Saying Farewell to a Decade of Farewells with The Farewell
For Verona Lou Collier “If the dead are not raised, ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.’” -1 Corinthians 15:32 Lulu Wang’s The Farewell (2019) opens with a joke about how to tell a woman that her cat…
The Pains of Being Human: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018) & The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
We all live with the weight of our life’s choices. Some of those choices we seem to forget about by moving on with our lives. Others linger with us for a long time, perhaps even the rest of our lives.…
Splitting the Divine Hares of Harvey (1950) & Donnie Darko (2001)
“We must all face reality sooner or later, Dowd.” “Well, I have wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I’m happy to state I finally won out over it.” —Dr. Raymond Sanderson & Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey “Why are…
Review| Mission: Impossible – Fallout
It’s true what they say about Mission: Impossible – Fallout. It really is one of the most impressive action films we’ve gotten in a while. While it may not exercise quite as much cleverness or deliver the same punchy twists…
#121 – Manchester by the Sea and Agents of Grace
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We are all able to finally catch Manchester by the Sea and boy do we have thoughts… and feels. There is plenty of awards buzz about this one– and rightfully so–…