I know I'm late to the game but I finally got around to watching Pixar's 2017 epic, Coco. It's a delightful tale, to be sure, hitting familiar beats and striking familiar chords (pun intended). The crux of the story revolves | Read the rest →
Category: Movies
Let It Be: On Snap Judgments, Nostalgia, & The Last Jedi
Warning: Major spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi to follow. If you have not seen it yet, I would advise against reading on. Thanks! I don't usually write about movies without theoligizing them in some way. But reading the | Read the rest →
On Dunkirk & the Nature of Heroism
Prior to reading this piece, I invite you to play the below track from Hans Zimmer's score for Dunkirk, entitled, "Variation 15." It's basically a rearrangement of Sir Edward Elgar's "Nimrod" suite from his Enigma Variations. It's beautifully haunting and | Read the rest →
A War of Stars & Ordinary People: On Why Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Is the Best Star Wars Film Ever Made
Full disclosure, right out of the gate, I don't intend to turn this corner of the Internet into some pretentious commentary on modern cinema and its true or false gospel undertones. It just so happens that the last few films | Read the rest →
Arrival, Advent, & Almost Making It
Chris Stuckmann warned me that upon watching Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, it'd take weeks — at least — to formulate one's opinions of the film. The wildly popular and divisive film from the director of Sicario seeks to bring the viewer | Read the rest →
The Righteous Revenant’s Revenge
This article was originally written for Christ Hold Fast. Be sure to visit their site for more law and gospel resources. As an avid movie-goer, one of the ways Scripture comes alive for me is to picture the stories as | Read the rest →
Interpreting Reality Through Redemption
This article was originally written for Christ Hold Fast. Be sure to visit their site for more law and gospel resources. If you know me in the least, then you know of my fondness for the 2010 film Inception. Christopher | Read the rest →
The Gospel of “Foxcatcher”
This article was originally written for Rooted Ministries. Be sure to visit them for more gospel-centered youth ministry resources. If you are as ardent a fan of The Office as me, you'll no doubt agree that the show took a | Read the rest →