Reel World Theology

On this episode of Reel World: Rewind: With the Oscars now completed and a brand new Best Picture winner crowned, it got the Reel World: Rewind think-tank pondering some of the best picture winners of all-time. Consequently, the conversation will gravitate towards the only sequel movie to join its predecessor as Best Picture winner, The Godfather: Part II. Previous Reel World: Rewind co-host Blaine Grimes and host of Home One Radio joins his fellow host Josh Crabb to discuss Francis Ford Coppola's sprawling epic. While the conversation does meander into the original movie, Blaine and Josh discuss Coppola's cinematic storytelling, Coppola's characters cleaning the outside of the cup, and the movie's influence on the mob movie/gangster genre.

On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: It seems hard to believe that we could talk about Darkest Hour without talking about how it and Dunkirk tell a similar tale from very different perspectives. So, of course we do that while also talking about the things we liked about the Oscar winning performance of Gary Oldman. This is one of those things where you can love a movie and you have to ask yourself if you mind that some of it is made up. How much needs to be true to be truly inspired?

On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: What will sure be one of the hottest movies of 2018 is already sitting at our feet. Ryan Coogler's Black Panther is impressive for more reasons than we can count, but we try. Join us as we try to talk about our experiences with the film and why it is busting the box office, and our culture, wide open! Wakanda Forever!

On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Sure, it's not winning any Oscars, but Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is one of the best performing movies of 2017 and it's honestly a lot of fun! It may surprise no one that a seemingly mindless movie starring the Rock is raking in the cash, but we promise that this one has a little bit of heart and isn't just the Rock blowing things up. We also take the time to talk about the original Jumanji film and what it did, or didn't, mean to us in our younger years.

On this episode of Reel World: Rewind: With the wide acclaim and 13 Oscar nominations of The Shape of Water, the latest film by Guillermo Del Toro, it seemed only appropriate to delve into his most widely acclaimed feature film, Pan's Labyrinth. Reel World Theology contributor Alexis Johnson joins Josh Crabb to discuss fairy tales, childhood, Del Toro's grotesque yet captivating imagery, and the magic of hope found in the worst of life's cruelties.

On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Just in time for the Winter Olympics, we take a look at one of our favorite films of the year, I, Tonya. With a fourth-wall breaking format, this telling of the events surrounding "the incident" are probably different than any you've encountered before. With a couple great performances anchoring the film, we get to see a side of Tonya, her family, figure skating, and, possibly, ourselves that we don't expect. It's definitely worth the time.