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Review — The Last Romantic - Geeks Under Grace
Subjectivism is a dirty word when one is discussing matters of religion. Modern philosophy has worked to pathologize religion as mere sense experience with little relation to objective reality, and much of religious sensation has been rendered moot as evidence for the divine.
Review – Brave the Dark - Geeks Under Grace
I’ve spilled a great deal of ink in recent years digging into the socio-political implications of the works of Angel Studios. Frankly, I’m kind of sick of it. From courting political partisans on both sides of the aisle to questionable pay-it-forward methods that allegedly result in sold-out but empty theaters, Angel Studios has partially built its reputation on controversy.
Retro Review – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Geeks Under Grace
John Adams said, “It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished.” While this sentiment is largely shared by most Westerners, quite the opposite is true in the East, especially Japan, whose justice system boasts a 99% conviction rate.
Does Consumerism Ruin Christmas? - Geeks Under Grace
This is the fifth in a multi-part article series running from November 1 to Epiphany. It discusses the themes and meaning of Christmas movies, digs into specific tropes, and unpacks the true nature of Christmas. The first, second, third, and fourth essays can be found here. If someone asked you what the most financially successful Christmas movie of all time was, what movie would you guess? It is a difficult question to answer due to the way Hollywood accounting works.
Review – BlackZero 3-in-1 Tool Set - Geeks Under Grace
If you’re anything like me, your tools at home are rudimentary at best. Mine are scattered in three separate bags and backpacks across the house and finding the right tool for each job often turns into its own scavenger hunt. The team at BlackZero has found a way to give you everything you’ll need for most common home maintenance in a pretty slick kit, ensuring everything stays neatly organized and easily accessible.
Review – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Geeks Under Grace
Dallas Jenkins has built an empire in the Christian filmmaking world in just a few short years. From his early years in ministry at Harvest Bible Chapel, to faith-based films like Hometown Legend and The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, to launching the largest faith-based television project in history, he’s accomplished much in the past decade. Considering his father Jerry Jenkins was already world-renowned as the author of the Left Behind books, he’s done a remarkable job making a name for himself.
Do Christmas Movies Actually Stink? — Nostalgic Cinema As Ritual And Tradition - Geeks Under Grace
This is the third entry in a multi-part article series running from November 1 to Epiphany. It discusses the themes and meaning of Christmas movies, digs into specific tropes, and unpacks the true nature of Christmas. The first essay can be found here and the second essay can be found here. One of my favorite experiences as an adult satiating his wanderlust was my opportunity to visit the famous Christmas Story House in Ohio.
Review – Transformers One - Geeks Under Grace
This year brought one of the strangest surprises of recent memory, the most critically acclaimed Transformersfilm in the history of the venerable franchise. But that success was undermined by it becoming one of the year’s biggest box office failures.
Review - Films For All Seasons
I’ve recently been mulling over the idea of film as a liturgy. I don’t mean this in the literal sense, suggesting film is sacred in and of itself. It just struck me that films have a way of becoming annual traditions. Watching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown every Halloween, A Christmas Story on Christmas Eve, Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day, or 1776 on Independence Day are things I choose to do every year because they bring structure.
Review - Our Church Speaks
Images have a very complicated place in Christianity. Older traditions like the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church adamantly defend the belief that the incarnation of Christ created a need to worship Christ and honor saints through images. With the onset of the Reformation, the Reformed and Calvinist traditions began to consider image veneration a form of idolatry and a violation of the Second Commandment.
The Secular History of Christmas (And Why It's Okay To Like It) - Geeks Under Grace
This is the second in a multi-part article series running from November 1 to Epiphany. It discusses the themes and meaning of Christmas movies, digs into specific tropes, and unpacks the true nature of Christmas. The first essay can be found here. In the last article, we briefly touched upon the question of Christmas itself in relation to the nature of Christmas movies.
Review - Conclave (2024)
2024’s awards season has already begun! With the 2025 Academy Awards just a few months away on March 2nd, Oscar buzz has already begun accumulating around upcoming films like Anora, Gladiator II, The Brutalist, Wicked, Challengers, and Dune II. Surprisingly, one of the year’s potential major contenders just dropped in late October.
Review – Piece By Piece - Geeks Under Grace
Morgan Neville has endured an unusual rise in the history of documentary filmmakers. He became one of America’s only celebrity documentarians with his critically acclaimed 2018 film Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, which took on heightened importance as an expression of kindness and neighborliness in the heat of the culture wars of the time. His other work is quite excellent as well.
The Die Hard Question: How Do We Define Christmas Movies?
You’ve probably heard this question a hundred times in internet articles or over water cooler talk at the office. And if you’re someone who has any passion for movies, you probably bristled at the question the first time you heard it.
