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The Dread and Spectacle of Oppenheimer (2023)

September 16, 20230

“You can’t lift the stone without being ready for the snake that’s revealed.” —Nils Bohr, Oppenhiemer In my previous article,…

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S07 E07 – 40: The Temptation of Christ and the Powerful Necessity of Suffering

July 18, 20200

On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: This episode ballooned from a written article into a full-fledged podcast…

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A Tale of Two Heroines: Revisiting the Past with Gone with the Wind (1939) and The Wizard of Oz (1939)

July 17, 20200

In the year 1939, two blockbuster movies burst onto the big screen in brilliant technicolor, forever changing the face of…

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Greyhound: Harassed and Helpless

July 13, 20200

Tom Hanks’ Greyhound doesn’t waste much time on exposition: on-screen text tells you how crucial supply convoys are to the…

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Stop Calling Gone with the Wind a “Product of its time”

June 23, 20200

HBO Max, a streaming service that is still in its infancy, made waves recently when they announced that they were…

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A Deluge of Dark Water(s): The Dark Waters of Dark Waters (1944), Dark Waters (1993), Dark Water (2002), and Dark Waters (2019)

May 22, 20200

When I was a child, I thought I was surrounded by bad guys. This is not a metaphor. I had…

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Gavin O’ Connor’s Miracle (2004) & The Accountant (2016)

November 22, 20190

“But you looked at me and I could see your mother in your eyes I thought about the things she…

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Review| Midway (2019): Profiles of Bravery

November 19, 20190

The Second World War is one of my favorite historical eras, and I will always give most films set in…

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