Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective

Ben and Evan talk about The Dark Crystal, the movie, in preparation for watching the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

Evan and recurring guest Hudson Farrell journey on a road trip to see the new Dora the Explora movie! Was this the best movie of the year? Find out!

Mister Freeze as depicted in the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series is one of the Batman mythos’ most tragic characters. Dive into the all 5 of his appearances in the DCAU continuity with Evan and Steve to find out why!

 It’s another family road trip to another Marvel cinematic universe movie. Evan, Ben, and most of the Avery clan head out to a theater close to home, and you get to ride with them to and from the theater as they talk about this new Spiderman cinematic experience!

It’s our annual coverage of E3!

Ben and Evan and friend of the podcast guest John take a journey to the END of the X-Men GAME of Fox’s X-franchise! Does it work? Is it a good end of a movie era? Travel with the S&A team to find out if they think it was as bad as the critics say!

Ben and Evan are joined by our friend Nathan Marchand to take on the newest installment in the Legendary Monster-verse: Godzilla King of the Monsters! Some of us liked it! One of us did not! But all of us had fun! And all of us had some problems with the movie! All of that makes […]

Ben is joined by friend of the podcast JS Earls to talk about the “anti-Superman” movie from James Gunn: Brightburn.

Ben takes a road trip to see Detective Pikachu, and talks about parenting, collecting, and how Pokemon has become a big presence in his house. Then his son joins him for an eight-year-old perspective.

There was one potential future where they win, and while we knew the snap survivors would be victorious, we certainly didn’t know how. With surprise after surprise, and call back after call back, and send off after send off, we come to the historic Endgame. Ben, Evan, and Steve are here to talk about it. […]

With the SUPERSONIC Pod Comics Kickstarter in full swing, here’s our short preview episode written by Ben! This is a story that becomes a kickstart itself — a short story setting up the style of stories that SUPERSONIC Pod Comics will features, while also introducing some of the threads we’ll be pulling on for season […]

The DCEU continues with its newest entry — SHAZAM!!! Ben, Evan, and Steve discuss and dissect this surprising (in a few different ways) movie!

With Easter coming, Ben and Steve take a look at the Holy Grail: The legends and myths Its appearance in modern pop culture The reality of the cup and the Last Supper They get to talk about some favorite movies, but more importantly they get to talk about some important moments in Christ’s passion with […]

Ben takes a look at Jordan Peele’s recent movies (and also takes a short, non-spoilery look at the Twilight Zone). The first half of the episode is with no spoilers, while the final part digs in deep to the themes and plot of the movies with full spoilers. Also, Ben talks about his new project, […]

Ben and Evan take a roadtrip to see the Captain Marvel. On the drive to the theater, they discuss their expectations and hopes. In the parking lot after the movie, they talk about what they thought without spoilers. On the drive home, they talk about more details about the movie and what they liked and […]

We’ve teased this project for a while, and here’s the result! VR, a superhero audio drama!

Evan’s been talking about this for months! It’s a game he LOVES. It’s a game he PLAYED. It’s a game that none of the other hosts have systems to play . . . So here’s Evan’s review as he and friend of the podcast Zach Nelson talk about the game that lots of people are […]

The final chapter of the Godzilla anime movie trilogy has arrived on Netflix. Ben, Evan, and Steve take a look. Is it a good movie? Is it a good ending to the trilogy? Is it better than the other two? Does it make the other two better? Our first episode about this series can be […]

Ben and Steve discuss the final chapter in Shyamalan’s superhero trilogy, where we revisit characters from a beloved and acclaimed movie from 20 years ago. How does this chapter work? How does the trilogy come together? Does it live up to their expectations?

Ben and Steve discuss the first two chapters in M. Night Shyamalan’s superhero trilogy: Unbreakable and Split! While at one time it seemed like this filmmaker would have an UNBREAKABLE streak of movie hits, M. Night’s library of movies over the last 20 years has had a reaction that’s been SPLIT. But now, his star seems […]

Ben and guest host JS Earls talk about a movie that, based on box office returns, you probably haven’t seen. In the main part of the episode, they talk about what they liked and didn’t like in an effort to “convince” people to see it, and then they have a short talk with spoilers at […]

The S&A crew takes a look back at our favorite (and least favorite) books, comics, movies, and shows of the year, and then looks forward at a couple upcoming things they’re looking forward to in 2019.

A special Strangers and Aliens Advent event! Every Sunday (and then Christmas Day) join us for some thoughts on the traditional Advent candles . . . even if we don’t have candles . . . Christmas Day of Advent: LIGHT A recurring theme from the book of John is that of LIGHT. What does it […]

A special Strangers and Aliens Advent event! Every Sunday (and then Christmas Day) join us for some thoughts on the traditional Advent candles . . . even if we don’t have candles . . . Week 4 of Advent: PEACE Peace on Earth. What does it really mean? And who is it for? And Star […]

Three movies. Three podcast hosts. One holiday. All three are beloved to some, and on Evan’s list of favorites! Two of them are hated by Ben. And one of them is described as “harmless.” It’s a lively discussion as they take on the good, the bad, and the ugly of Christmas movies!