Classic Review — Martin Luther’s Commentary On Galatians (1535) - Geeks Under Grace
I’ve been on a long discernment path with my faith for the past six years. After being baptized in a megachurch in October 2019, I’ve spent years trying to understand the nature of my beliefs and interrogate various ideas.
Review - Star Wars: The Acolyte
It is becoming an annual tradition for the culture wars to flare yet again with the delivery of fresh red meat from the fine folks over at the Walt Disney Corporation. Star Wars fans have had no shortage of opportunities to engage in their favorite activity: Hating Star Wars.
Animal Crossing and Depression
By Ricky Beckett, GUG Contributor This article was edited to Geeks Under Grace standards, and the personal opinions of this author are not necessarily that of Geeks Under Grace. In recent years, video games have evolved into more than just a form of entertainment. For many, they have become a refuge from the struggles of everyday life.
Review – ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! - Geeks Under Grace
Since I’ve been getting negative comments of late for reviewing allegedly grotesque, harmful content, it doesn’t seem like adding more wood to that fire will hurt me much. I respect my fellow Christians who have strict viewership requirements on what they like to expose themselves to and abide by lesser restrictions myself. Everyone must know what their limits are, and shows like South Park do not personally push me away from my convictions.
Review – Deadpool & Wolverine - Geeks Under Grace
It is fascinating to think that the test footage for Deadpool leaked a decade ago. Summer 2014 was at the peak of the superhero genre, with Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: Winter Soldier fresh in theaters. And then out of nowhere, test footage for a Deadpool leaked on YouTube and became extremely popular. It wasn’t long after that the Ryan Reynolds Deadpool film got off the ground, releasing in theaters two years later to intense popularity.
Review - Luigi's Mansion 2 HD - Geeks Under Grace
The Luigi’s Mansion spin-off series has become a mainstay of Nintendo’s modern output. With 3 main games, 2 remakes, an arcade title, and even vague rumors of a movie adaptation, it’s easy to forget that, before it was the mini-powerhouse it is today, Luigi’s Mansionwas a one-off title meant to kick off Nintendo’s entry into the sixth generation of consoles. And for a time, that looked like where it would stay.
Review – The Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot - Geeks Under Grace
Angel Studios continues to be the master of marketing Christian films in the post-PureFlix world. Despite the ongoing secular stigma toward “faith-based” films like God’s NOT Dead and Fireproof, Angel Studios has distributed multiple successes through cleverly timed marketing pushes, political activism, and pay-it-forward programs.
Review – The Story of the Family - Geeks Under Grace
Is there any forgotten writer who has seen a greater rediscovery than G.K. Chesterton? He has become a fascinating figure in modern life as a Christian apologist and political philosopher. He’s known as the “Apostle of Common Sense,” and his books have returned to prominence in the past two decades as a result of breaking out into the wider Christian intellectual ecosystem, as one of the 20th century’s most joyful and sensible thinkers.
Review – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - Geeks Under Grace
It is hard to imagine that it’s been nearly a decade since Mad Max: Fury Road hit cinemas. The cinematic surprise of the decade was released as a late-career passion project from the legendary director of Happy Feet and Babe: Pig in the City and somehow became the most critically acclaimed action movie since The Matrix. It had its critics and naysayers, but the movie has survived the claims that say it’s overrated and continues to be a wonderful gem of perfectly executed action.
Review – Wildcat - Geeks Under Grace
Last September, actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke appeared on a podcast with Catholic evangelist Bishop Barron. The occasion came just as his newest film was set to premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, which received mixed reviews. The discussion was about Hawke’s fascination with the life and literature of the Catholic novelist Flannery O’Connor, and how he’d come to be hired by his daughter Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) to direct her in a film about the life of her favorite writer.
Can Gamers Go To Heaven?
Stop me if you’ve ever felt something like this before: You’re in line at Gamestop waiting for a new video game or console. You and your friends are excited this game is finally out. Maybe it was for a new Call of Duty game, or you wanted to get a Nintendo Switch. Suddenly, you notice a homeless person in the parking lot outside begging for money, and you realize this person has no home to go back to or someone to care for him.
Review - Ferrari
The great Michael Mann is back! The acclaimed 80-year-old director of Heat, The Insider, Manhunter, Last of the Mohicans, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Public Enemies has resurfaced from a near-decade exile in director’s jail with his first film since 2015’s forgotten thriller Blackhat.
Review - The Beekeeper
One of my favorite works of film criticism, which is no longer online, was published by Birth Movies Death about the career of Jason Statham — wherein the author discussed how the somewhat less-than-stellar actor’s filmography has been a consistent and comforting presence in his chaotic life. With things being difficult, these movies were a presence in his life as he regularly turned to them as he dealt with years of addiction and employment issues.
