Netflix Your Weekend | Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog is most well-known for many for his matter-of-fact, bleak philosophizing on humanity (see his Twitter account for evidence) and modern society as well as his distinct, almost cartoony German accent. For those not initiated into his filmmaking, at times,…
#061 – Daredevil and the Netflix Difference
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Can MARVEL find success on the small screen like it has at the movies? Agents of SHIELD gave us hesitation, but Daredevil seems to be a game changer. With its own…
Netflix Your Weekend | Fruitvale Station
In Oakland, California in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, Oscar Grant III was shot by police at the Fruitvale BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Station. He would eventually die after hours of surgery to try and save…
Netflix Your Weekend | Stardust
The human race has an obsession with magic and the fantastical. As a Christian, I believe this obsession with fairy tales, fantasy, and magic is an imprint of the supernatural, the Imago Dei, on humanity. What appears to some to…
Netflix Your Weekend | Daredevil
Marvel. Just say the name nowadays to even the most casual of fans to TV and film and you are bound to get a reaction. Whether you are the hopeless fanboy who had been eating up what they have been…
Netflix Your Weekend | Life Itself
Growing up in Milwaukee, I cannot recall exactly how I managed to get my hands on Roger Ebert’s reviews. Was it republished in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel? Did my grandma have a subscription to the Chicago Sun-Times? I honestly cannot…
Netflix Your Weekend| Groundhog Day
How do you POSSIBLY recommend a movie you have an insane and biased obsession with? Not just that, but it stars a comedic icon that is worth watching even in terrible movies! AND the movie shares a title and date…
Netflix Your Weekend – Joe
Inevitably, any movie starring Nicolas Cage is going to be a sizable target with a giant bullseye shaped like Cage’s head. The visage of Cage, or the mere mention of his name, has become an internet meme in its own…
Netflix Your Weekend – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Thomas Alfredson’s 2011 adaptation of John le Carre’s 1974 book, and the British TV series starring Alec Guiness of the same name, is not what you would expect from a spy movie. A “normal” spy movie, or more maybe more…
Netflix Your Weekend – Big Fish
The legacy that a father passes down to his son can be a joy, as well as both a heartache and/or a headache. We often remember with fondness the small quirks our fathers had, like my dad whistling all the…