Reel Christianity
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago -Reviewing Christian films and movies that relate to theology, we offer a look into why exactly it is that so many of these movies are lackluster and we go on to offer suggestions for how they could be made better.
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Episodes
Season Three: The Haunting of Hill House
November 10, 2018 20:20 - 1 hour - 19.1 MBWe all were fortunate enough to sit down to discuss the wildly phenomenal Haunting of Hill House, a 10 episode Netflix series that might undoubtedly be the best thing Netflix has done to date.
Season Three: The Dark Knight Rises
November 10, 2018 20:18 - 1 hour - 20 MBContinuing on in the tradition we hadn't intended to start but which we can't help, this week we review Christopher Nolan's follow-up to The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, do we like this movie? No. No, we do not.
Episode Sixteen: Best Christian Family Movie "Where Is My Home" | God Gave Me a Happy Family
June 19, 2018 13:54 - 1 hour - 22.1 MBThis week Corey and Ethan sit down to discuss a movie that appears to be the newest trend in "Christian movies", YouTube productions. This week we are joined once again by Jo to talk about "Where is My Home" a Chinese-produced Christian movie that we quickly realize is not a Christian movie at all but more-so a film produced by an offshoot Chinese cult which looks and talks like Christianity but is pretty discernably not Christianity. If you don't believe us, jump over to YouTube and skip t...
Episode Fifteen: God's Not Dead
June 19, 2018 13:51 - 1 hour - 22.7 MBAnother throwback, this time our second episode in which we review God's Not Dead and reveal our deep love and admiration for Kevin Sorbo.
Episode Fourteen: Batman Vs Superman
June 19, 2018 13:24 - 57 minutes - 20.6 MBIn a throwback episode here is the very first episode of the Mission Podcast in which we review Batman vs Superman. We've come a long way since this episode and hope you enjoy if you haven't listened yet.
Episode Thirteen: Come Sunday
May 14, 2018 21:52 - 59 minutes - 18.5 MBThis week Corey and Ethan stumble upon one of the newest Netflix originals, which was also produced by This American Life, Come Sunday tells the true story of Carlton Pierson, a Pentecostal minister who begins to change his view on Hell. Can the movie change Corey and Ethan's view on whether or not movies with Christian themes can be objectively good? Check in to find out!
Episode Twelve: Jonah a Veggietales Movie
May 07, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 18.3 MBThis week Corey and Ethan discuss Big Idea Productions' biggest movie and biggest flop, Jonah a Veggietales Movie, the film responsible for destroying everything you loved about Veggietales as a child and for bankrupting Big Idea. But what about the movie? It came out in 2003, so does it hold up? Well we take the right amount of time to discuss that, check it out!
Episode Eleven: I Can Only Imagine
April 23, 2018 22:01 - 1 hour - 23.4 MBThis week Corey and Ethan are joined by our special guest, Jo, as we discuss the Christian movie with all the advertisements telling you it's actually good. And they're at least kinda right, Corey and Jo end up discussing the film while Ethan listens in to determine if it's worth his time.
Episode Ten: Jesus Christ Superstar
April 16, 2018 14:43 - 37 minutes - 11.6 MBThis time Corey and Ethan get into real trouble when they step into the bizarre world of rock opera and musical theater. NBC released its newest live TV musical event, a musical depicting the life of Jesus Christ clearly missing the point that this is a musical not so much about the Jesus of Easter as the historical Jesus. But to do their duty they talk about it, and you may enjoy listening to it.
Episode Nine: War Room
April 09, 2018 20:41 - 45 minutes - 14 MBThis week we break down 2015's War Room, a story detailing a family's struggle with an emotionally abusive and distant husband and father on the verge of an affair, a mother who isn't the woman she wants to be, and the sage-like old woman who knows the answer is putting the prayer back in schools. Do Corey and Ethan enjoy this movie? Check in to find out!