Review - The Book of Clarence
When the first trailer for Book of Clarence wasreleased last year, it did not make me feel confident in the film. It appeared to be another religious satire in the style of Life of Brian or First Temptation of Christ, something that was merely exploitational or made tired arguments about the dangers of organized religion. At the very least, it looked like its primary mission was to be a shallow political satire set against the events of the Bible.
Review – American Fiction - Geeks Under Grace
There has been a movement in recent Black cinema to explore the complicated intersection between the Black experience and the intentions of White Liberals, who fancy themselves the greatest cheerleaders of civil rights and justice. The most notable of these films was Jordan Peele’s Get Out, which explored the tense realities of how performative progressivism hides dark motivations; including the desire to consume Black bodies and experiences while marginalizing actual Black people.
Should Christians Watch The Simpsons?
By Alyssa Charpentier, GUG Contributor This article was edited to Geeks Under Grace standards, and the personal opinions of this author are not necessarily that of Geeks Under Grace. They’re an all-American dysfunctional family, and they’ve recently been greenlit for their 36th season on television. Household head Homer Simpson, Duff Beer enthusiast and food fanatic, embarks on misadventures alongside his forbearing wife, Marge.
Retro Review – The Last Waltz (1978) - Geeks Under Grace
April 26th of this year marked the 45th anniversary of The Last Waltz, which was commemorated by the film’s rerelease on 4K Blu-ray and inclusion in the Criterion Collection, with a brief accompanying theatrical release this month. Martin Scorsese hardly needs an introduction, given that his newest film Killers Of The Flower Moon is still in theaters and has grossed more than $102 million at the global box office.
Review – The Holdovers - Geeks Under Grace
The holiday season is here and with it comes a cavalcade of prestige dramas and holiday films, although they are rarely the same movie.
Review – Anatomy of a Fall - Geeks Under Grace
The fall movie season is already starting to pick up with limited-release movies, prestige dramas, and foreign films beginning to make their appearances in theaters and on streaming. Among the more talked about films of late—which have included The Holdovers, Maestro, May December, Poor Things, and American Fiction—is a French crime thriller that has piqued the interest of the few cinephiles who have had the opportunity to see it yet. Violence/Scary Images: A bloody dead body is discovered.
Review – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023) - Geeks Under Grace
On August 7, 2023, legendary filmmaker William Friedkin passed away in his California home at the age of eighty-seven. The one-time director of famous films like The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A., Bug, and Killer Joe left this world a major mark on the filmmaking medium, both as an artist producing his own works and as a student of the form helping to preserve it and sing its praises.
Surprising Parallels Between the King of Kaiju and King of Kings
By Alyssa Charpentier, GUG Contributor This article was edited to Geeks Under Grace standards, and the personal opinions of this author are not necessarily that of Geeks Under Grace. “He is the symbol of a world gone wrong… a merciless undertaker who broaches no deals.” (Mark Jacobson, New York Magazine) Spawned as a legend and mutated into a legacy, Godzilla, king of the monsters, gained prevalence as one of cinema’s most beloved creatures.
Review – Star Wars Ahsoka: Season 1 - Geeks Under Grace
Disney’s Star Wars continues at pace to be a contentious and confusing mess, with new shows being met with a combination of adoration from fans and general malaise from pop culture at large. 2023 has already proved the admirable misfire of Mandalorian Season 3 and the largely ignored second season of The Bad Batch. And this is coming after Andor simultaneously proved to be Disney+’s most critically successful original series, while being completely ignored by the general public.
Review - Surprised By Oxford
Carolyn Weber is a highly accomplished academic, having earned her doctorate at Oxford before traveling the world as a scholar, public speaker, and author. She is also an adult convert to Christianity, having found her faith while studying at Oxford and writing a bestselling memoir on the subject a decade back. Currently serving as faculty at New College Franklin outside of Nashville, TN, she is now the face of this month’s newest limited-release Christian film, Surprised By Oxford.
Review - The Biblical Trinity
American Christianity has a Trinity problem — too many people do not know what it is. According to the 2022 State of Theology study, 38% of American Evangelicals agree with the statement “Jesus was a great teacher, but he was not God,” meaning nearly two-fifths qualify as Arian heretics. Another study found 22% disagreed with the statement, “Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God,” with 62.5% failing to properly describe the historic understanding.
