Crazy Heart is this year’s The Wrestler, and that’s not a bad thing.  Without the violence and the real-life comeback story of a washed-up actor, Crazy Heart cuts to the heart of The Wrestler‘s narrative of a once-great entertainer who has alienated his family and searches for some sort of redemption…or at least a return [...]

Like Punxsutawney Phil, Ernest Myers usually makes an appearance at Pop Theology around this time of year.  This year, Ernest and I have a quick conversation about the Oscar nominations announced yesterday, what we think should win, what we think will win, and what we didn’t see. 

Despite a decline in the overall quality of the past several seasons, The Simpsons still manages to turn out a few funny episodes each season.  Over the past decade or so, there have been a variety of texts that take a scholarly approach to the long-running series from philosophical or theological perspectives.  The latest, Jamey [...]

In a recent review of The Book of Eli, I referenced Owen Glieberman’s review of the film in which he bemoaned the release of another post-apocalyptic film, a viewpoint of which I was critical.  Well, I spoke too soon.  The recent release of Legion represents just the type of (post)apocalyptic film we could do without.