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

Ben and Evan take a road trip with Ben’s son to see Aquaman. Aquaman. On the big screen. It happened! Who thought it was a perfect movie and one of the best of the year? And who thought it was a fun, ok movie? Find out here! Part one is the drive to the theater. […]

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 3 of Advent: JOY Joy is something we take the time to think about at Christmas . . . […]

Ben and Evan talk about one of the best movies of the year, one of the best animated superhero movies, one of the best Marvel movies, and one of the best superhero movies. And they are all the same movie: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!

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 2 of Advent: FAITH Faith and hope are very similar, faith is hope in action. And for this reflection […]

In the seventh and final episode of our Seven Deadly Sins series, Evan, Steve, and Ben dive into what pride is, some examples from pop culture, what pride looks like in our own lives and, of course, what Dante, C.S. Lewis, and the Bible have to say on the matter. You can listen to the […]

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 1 of Advent: HOPE We’ve all felt that anticipation as we’ve waited for something we KNEW was coming. Something […]

Ben and Evan fire up the van and head out to see Ralph Breaks the Internet! NOTE: First, there is a discussion on the drive to the theater. After the movie, there is a brief non-spoiler conversation, and then on the drive home a spoiler-filled discussion. NOTE TWO: There are two post-credit scenes. You’ll want […]

Ben checks out the newest sci-fi horror movie from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot — OVERLORD!!! He starts out thinking it’s a Cloverfield franchise movie . . . but in the end, it’s a stand alone weird World War II tale. What does Ben think as he takes a solo road trip behind enemies lines?

Ben takes a look at one of Jesus’ parables, exploring how it lines up with the storytelling patterns of The Twilight Zone and The Prestige.

Ben and Evan take a road trip to see VENOM. Their standard? Is is better than Spider-Man 3? Is it better than Fantastic Four? Is it as good as an MCU movie?

We continue our Disney animation retrospective by looking at the Disney movies from The Little Mermaid to today! You can find part one here!

It’s another animation retrospective! This time, we discuss the first half of the Walt Disney Studios Animation feature films…  

In Retro Movie Missions the Retronauts fire the Retro-rockets on their Retro-starship to take a look back at some retro-movies! Will they discover something new? Will they retroactively change their opinion? Join Captain Ben, Sergeant Steve, and Ensign Evan as they explore the feature film 90s kids were clamoring for but 2018 adults may be less […]

In the sixth episode of our Seven Deadly Sins series, Evan, Steve, and Ben dive into what envy is, some examples from pop culture, what envy looks like in our own lives and, of course, what Dante, C.S. Lewis, and the Bible have to say on the matter. You can listen to the other episodes […]

Ben and Evan (with a slight cameo from Steve) discuss some of the movies this summer that we didn’t get a chance to do a road trip to: DC Animated’s DEATH OF SUPERMAN Disney/PIXAR’s INCREDIBLES 2 Netflix and Toho’s GODZILLA: CITY ON THE EDGE OF BATTLE DC’s TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES

The weekend of San Diego Comic Con has come and gone, and with it there were some interesting news items and some less exciting news items. There were some fantastic trailers and some less than stellar trailers. In this episode we explore three “lessons” to be learned from this years Comic Con weekend.

Evan, his siblings, and some guests talk about the Legend of Zelda series as a whole, and it’s newest entry, the Breath of the Wild.

Join Ben and Evan and four of Ben’s kids on a road trip as they drive to the theater to see Ant-Man and the Wasp, and then as they drive home after seeing the movie! Was it good? Bad? Ugly? How does it tie into Infinity War? Is it worth seeing? Find out here!

Ben and Evan visit THE HOLLOW with Evan’s sister Corinn. What is The Hollow? Who are the people that inhabit this series? What’s going on in this animated Netflix show? Join us as we explore the show that Evan called “an animated Lost”! (First half of the episode is spoiler-free. Second half spoiler-filled!)

Ben, Evan, and Ben’s son Tim take a road trip to the Jurassic! One of them cosplayed. One of them didn’t wear the shirt to the thing. But all of them agreed on the movie! Part one is the drive to the theater, where they discuss the franchise and other things. Part two starts with […]

It’s that time of year again, E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo is back and we’re here to cover it! With Ben off at camp, recurring guest host Lucas Timmerman returns to fill us in on the comings and goings of the gaming industry. What are the hot games this year? Are the developers losing touch […]

Disney and Marvel! A match made in heaven? Somewhere else? Corporate synergy aside, the Strange Aliens play a little “what if?” game… What if…Disney’s animated characters we cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Who would play what character? Join us as we give Deviantart artists ideas for mash-ups…or more likely, join us as we talk […]

The latest chapter in the Star Wars saga is not an episode, but an origin. Ben and Evan take a look at the backstory of Han Solo’s solo movie, SOLO.

In this episode, Ben, Evan, and Steve sit back and talk about what they’re reading in comics and books and what TV and movies they’ve been watching. Then they talk about what they’re working on creatively and open some old listener feedback.

Thanos has come! And now, so has the podcast review of Thanos: the Movie! Who liked it? Who didn’t? And how much? Part one — spoiler free Part two — super spoiler filled