Jesus Take the Reel

This week we give religious film a second chance and confess our favorite Christian movies!

Tony - The Second Chance (2006)

Taylor - Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)

Jordan - Blue Like Jazz (2012)

We also review trailers from Comic Con!

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This week we divulge our guilty pleasures as we discuss bad movies we love and will defend! We're also joined by "Not the Nerds" Star Wars podcast host and friend James Eckerdt!

Taylor - "Kung Pow: Enter the First" and the power of the tongue

James - "Ghostbusters II" and the power of positive energy

Tony - "The Village" and building walls

Jordan - "Jennifer's Body" and selling your soul

We also rank all Christopher Nolan movies so far!

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This week we feel our way through a discussion on Disney/Pixar's 2015 masterpiece, Inside Out!

Taylor - The Joy of the Lord

Jordan - Grief and lamentation

Tony - Everything belongs

Plus, to celebrate Spider-Man: Homecoming's release, we each rank all six Spider-Man moves so far!

And you don't want to miss the game this week. Trust us.

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This week we give into our depravity and talk about S-I-N!

Taylor - Blame and confrontation in 2010's Easy A.

Tony - Dehumanization in 2013's Prisoners.

Jordan - Systemic sin and injustice in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird.

We also share some trailer reactions (The Greatest Showman, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) and talk women in the Fast and Furious movies!

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In our sixth episode we face the inevitable head-on. We were bound to get here eventually so we decided to lean in and do an episode on the Wachowskis' 1999 philosophical-sci-fi-bullet-fest, the Matrix!

Jordan - Red pill vs. blue pill and faith transitions

Tony - Liberation theology in the Matrix

Taylor - Neo as the Messiah

We also lament the impending loss of Daniel Day Lewis and rank our top 5 sci-fi films of all time!

In our fifth episode we look at shame through the lens of... kids' movies, apparently.

Taylor - Despicable Me

Jordan - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Tony - The Lion King

Also join us as we process the surprise news of Han Solo's director swap! And find out if Tony will ever be de-throned as Prince of Film!

In our fourth episode, we marvel at last year's stop-motion masterpiece, Kubo and the Two Strings!

Tony describes how God offers us new stories to live.

Taylor explains how we can live into those new stories.

Jordan tackles incarnation and God's kenotic love.

Check out how these themes connect with Kubo!

Also check out Tony's blog unpacking the theology from the film!

http://scarcello.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2017-01-08T02:51:00-08:00&max-results=7&start=12&by-date=false

In our third episode (& our first theme episode), we figure out whether Hollywood has anything meaningful to say about grace!

For theme episodes, each of us picks a different movie to bring to the conversation.

Tony: American History X (1998)

Taylor: Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Jordan: The Iron Giant (1999)

We also talk about the comeback of the monster movie (and maybe Johnny Depp), and list our most anticipated movies for the rest of the year.

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In our second episode, we descend into the darkness to discuss Christopher Nolan's superhero/noir masterpiece, The Dark Knight!

We also talk about upcoming (unwanted) sequels and all-lady Wonder Woman screenings! And see who wins the game this week!

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In our second episode, we descend into the darkness to discuss Christopher Nolan's superhero/noir masterpiece, The Dark Knight!

We also talk about upcoming (unwanted) sequels and all-lady Wonder Woman screenings! And see who wins the game this week!

If you need resources for navigating depression or spiritual droughts, please tweet us @reel_jesus; we'd love to connect you with someone who can help.