Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective

Ben is joined by his four oldest children to talk about, review, analyze and laugh about Big Hero 6. With the insight only children can bring, his 13 year-old, 11 year-old, 10 year-old, and 8 year-old kids talk about their favorite characters, the big ideas of the movie, and the favorite moments.

Frankenstein. Dracula. Wolfman. The Creature. The Mummy. Classic monsters. In this episode, after a few weeks of technical troubles, the S&A guys are back together to talk about monsters. Using the Universal monsters as their guide, they explore some of the cultural and thematic ideas found in these creatures.

Ben and Steve sit down and talk about sidekicks, define sidekicks, argue which one of them is the sidekick, and discuss favorite sidekicks. Also, Ben mispronounces Lando and makes it sound like he’s talking about Babylon 5. And Gil Gerard and Ernie Reyes Jr. are talked about more than expected.

Ben, Steve, and Dr. Jayce talk about three superhero movies from this summer: X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

We’ve all had that experience. It’s not like deja vu, where you feel like you’re doing something you’ve done before. Rather, it’s like you’ve gone back in time, either in a place with elements from the past or a song that takes you back or any number of things that make you feel like you […]

Looking at a favorite Bible passage, Ben and Steve discuss the spiritual, personal, and sci-fi/fantastical elements of Romans 8! It’s not a series. Not yet. But maybe it will be…

Hollywood has no shortage of good ideas . . . that they already did and want to do again! Steve and Ben take a look at some of their favorite and least favorite remakes and discuss whether the original or the remake is better.

A comprehensive discussion of the Planet of the Apes franchise, from its beginnings as a book to the sci-fi classic first installment to the downward spiral into kiddie fare and TV to the big budget resurrection under Tim Burton’s hand to the new reboot series! Ben and Steve talk about some of the themes and […]

Ben is joined by Matt Anderson of The Sci-Fi Christian and Daniel Butcher of Welcome to Level Seven & Between Disney to talk about the latest in the Transformers franchise! What deep theme did Ben find in the movie? What totally offended Daniel? What was Matt’s favorite line from the movie? And do any of them […]

For this edition of the Summer Movie Series, Ben talks about Edge of Tomorrow and the time loopiness within!