In Theaters November 24th, 2015
A very Happy early Thanksgiving to you! Due to the holiday this week, it is one of the special times in the new movie calendar where new releases start hitting the theaters on Tuesday night. In anticipation of this slate…
Review| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
The opening scene of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 begins in almost the same manner as Part 1. Katniss, once again, is confined to the infirmary. She is asked to recite who she is and where she was…
Art & Indie Corner| Another Earth
If you approach Another Earth with the intention of digesting it literally, don’t. Mike Cahill’s film isn’t just about the neat idea of planet identical to our own coming into reality; it’s about redemption and second chances. The movie begins…
Reviewing the Classics| Metropolis
Metropolis is a science fiction, feature-length film directed by Fritz Lang, who made several expressionist films in the German movement. His wife, Thea von Harbou, wrote the screenplay. Over the years pieces of it have been lost and found and several versions…
Reviewing the Classics| A Trip To The Moon
The science fiction imagination has changed drastically over its long life. From it’s beginnings in the 17th century with Johannes Kepler’s Somnium, a work regarded by many as the first science fiction novel, the genre has evolved as both scientific…
Top 5 Pixar Movies
The title of this Top 5 could possibly be offensive to you, and honestly, it is slightly offensive to me. Undertaking the task of rating Pixar movies is a little bit like doing a Top 5 on books of the…
Top 5 Movies Featuring Artificial Intelligence
Opening this week in wide release is the new Sci-Fi movie Ex Machina starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia Vikander as the sentient A.I. female, Ava. This is the directorial debut of Alex Garland, the writer of 28 Days Later… and one…
Netflix Your Weekend | Galaxy Quest
Friday nights, or Saturdays during High School football season, were movie nights at our house. More often than not, my dad would pull out his VHS box-set of the Star Trek movies and inevitably we would end up watching Star…
#055 – Chappie and The Science of the Soul
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Everyone is quick to remind you of Neill Blomkamp’s first film, District 9. I think they have been doing this because of the letdown of Elysium and the sheer disappointment in…
Review | Chappie
Neill Blomkamp certainly blew me away with his first directorial effort, 2009’s Sci-Fi smash District 9. Boasting some incredible CGI aliens, as well as a breakout performance by fellow South African Sharlto Copley, it hit all the right Sci-Fi notes and…