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September 2014

September 18, 2014

BORGMAN: Movie Review

American filmmakers just don't do weird and disturbing like European, Asian, or, heck, any other...

September 15, 2014

The Drop: Movie Review

It's rare that I go see a film based solely on one actor. There are...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

A Rugged Apocalypse

Like Jeff VanderMeer's The Southern Reach trilogy, Edan Lepucki offers little explanation of what caused the downfall...

August 11, 2014

Summer Silliness: Sharknado 2 & Black Jesus

I never thought I’d say this, but thank God for cable television. As a Basic...

August 05, 2014

A Match Made in Heaven…Even If It Looks Like Hell

Last week, I had the good fortune to interview Brendan Gleeson and John Michael McDonagh...

August 01, 2014

The Good and the Reviled

For the initiated the title of writer/director John Michael McDonagh's (The Guard) second film, Calvary, will inevitably conjure...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

Dear 20″ Plastic Baby Jesus…

For the second week in a row, The Leftovers focuses squarely on religion in its fourth...

July 14, 2014

This Is a Test

I "bought in" on The Leftovers even before the first episode aired. The pilot met all...

July 11, 2014

Inter-Species Peacekeeping

I was just as surprised as everyone else by the success of 2011's Rise of the...

July 09, 2014

The Mystery Continues

A few weeks ago, I praised the first installment of Jeff Vandermeer's The Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation....

July 04, 2014

Long Train Runnin’

I thought I had seen the best action-adventure sci-fi film of the summer in Edge of...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

The Leftovers: Cynics, Fools, and Prophetic Hyperbole

Yesterday morning at church, we discussed Jacques Lacan's notions of the cynic and the fool...

June 16, 2014

The Sixties Were Groovy — But So Is Today

Last week, my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. This was a beautiful moment for...

June 10, 2014

If At First You Don’t Succeed…

It's hard to believe that Edge of Tomorrow didn't fare better at the box office over...

June 06, 2014

Victim and Violator

If an origin story is done well, it often gives us the opportunity to consider...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Notes on ‘Godzilla’

For a good full review of the film, see Andrew O’Heir on Salon.com 1.) Sometimes...

May 27, 2014

One of the Best Yet

After a disappointing experience with Godzilla, X-Men: Days of Future Past set the summer blockbuster ship aright....

May 15, 2014

Risking Change

Disney's no stranger to inspirational sports films (Miracle, Invincible, and The Rookie, to name a...

May 14, 2014

Riding in Cars with Men and an Alien

Between Saturday and Monday, I watched (unintentionally) three film that all centered on lead characters...

May 01, 2014

Standing Up for the Least of These…To An Extent

The latest installment of the Spider-Man series reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, continues to carve...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

The Apotheosis of Grunge: the Nirvana Exhibit at Seattle’s Experience Music Project

In Seattle this past weekend, I had the opportunity to take in the Experience Music...

April 21, 2014

Pitch Your Way to $1M

I've seen Disney's upcoming baseball film, Million Dollar Arm, twice now and will write more on...

April 21, 2014

ANNIHILATION: A Review

Most dystopian novels explain what went wrong right away and settle into a narrative of...

April 05, 2014

From a Freebie to a (Potential) Blockbuster

The only thing more unbelievable (read: awesome!) than the plot of Andy Weir's novel, The Martian,...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

NOAH: The Beautiful and the Haunting

NOTE: This review contains detailed spoilers, many of which you've no doubt already heard. If...

March 24, 2014

Mediating Faith: A Review

Few writers have made me think in new ways about the technological, hyper-connected world in...

March 21, 2014

A Puzzling Dystopia

In defense of this review, I haven't read the books. The latest installment of what...

March 19, 2014

The New Amazing Spiderman 2 Trailer is Here!

Check out the final official trailer for The Amazing Spiderman 2 releasing on May 2. With Chronicle's...

March 18, 2014

SXSW 2014: Part 2

The second half of my first SXSW experience was marked by two productive meetings for...

March 13, 2014

SXSW Film: The First Half

It’s my first time to SXSW, so I quickly learned what a fool I was...

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