and watching…
Moulin Rouge
This review does contain mild spoilers about Moulin Rouge, but seriously, you should watch it. My wife and I love Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film Moulin Rouge. Excellent performances by talented actors and musicians, spectacle and humor, and of course love…how could…
Tough Passages #2: The Adultery of Divorce (Luke 16:18)
In “Tough Passages,” we’re looking at the difficult verses in the Bible that are often brought up by secular people as reasons the Bible doesn’t make sense, and discovering how they actually reveal the character, love, and glory of God…
Tough Passages #1: Love Your Neighbor (Leviticus 19:17-18)
Whether because it’s been co-opted by a “church person” and used to beat you on the head or because it seems old and out of touch, the Bible (and the idea that you can take it at face value) is unpopular…
Re:View| The Princess Bride
“Who says life is fair? Where is that written?” –The Grandfather I am an escapist. You are too. But as we say at Reel World Theology, the entertainment that we escape through is not mindless. It has something very real…
Re:View| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I have often felt an ache that is hard to describe. You may have felt it yourself. It’s not physical, but emotional. Not painful per say, but rather, unquenchable. Throughout human history, many of the greatest writers and scholars have…
Netflix Your Weekend – Punch-Drunk Love
Adam Sandler basically formed my childhood love of absurdist and juvenile comedy. My first exposure to him was his early comedy albums he did with friends like Tim Meadows and David Spade during his time on SNL. He was Opera…
Netflix Your Weekend – The Overnighters
The initial intrigue to Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters was not a familiarity with his previous material. His filmography is fairly well-known, with documentary work like Full Battle Rattle that won awards at SXSW and was nominated for an Emmy, as well as…