March 10, 2015 by jcrabb 0
Top 5 Cartoon to Live-Action Movies
Sure to be the first big money maker in 2015, Disney's live-action adaptation of Cinderella hits theaters later this week. Following in the footsteps of Maleficent, Alice in Wonderland, and many of Disney's older live-action movies, Cinderella is taking one of their…
January 6, 2015 by jcrabb 0
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Highest Grossing Movies Worldwide in 2014
It's the first official week of 2015 and normalcy has returned to your lives and ours. Hopefully, you had a great holiday, whatever you were doing, and you're as excited as we are for 2015 at the movies. It's also…
June 11, 2014 by rwtadmin 3
Children, Fantasy, Podcast, RWT
#027 – Maleficent and Familiar Feminism
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast:
We take a look at Angelina Jolie's return to the live-action big screen in Maleficent. A reinterpretation of the Disney classic, Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent tries to show that there are two sides to every story and sometimes "evil" may not be as evil as once thought. JR Forasteros and Laura Fissel help explain why the critics found their problems but we all found ways to enjoy the movie anyway– and take a lot away from this film. By leaving no doubts about its feminist underpinnings, the film turns out to be one of the most conversation starting films of the year. We also get into many, many, tangents including some of our least favorite films and why we would consider seeing the new Transformers film (seriously!)…