Monthly Archives: August 2018

Wade and Kevin review a Spike Lee joint, BlacKkKlansman. They also look at the much-buzzed-about romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians.

Matthew McCullough suggests that death awareness allows us to find joy in the problems of this world.

Wanting to connect was my reason to attend comic con that first time, but it cannot explain why I want to go back as much as I do.

What both secular liberals and conservative Christians struggle to accept about pacifism in bulls.

This summer marked the ten-year anniversary Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Does it still hold up? The guys then list their Top 2008 Films.

If people of color are the only ones raising their voices and celebrating increased representation, then our collective forward progress will be minimal, indeed.

Why do so many outsiders feel the need to correct the childlessness they encounter?

When we continue feeding our desire for easy answers, we lose the ability to approach complexity with the appropriate tools.

Erin and Hannah examine the realization that joy is finding a public power outlet when our mobile devices send us into survival mode with a low battery.

We’re 11 years removed from saying goodbye to the Cohens and The O.C., yet pop culture writers and fans alike regularly indulge in heated discussions about this hyper-self-aware soap opera’s merits and cultural impact.

In the #MeToo era, an ending like that in My Fair Lady could give us all hope that people can change—something we desperately need to remember.

In this ounce of Persuasion fast chat, Erin Straza and Hannah Anderson gush over endless aisles of school supplies and how their annual appearance marks the most wonderful time of year for many who are no longer students.

The lesson for us as Christians is that we likewise toe the precarious line of having our identities shaped by both a heavenly and earthly community.

All of this mediation draws us away from the actual Word of God and toward our minds and an awareness of our public identity.

Wade and Kevin have gentrification on the mind this week, as they review two films about unwelcome new arrivals in the neighborhood: Carlos Lopez Estrada’s Blindspotting, a drama about race and indie sci-fi/thriller The Endless, the new neighbor is an otherworldly force revered by a backwoods cult.

The Mission: Impossible films appeal to us because they offer a kind of terrifying drama that ends in assurance and consolation.