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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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