Jul 19, 2019
Seeing and Believing 209 | Netflix’s Stranger Things Season 3 and Danny Boyle’s Yesterday
Jump back to the 1980’s with a review of Stranger Things 3 followed by a discussion about Danny Boyle’s latest film outing, Yesterday.
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Jul 16, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home and the Power of Personal Narratives
The benign neglect of Tony Stark and Peter Parker.
Jul 12, 2019
Seeing and Believing 208 | Ari Aster’s Midsommar and Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon
The Summer of Stan ends with a review of Barry Lyndon but not before a trip to the dark, yet well lit, underbelly of Sweeden in Ari Astar’s Midsommar.
Jul 10, 2019
As I Recall by Casey Tygrett, Free for CAPC Members
Casey Tygrett encourages us to see that every memory—when we engage it in the presence of Jesus—belongs to our lives, and to our story.
Jul 9, 2019
Reparations: Repairing and Rethinking Our Idea of Independence
We’ve only partially enjoyed the truest sense of American independence and freedom as long as we support or remain apathetic to the indifference of a system that is insistent on overlooking past wrongs.
Jul 8, 2019
Seeing and Believing 207 | Jon Watts’s Spider-Man: Far from Home and Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange
Wade and Kevin take a vacation trip along with Jon Watts to review SpiderMan: Far From Home and then continue Summer of Stan with A Clockwork Orange.
Jul 5, 2019
Booksmart and Female Ambition
Yet the more radical vision of flourishing for women would strike harder at the heart of the film’s concept: what if Molly’s real mistake was in her ultimate goal of power and success?
Jul 4, 2019
Training Dragons and Learning to Say Goodbye
The Hidden World shows us goodbyes in all their gritty pain and walks us through them.
Jul 2, 2019
A New Hunger Games and the Unique Horror of YA Dystopian Stories
Why hasn’t YA dystopian literature returned before now, especially when it is taking up ample space on our television and movie screens, and in real life?
Jul 1, 2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Is Not Safe, But He’s Good
Godzilla-worship is idolatrous in reality, but this fiction helps us simulate “worship” of a great entity, despite its terror and ability to wound us.
Jun 28, 2019
Seeing and Believing 206 | Josh Cooley’s Toy Story 4 and Stanley Kubricks’s 2001: A Space Odyssey’
‘Seeing and Believing’ goes to infinity and beyond with their take on ‘Toy Story 4’ and the “Summer of Stan” review of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’.
Jun 27, 2019
Thy Geekdom Come, ed. Allison Alexander and Casey L. Covel, Free for CAPC Members
What’s inside this book of “fandom-inspired devotionals” is just as quirky, clever, and fun as the title.
Jun 27, 2019
And the Crowd Goes Wild When Women Actually Compete for the World Cup
We are not calibrated to the sight of a woman displaying unapologetic physical prowess.
Jun 25, 2019
Persuasion 170 | A Titanic Podcast Season Finale
Titanic is in the hot seat for Persuasion‘s Never Seen series finale.
Jun 21, 2019
Seeing and Believing 205 | Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die and Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove
Seeing and Believing reviews The Dead Don’t Die and continue the “Summer of Stan” with a retro review Stanely Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.
Jun 20, 2019
Knock Down the House and Our View of the Political Millieu
Knock Down the House provides real-life glimpses of what we love most about our favorite political dramas.