Episode Eight: Alongside Night
April 03, 2018 13:31 - 42 minutes - 23.8 MBWe've found it, the worst movie to date. How is it a Christian movie? Well, it's not. But it is a Sorboary bonus and so if he's in it there must be a connection, right? Maybe, anyway this week we talk about 2014's Alongside Night starring Kevin Sorbo and... well that's it. Brandi Maxx from Parks and Rec is in this for about 2 minutes, but that's the only other person you'll recognize. This movie is propaganda plain and simple, and it's Libertarian Propaganda which is even better.
Episode Seven: A Walk to Remember
March 27, 2018 13:50 - 12 minutes - 7 MBThis week we break down a classic of the bygone film genre known as "Chick Flicks," 2002's A Walk to Remember, one of the myriad of film adaptations of Nicholas Spark's demented stories. Walk tells the story of bad boy falling for church girl in a story that is all too familiar. We had intended this episode to be a double episode with another film included, but because we're cheap and didn't opt for the higher priced server option we could only share this part of the episode with you, but fe...
Episode Six: Let There Be Light
March 21, 2018 18:02 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBAs Sorboary wraps up we join up for our first live episode while we watch Kevin Sorbo's newest film in whcih he is the star, writer, director, and producer of the film, Let There Be Light, the movie that seeks to answer such questions as, "what happens when we die?" "Why does God give us cancer?" and of course, "how do we defeat ISIS?" Which the movie answers by giving us a nonanswer.
Episode Five: Confessions of a Prodigal Son
March 12, 2018 11:15 - 1 hour - 22.7 MBCorey and Ethan watch another stinker, 2016's Confessions of a Prodigal Son, a Kickstarter film that really feels like exactly that. Confessions tells the story of Sean, a college kid or the titular prodigal son of the story who doesn't ever really do anything worthy of being called prodigal. Do they like it? Is there anything redeemable in it? Well, it is Sorboary so I guess Kevin Sorbo is in it at least.
Episode Four: Joseph and Mary
March 05, 2018 15:01 - 45 minutes - 16 MBThis week we're reviewing 2015's Joseph and Mary, a retelling of the Gospel birth narrative(s) which forgets to include the best parts of those narratives. Watching the film we find a highly sexist, really boring, and incredibly self-congratulatory Evangelical Christian film made in Canada. What's so bad about it? Well you'll have to listen to find out.
Bonus Episode: Black Panther
February 27, 2018 17:21 - 1 hour - 27 MB**spoilers** spoilers, spoilers, do not listen to this if you haven't seen the movie or if you haven't seen it and care about spoilers. AhnnaLise (from Colloquy, Interrupted) and Corey wanted to talk Black Panther so bad they hijacked The Mission in order to do so. They spend an extended amount of time talking Plack Panther and getting the message out there, go see it. We talk in the movie about power, about representation, about black culture, it's a pretty disgusting episode in regards ...
Episode Three: What If...
February 26, 2018 18:20 - 1 hour - 22.6 MBJoin us this week as we celebrate the newest month around. You've heard of Shark Week, get ready for #Sorboary, the month of Kevin Sorbo. Kevin Sorbo as it turns out has been in enough Christian films to fill out an entire month and so for the next 4 weeks we'll be reviewing some of Kevin's other Christian films culminating in his newest release, Let There Be Light. This week we focus on 2010's What If... starring, you guessed it, Kevin Sorbo, John Ratzenberger, and Debby Ryan. What If... ...
Episode Two: STAR WARS
February 19, 2018 17:07 - 1 hour - 26.7 MBThis week is a bit of a monolith of an episode, that's right we're talking Star Wars, all 500 films. So join us as we break down the spiritual and religious themes of the various movies and realize that they're not as coherent or as consistent as we would hope they would be.
Episode One: Batman and Robin
February 12, 2018 19:13 - 33 minutes - 12 MBWelcome to the new, standalone Mission Podcast. This week we're breaking down the worst of the worst, Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin starring George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Alicia Silverstone. Why are we reviewing Batman and Robin? You'll have to listen to find out.