Bandersnatch… or Blandersnatch?

December 29, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

I’m a big Black Mirror fan, that sophisticated dystopian British/Netflix series that explores the darker side of technology. So when […]

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Arrival: A Review

November 16, 2016 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 9 Comments

First contact with intelligent alien life is one of the perennial cinematic themes. Sometimes the treatment is intimate and sentimental […]

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A theologian muses on “Avatar”

December 5, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 4 Comments

Note: this review was originally published at The Christian Post in December, 2009. I’ve seen some great films in the […]

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