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April 28, 2016
ANT-MAN: big lessons in small packages
Tell me what kind of man will I be? This fun, “smaller” Marvel movie about a heist spotlights aman seeking to be an example, but often coming up… well, short.I had the opportunity to address an audience after a showing of thefilm and map out the narrative parallels. Enjoy the video exploration below, or the […]
AGE OF ULTRON: 2 Avengers 2 Reviews
With the Avengers about to fall into a CIVIL WAR, it felt timely to post some reviews of their last gathering, with reflections on the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole. I was blessed to hold a showing of the film and do a post-movie parallel exploration with a room full of “assembled” fans. If […]
April 26, 2016
Yippee ki-yay, Merry Christmas
John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save wife Holly and several others, taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. While it’s not what some of you would immediately correlatewith Yuletide cheer, Die Hard actually works quite well as a Christmas film… and […]
Yippe ki-yay, Merry Christmas
John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save wife Holly and several others, taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. While it’s not what some of you would immediately correlatewith Yuletide cheer, Die Hard actually works quite well as a Christmas film… and […]
April 24, 2016
One Batch… Two Batch…
…PENNY AND DIME. So over the last year or so I’ve been making the rounds of other faith-and-film podcasts, from Screenfish to Reel World Theology and Popcorn Theology. Sometimes it’s just easier and more fun to talk film – and faith – with friends! Sometimes you find a unique synchronicity, other times friendly arguments ensue, […]
March 11, 2016
10 Reasons Superman’s Dad was RIGHT.
With Batman v Superman flying into theaters soon, and the MCU about to have a Civil War, the morality and ethics of “superheroing” is coming sharply into question. As we gear up for a super-review season, a conversation made me think back to a controversial moment inMan of Steel – no, not the final fight […]
February 28, 2016
THE WITCH: Agency for Eating Babies
While many Christians heard about the Satanic Temple’s supportof Robert Eggers’ creepy 1630 horror flick “The Witch“and ran the other way,Ihad the alternate instinct: the devilish endorsementmade me want tocheck it out and give an informed review. I’m glad I did…the absurdity of the Satanic Temple’s pronouncementis as laughable as the notion that this film […]
December 21, 2015
The Gospel for Han Solo
(this review only speaks to the old films and the trailer for The Force Awakens: no spoilers.) I’ve written quite a bit about Star Wars… on this site, and in my book. I’ve made many a comment about how I identified with Han Solo…butwhen I’ve talked about the spiritual parallels in the films, I’ve stuck […]
November 23, 2015
SPECTREs and Siblings Shaken on Screenfish
I had the opportunity to team up with my friends at Screenfish and weigh in on the latest entry in the Bond franchise, SPECTRE. I make a new friend in Steven Norton, but also find I now have an arch-nemesis… Check out the podcast review on Screenfish.net, or on their iTunes podcast. (You can also […]
November 17, 2015
Getting Personal with Popcorn Theology
I hope it never ceases to feel weird when people say “you inspired me” or “you changed my life”. After more than a decade of expressing myself in regard to film and theology, I’ve reached that point where people I barely know tell me that something I’ve said or donehas had significant impact on their […]
