Following my recent review of Beowulf, I’ve made the effort recently to start digging into contemporary scholarship on the famous poem and it’s various offshoots and creatively inspired followers. One of them is recent feminist translation of Beowulf which I just reviewed for Geeks Under Grace. The other is a very well regarded deconstructionist takeContinue reading “GUG Book Review: Grendel”
Monthly Archives: May 2021
HUMMEL Review: Possessor (2020)
David Cronenberg remains one of Hollywood’s most prolific masters of cinematic violence of the last half century. His entire body of work, including films like The Fly, Videodrone, Scanners and Naked Lunch, consists of films driven by body horror, gore and the horror of the desecration of the human body and mind. It’s no surpriseContinue reading “HUMMEL Review: Possessor (2020)”
GUG Retro Review – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
If you ever needed an indication that time is slipping past you far faster than it should be, consider that Scott Pilgrim vs. the World came out ten years ago in August of 2010. The movie is almost a decade old… Regardless, Edgar Wright recently made the call to rerelease the film for it’s tenContinue reading “GUG Retro Review – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”
GUG Review: Church People
I’ve long held a fatwa against “Christian” movies on the grounds that they suck. That’s hardly a hot-take. Most people agree that they suck. I have mostly avoided the genre for years. I think the last two I can remember seeing are Heaven is for Real (2014) and Unplanned (2019). I did however try toContinue reading “GUG Review: Church People”
HUMMEL Review: Fatima (2020)
I should start this review out with a mild disclaimer: I’m not Catholic. I’m a practicing Evangelical Protestant who enjoys Catholic art but I am not confirmed and don’t personally share many Catholic core beliefs (heck I’m a pretty liberal Christian in many respects). That said, I’ve been curious to see the movie Fatima forContinue reading “HUMMEL Review: Fatima (2020)”
GUG Classic Review: Chimes at Midnight
I recently took an online lecture course about the works and life of Orson Welles and part of the class involved going back and rewatching the majority of his films. One in particular stuck out to me! I’d seen Chimes at Midnight a handful of times since it was released in 2016. My most recentContinue reading “GUG Classic Review: Chimes at Midnight”
GUG Review: The Other Side of Gary Graver
One of 2021’s more curious new releases is a small bluray box set from a Canadian company that releases forgotten public domain films with new commentary tracks and special features. The Other Side of Gary Graver caught the eyes of many Orson Welles fans for its topical pitch. It was the first time many ofContinue reading “GUG Review: The Other Side of Gary Graver”
GUG Book Review: Tolkien’s Modern Reading
I just recently finished a MASSIVE bing of review copies for Geeks Under Grace that I’ve been meaning to knock out. I still have one more I’m working on as we speak but I’ve turned in reviewed for the rest of them and they’ll slowly be unfurled and published in the next few weeks. TheContinue reading “GUG Book Review: Tolkien’s Modern Reading”
HUMMEL Review: Wrath of Man
My outstanding fatwa against Guy Ritchie remains intact. My brief respite from disregarding his output was put on hold last year when I watched The Gentlemen and loved it. Then I watched Wrath of Man and my interest slowly faded… I should qualify that statement. Wrath of Man isn’t a terrible film. It’s a bog-standardContinue reading “HUMMEL Review: Wrath of Man”
GUG Classic Review: The King of Kings
This past Easter, I watched through a dozen adaptations of the last of Christ to pick out which versions best captured his story and message. My understated favorite of the lot was Cecil B. Demille’s 1927 biopic King of Kings. The film was a beautiful if unorthodox adaptation of the life of Christ. Demille doesContinue reading “GUG Classic Review: The King of Kings”
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