Sun Eater Grapples with the Morality of Divine Judgment
Christopher Ruocchio’s series may help us better understand one of the most controversial parts of the Old Testament.
George Lucas Is Confused (And That’s a Good Thing)
George Lucas wanted a sage order of warrior monks who preach that we should rid ourselves of desires, but he also wanted love to win.
Seeing and Believing 396 | Landscape with Invisible Hand & Modern Times
Sarah and Kevin explore a love seeking dystopian set of movies: Landscape with Invisible Hand, then Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film Modern Times.
The Spy Film That’s Better Than Bond, or, Why I Watched Tenet Four Times
This reciprocal, mutual mentoring is possible only because of time inversion, proving that Tenet’s sci-fi premise is no mere gimmick. The story’s moral core depends on it.
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.
The Man in the High Castle Explores Cultures of Death
What happens when the bad guys win? A TV show offers an illuminating answer to that question.
Seeing and Believing 108: An Alien Retrospective and Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant
Wade and Kevin offer their Alien retrospective as well as a review of the latest movie to feature a spacebound band of doomed souls, Alien: Covenant.
The Unforgiveable Sin of Passengers
Watching forgiveness unfold in Passengers gives us plenty to ponder.
Seeing and Believing: Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival and Ti West’s In a Valley of Violence
This week’s episode is concerned with both the final frontier and the western frontier as Wade and Kevin discuss ‘Arrival’ and ‘In a Valley of Violence”
SNOWPIERCER’s Liturgy of the Machine
If there’s such a thing as an uncanny valley of spirituality, then not only has South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho discovered it, but his recent film Snowpiercer sets up camp squarely in the center of it.
Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 8: Christianity and “Whomanism”
“Doctor Who provides no consistent answer to the question of what the universe is made of, or whether there is a higher power above time and space. For the most part, the show adopts a clearly humanist mindset with regards to the matter around us. But then an episode like “The Satan Pit” comes about, throwing a wrench into our understanding of the universe.”
