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A Tale of Two Heroines: Revisiting the Past with Gone with the Wind (1939) and The Wizard of Oz (1939)
In the year 1939, two blockbuster movies burst onto the big screen in brilliant technicolor, forever changing the face of…
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1917: The Wrath and Waste of War
It’s common to see words like “masterpiece” or “awesome” used generously in reference to movies. Yet rarely is a film…
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Review| A Hidden Life
“…for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill…
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Review| Midway (2019): Profiles of Bravery
The Second World War is one of my favorite historical eras, and I will always give most films set in…
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The Pains of Being Human: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018) & The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
We all live with the weight of our life’s choices. Some of those choices we seem to forget about by…
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#203 – Tolkien and Differing Expectations
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: A special PATRON sponsored episode. One of our esteemed Patreon sponsors,…
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“Helheimr!”: Tolkien‘s Battle Cry for the Living
With a reputation built on works full of staggering narrative detail and deep mythological roots, J.R.R. Tolkien could perhaps be…
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Stories and Myths: Fatherhood in The Road (2009) and Life is Beautiful (1997)
It’s hard to be a father. Or so I assume, not being one myself. Though, having been a kid, I…
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