Category: Review

  • Tomorrowland

    Tomorrowland

    Tomorrowland has a simple message: stop being so negative. Yes, there are broader critiques of everything from a disaster-obsessed media to government regulation to dystopic science-fiction but this one message never gets lost. This is due in equal parts to a series of on-the-nose speeches and eye-popping utopic imagery seen during the film’s most breathtaking…

  • Amy

    Amy

    There was once a girl that nobody knew who loved to sing. She had talent. She had ambition. She was ready to conquer the world. By age 27, she was famous and dead. What led to such a tragedy? That’s the story of the documentary Amy. Amy Winehouse was a British singer with a fondness…

  • Jurassic World

    Jurassic World

    This month we review the travesty that is Jurassic World. Join us as we break down what went wrong with the film, and the important calling we have as stewards of God’s creation.

  • A New Leaf

    A New Leaf

    “[God] cannot tempt to virtue as we do to vice,” Screwtape declares in his titular letters, holy-ghost-written by C.S. Lewis. However Screwtape is one of the leads in a legion of demons, assigned to mentor a young devil in the methods of tempting men, so perhaps he is not trustworthy. Or correct. As a case…

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    The word “apocalypse” gets tossed around whenever a crisis breaks out. When the banks fail, people talk about a financial apocalypse. When Ebola spreads, people fear a disease-induced apocalypse. I even know a guy who’s stockpiling weapons for the zombie apocalypse. Seriously. But what would an apocalypse really look like? Probably a lot like Mad…

  • Ex Machina

    Ex Machina

    What is it that makes us human? Our anatomy? Our emotions? Our morality? If all these things could be reproduced, what would be left to distinguish the artificial from the flesh and blood? Those are the questions raised by writer/director Alex Garland’s new film Ex Machina. This is the latest addition in a long history…

  • The Prestige

    The Prestige

    Everyone loves a good magic trick. Even the most jaded cynic can appreciate a moment in time when reality gets trumped by the mystical.  But an underlying agreement exists between magicians and their subjects.  Every trick, regardless of the complexity, is just that – a trick; elegant misdirection disguised as wizardry.  Real magic is a…

  • The Avengers: Age of Ultron

    The Avengers: Age of Ultron

    Imagine you’re stuck in a room with six people trying to solve a crisis. Now imagine those people are an egomaniac with a robot suit, a soldier from the 1940’s, a Viking with a magic hammer, an archer with an attitude, a Soviet assassin, and a large, green monster. That’s the fun of the Avenger…

  • Apocalypse Now

    Apocalypse Now

    A helicopter roars past. A napalm bomb explodes. A song about “the end” plays. And a man’s face slowly comes into focus, upside down, contemplating it all. The perfect opening to a perfect film. Welcome to Apocalypse Now. Prepare to be blown away. Benjamin Willard is a soldier. There’s no such thing as R&R for…

  • While We’re Young

    While We’re Young

    Noah Baumbach is old school. His films aren’t playing at a theater near you, because they’re not for you. He writes and directs his way, on his terms. Quirky characters abound. Offbeat plots are the standard. Members of a younger generation might call him pretentious. They may even have an opinion on where to stick…