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MJ Smith (@mjsmith891) hails from Bakersfield, CA, home to country music and not much else. He is the host of The Before and After Show, a podcast about how our inherent biases affect the way we watch movies. When he's not listening to Hamilton, MJ writes and podcasts at www.thatreelperspective.blogspot.com.

Review| The Birth of a Nation (1915) Still Demands Our Attention

Review| The Birth of a Nation (1915) Still Demands Our Attention

October 5, 20160

In 1915, director D.W. Griffith released The Birth of a Nation, the world’s first epic movie. It is a 3…

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Why Horror Movies Make Me a Better Christian

Why Horror Movies Make Me a Better Christian

June 10, 20162

Often, I find more spiritually edifying content in horror movies than in films marketed at Christians. Horror is one of…

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About Reel World Theology

In today’s world, the medium of film is reaching more and more people than ever before. With American domestic box office sales of over $10 billion in 2012, cinema has a direct line into our culture, our homes, and even our beliefs. It would be foolish to think that these movies, all of which are telling narratives of heroes and villans, science fiction and history, and everything in between, do not have direct access to dictating culture and ideology.

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