Review — Cade: The Tortured Crossing - Geeks Under Grace
If there is a genre of film that the internet is best suited to, it might well be the so-bad-it’s-good movie. Thanks to the popularity of shows like Rifftrax and Mystery Science Theater 3000, the concept of ironic movie-watching has taken off as a popular form of entertainment. It says something that the most popular content creators online for years were channels that hate-watched bad media like Nostalgia Critic or The Angry Video Game Nerd.
Review - Oppenheimer
The life of J. Robert Oppenheimer is a curious but fascinating muse for the next project of director Christopher Nolan. Given his prior success in Inception and The Dark Knight Trilogy, he continues to enjoy one of the most impressive blank checks in Hollywood history, with a nearly endless series of opportunities to tell whatever story he wants, including Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet, and now Oppenheimer.
Review - Mr. Sun's Hatbox - Geeks Under Grace
The life of an Amazon delivery driver is a rough one. Besides working for a company with…questionable work ethics, they have to deal with nature’s most fearsome predator: the consumer. Hell truly hath no fury like a customer scorned. But what if there was a game that took the humble delivery driver and raised them to the level of a special ops agent with one purpose: retrieving a lost package for a customer…at any means necessary.
Review – BlackBerry - Geeks Under Grace
One of the year’s most anticipated film festival releases has finally arrived on home streaming, and it is as good as people are saying, even though it is following in the footsteps of other films and stories. Content Guide Violence/Scary Images: None. Language/Crude Humor: Heavy language throughout the film. Characters cruelly address each other with severe profanity. Drug/Alcohol References: Characters casually drink alcohol. Sexual Content: Nothing sexual is depicted on screen.
Review – The Flash - Geeks Under Grace
In October 2014, Warner Bros. laid out its map of the DC Extended Universe to compete against the rival Marvel Cinematic Universe, announcing solo films for Suicide Squad, Aquaman, Shazam, Cyborg, Green Lantern, two Justice League films, and The Flash. Several of these films did not come to pass and the original DC slate was canceled following Zack Snyder’s 2017 departure from Warner Bros. and the negative critical reception and poor box office performance of Batman vs. Superman.
Review: Who Chose the Books of the New Testament?
I don’t usually review tracts, but it says something that this particular one caught my attention enough that it was worth giving a short shoutout. The Evangelical, Reformed, and Catholic worlds have no shortage of handout literature. Every church and parish in the U.S. seems to have a table covered in short pamphlets in the hope somebody walking into a church off the street might read a copy of Dark Dungeons and find God on the spot — something I’m convinced has never happened.
Review – The Mandalorian: Season 3 - Geeks Under Grace
After a long two-year wait, The Mandalorian finally returned this spring, with the character having briefly appeared in three episodes of the critically reviled Book of Boba Fett. Disney+’s Star Wars efforts have widely begun to be met with audience antipathy, with the general public’s fascination with “Baby Yoda” seemingly decreasing and the quality of shows not meeting the expectations of fans. The only critically acclaimed project, Andor, was seemingly completely ignored by audiences.
Review - Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
I’m on the record as a noted hater of Guy Ritchie. There was a time in the early 2000s when the acclaimed director of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch was viewed as a fresh stylist and an up-and-coming auteur with a comparable career trajectory to that of Quentin Tarantino, but that didn’t come to pass.
Review – Cocaine Bear - Geeks Under Grace
Sometimes you can’t be mad at a thing that tells you exactly what it is on the box. A can of Coca-Cola has 39 grams of sugar. A Burger King Whopper has 700 calories. And Cocaine Bear is a movie about a bear that eats cocaine. It’s not the premise you can get mad at or say disappointed you because the entire premise was right there in the title. You know going into this movie you’ll get 90 minutes of cheesy horror/comedy about a cocaine bear. It’s stupid but it delivers.
Review – Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - Geeks Under Grace
The fifth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has begun with the third film in the Ant-Manfranchise. Setting a course for the next three years of MCU films, the newest entry follows comedic relief character, Scott Lang, as he’s drawn into his most dangerous story yet, and setting up the fate of the multiverse going forward. Content Guide Violence/Scary Images: PG-13 action violence. Characters are vaporized without gore being depicted. A character dies and spits up saliva.
Review – The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special - Geeks Under Grace
The beginning of Marvel Phase 5 has brought back the most beloved team in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! The Guardians of the Galaxy is arguably the best individual franchise the MCU has cooked up since the entire enterprise began back in 2008. That’s impressive because this franchise has delivered some fun entries like Iron Man, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Spiderman: No Way Home, and more.
Classic Review - The Ballad of the White Horse (1911)
I am a member of the Nashville branch of the Society of G.K. Chesterton and earlier this year I proposed that the group ought to read the author’s seminal work of epic poetry — which at the time I’d never read. I have the distinction of being one of the lone non-Catholics in the group which puts me in an interesting place.
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