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6.25 Revealing THE INVISIBLE MAN

March 20, 2020 by Julie Levac

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Julie Levac returns with Catherine Erskine and Nathanael Draper to discuss the 2020 remake of THE INVISIBLE MAN, written and directed by Leigh Whannell. With story lines involving domestic violence and assumed psychosis, this isn’t your typical slasher film.

We discuss these heavy topics, as well as how Elisabeth Moss flexes some of her best acting skills in this thought provoking thriller.

You can also stream the episode above on podomatic, Alexa (via Stitcher), Spotify or Soundcloud! Or, you can download the ep on Apple Podcasts or Google Play!

March 20, 2020 by Julie Levac Filed Under: Podcast, Reviews Tagged With: Elisabeth Moss, Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man

Cooties- Elementary School Is Murder

December 1, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

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When horror writer Clint Hadson (Elijah Wood) arrives at Fort Chicken Elementary school to moonlight as a substitute teacher, he has no idea that a?Shaun of the Dead-like zombie apocalypse is about to rip his alma mater apart. Can the adults at the school survive the rampant, chicken nugget-born illness or will their petty infighting rip them apart from the inside?

Hadson finds himself barricaded inside the school with a gym teacher who thinks he’s Rambo (Rainn Wilson), Hadson’s former high school crush (Allison Pill), and a few other teachers (Jack McBrayer, Nasim Pedrad, Leigh Whannell). Whannell (who wrote?Saw, Insidious, and?Death Sentence) has a wicked sense of humor that is inflicted on the elementary school kids – how they’re cruel to each other, out of control, and ultimately, just waiting to be unleashed on the world,?and?on the adults who pamper them, have ridiculous ideas about raising children (like the hippie vice principal), and ultimately fight through their own pasts while twisting the lives of the next generation.

I haven’t seen a horror movie this funny since?Shaun. I’m aware that?Cabin in the Woods?was all the rage, but it wasn’t this kind of laugh out loud funny. Wilson might be funnier here than?anywhere I’ve ever seen him, and Wood’s Lord of the Rings?fame definitely played a role in the way that he is presented here. It’s pop culture funny and gag funny (like when Whannell’s character starts examining things scientifically), but wow, when Pill pops off, things are … on.

Cooties?shows us what we’re really like by showing us what happens when we’re forced to face the world without pretense or the safety nets of technology, social norms, and privilege. Unfortunately, it often takes a dose of real fear to jar us out of our self-contained bubbles, even in the real world with or without pre-pubescent monsters! In our lives of faith, we are encouraged by Jesus to ‘take off the mask’ by being true to our creation in the image of God, by recognizing who we are without God, and by focusing in on God’s love for us, not the expectations of the world.

For those digging a little sci-fi fantasy with humor and gore,?Cooties?is your bus ride back to school. Just don’t forget you might end up hiding in your locker.

December 1, 2015 by Jacob Sahms Filed Under: DVD, Film, Reviews Tagged With: Cabin in the Woods, Elijah Wood, Leigh Whannell, Rainn Wilson, Shaun of the Dead

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