The Desolation of Smaug is the Hobbit film with the sharpest edge. It is less cozy, less introductory, and more openly driven by threat. The company has been on the road long enough now that […]

I’ve had the distinct pleasure this past year to share with you my exclusive film reviews on Angel Studios animated feature films The King of Kings and David. As an independent crowd sourced studio, they […]

After the grandeur and finality of The Lord of the Rings, returning to The Hobbit is a different experience. The tone is lighter at first. The road is stranger. The danger takes longer to harden. […]

The long-running debate about Susan often misses what Lewis actually wrote. Her problem in the books is not physical maturity, but what she comes to believe.

There are endings that tie things up, and there are endings that feel earned all the way down. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the second kind. This is a […]

I’m continuing my Middle-earth anniversary revisit with the film that had the hardest job in the trilogy: the middle chapter. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers does not get to be the beginning, […]

Hey, everybody! Welcome to “Voices from the Dancing Lawn,” a companion interview series to Retro Narnia Rocks, where we sit down and chat with musicians and artists who’ve lent their talents to the musical tapestry […]

I guess you could say I’m a pretty big fan of Funko. I have a lot of those little guys. So many, in fact, that I’ve personally started gravitating toward the Bitty Pops lately. They […]