Category: Columns
Stranger and Stranger: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
by Ted Giese Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the follow-up to Scott Derrickson’s 2016 film, Doctor Strange, which introduced neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A lot has happened to the character between the first film and…
Sent by the Lord of the Harvest
by Robert Mohns And Jesus said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in…
Like Seed into the Ground
by Mathew Block Jesus told a parable: “A sower went out to sow…” And you know the rest. Some seed fell on the path and was eaten by birds. Some fell on rocky ground where it grew a little, before ultimately shriveling in the sun…
In Review – Spider-Man: No Way Home
NOTE: Spoilers follow. by Ted Giese At the end of 2019’s Spider-Man: Far from Home the villain Mysterio revealed to the world Spider-Man’s secret identity. Spider-Man: No Way Home begins with Peter Parker dealing with the pressures of suddenly being known publicly as Spider-Man, and…
The Batman: A darker caped crusader
by Ted Giese When Mayor Don Mitchell, Jr. is murdered, Lt. James Gordon brings Gotham City’s cowled vigilante into the homicide investigation, because a card addressed to “The Batman” is found at the crime scene. The card contains a cipher and a riddle which leads…
In the midst of…
by Marvin Bublitz I recently heard it again. As I stood in the cemetery at the graveside of a friend, the pastor said those familiar words: “In the midst of life we are in death.” Taken from an old hymn, those words have long had…