1602 is a good year that falls flat

Last updated on: January 14, 2024 at 2:50 pm By Coyle Neal

Neil Gaiman’s 1602 is a clever idea, well-written (as we should expect from Gaiman), and generally faithful to both sets of its source material. If you’ve not heard of it (either because you don’t follow graphic novels or because this came out almost two decades ago), this is basically the story of the colonization of America with the Puritans dropped out and superheroes put in their place. And again, this is faithful to both sources its drawing on. The Marvel characters are... Read more

Power ups make great film

Last updated on: January 13, 2024 at 10:55 am By Coyle Neal

0 Comments

I’m late to the Super Mario Bros Movie bandwagon, but I’m glad I jumped on it when I did. Granted, I don’t have the same fond memories of the game that a lot of people do (largely having been confined to playing it at friends’/cousins’ houses, at least until the emulator boom of the 21st century came along). And the earlier movie is best left unmentioned. That said, this movie is very, very, well done. Even without the nostalgia factor on my... Read more

Why you should be reading Jonathan Edwards

Last updated on: January 2, 2024 at 9:19 am By Coyle Neal

0 Comments

I don’t know who the greatest living Christian scholar is, but there is a good argument to be made that it is George Marsden. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, Marsden’s scholarship is both academically rigorous and readable by non-specialists (and that is NOT a common combination). And while all of his works are worth your attention, his newest is as excellent as anything he’s produced so far. An Infinite Fountain of Light: Jonathan Edwards for the Twenty-First Century is a great... Read more