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science fiction

Bandersnatch… or Blandersnatch?

December 29, 2018 by Randal

I’m a big Black Mirror fan, that sophisticated dystopian British/Netflix series that explores the darker side of technology. So when I heard less than a week ago that Netflix was releasing a new full-length movie installment into the Black Mirror universe on December 28th, I gasped, “It’s a Christmas miracle!” And when I learned that this new […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bandersnatch, Black Mirror, review, science fiction

Arrival: A Review

November 16, 2016 by Randal

First contact with intelligent alien life is one of the perennial cinematic themes. Sometimes the treatment is intimate and sentimental (E.T.); other times, the premise offers little more than a tweak of the standard war story (Independence Day; War of the Worlds). In still other cases is provides a fecund metaphor for the analysis of personal […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: alien, Amy Adams, Arrival, Denis Villeneuve, review, science fiction

A theologian muses on “Avatar”

December 5, 2013 by Randal

Note: this review was originally published at The Christian Post in December, 2009. I’ve seen some great films in the last few months (e.g. “The Road,” “Paranormal Activity”) but nothing I’ve seen on a big or small screen prepared me for “Avatar”. This is not a movie, it is an event. My only request: see […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Avatar, film, review, science fiction

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