Episode Thirty-Two: Les Misérables
Bonjour! In this months episode, Mike and Robert turn their critical eye to the award winning Les Misérables starring Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. That’s right–it’s Wolverine vs. Jor-El in this musical set during France’s Student Revolution. In TV corner we examine the British ITV production of “The Second Coming” with Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston. Les […]
Episode Thirty-One: Machine Gun Preacher
Welcome to another long awaited episode, number thirty-one, of “Checking the Gate: A Film and Religion Podcast.” This one is a doosie folks; we must be real film critics now because we both Mike and Robert have rants about all of the media we watched for this month. We viewed the Gerhard Butler vehicle Machine Gun […]
Episode Thirty: Life of Pi and Doctor Who (Again!)
Hooray! We hit the big three-oh in our first episode for 2014. We look once again at “Doctor Who” which just celebrated its 50th anniversary to much fanfare, but first we critique the acclaimed Ang Lee flick Life of Pi. Life of Pi (2012) – IMDb Doctor Who as Religion | The Jesuit Post Next […]
Episode Twenty-Nine: Joyeux Noel and Veggie Tales
Happy Boxing Day! This special holiday edition of Checking the Gate brings you reviews of the foreign feature Joyeux Noel and the family series “Veggie Tales” Now that all the presents have been wrapped, given, unwrapped, and then played with, eaten, drank, watched, broken, or returned, you can sit back and relax with Mike and Robert. Joyeux […]
Episode Twenty-Eight: Riddick Movies and Fall TV Roundup
Greetings! Hey, we are back on schedule! This month we talk about Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick. Do you think that Vin Diesel’s Riddick character is a Christ type, or is that stretching the definition too far? We also do a roundup of several shows Mike and I have been watching this fall. Some of them […]
Episode Twenty-Seven: The Godfather and the Bible
Finally! The cursed episode is finally completed and released! After many delays in recording due to various health problems for both Mike and Robert, then more delays after half the audio recorded was rendered unusable due to computer malfunctions, we at last present to you this episode on The Godfather Series and “The Bible: The […]
Episode Twenty Six: Hellboy and Save Me
Celebrate Independence Day weekend with a new podcast from Checking the Gate. We evaluate the religious merits of the Hellboy movies and the short lived series “Save Me.” Our Hellboy discussion, admittedly, is merely an excuse to talk about Guillermo Del Toro’s new film Pacific Rim out July 12. But our discussion about “Save Me” […]
Episode Twenty-Five: CTG Recommends
Hello faithful listeners, ye who are full of faith! Welcome to a another special episode of CTG Podcast. This month Mike and I have recommended new media to the other for our review session. I (Robert) suggested the movie Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myselfand Mike heralded Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing.” Please […]
Episode Twenty-Four: Contact
May the Fourth be with you! Well, it’s a little after May the Fourth. With Free Comic Book Day, Iron Man 3 premiering, and further celebration for Revenge of the Sixth some of us were suffering from nerd hangovers. At any rate, this month’s episode is edited and posted for your enjoyment and enrichment. We […]
Episode Twenty-Three: Life of Brian
Once again it is Easter time, and here at CTGPodcast we are celebrating by watching what we think should be required viewing for all mature Christians: Monty Python’s Life of Brian. In TV Corner we begin discussing the merits of the show “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” but somehow end up debating the cost of […]
Episode Twenty-Two: Clash of the Titans
Thank you for listening to episode 22 of CTG Podcast where we, Mike and Robert, review the movie Clash of the Titans and the TV show “Fringe.” We discuss why the ancient Greek religion still persists in our imaginations, if those gods are really dead, and if so are we trying to be gods ourselves. […]
Episode Twenty-One: Stargate
We’re back! Thank you for hanging in there last month. We wanted to bring you our best and we have that here this month with our review of the movie “Stargate” and its spin-off “Stargate SG-1.” What is more true, scientific fact or religious faith? We seek to find the answer through the Stargate (or […]
Special Announcement
Hello folks! I know you guys were expecting a full podcast but things are still a little crazy from the holiday busy-ness. We will still be giving you a podcast covering Stargate and Stargate SG-1, only it will be arriving in the beginning of February. In the meantime, Mike and I have some exciting news […]
Episode Twenty-It’s A Wonderful Life
Happy Holidays to all! “It’s a Wonderful Life” is our seasonal pick for you, and we join in the speculation on what will happen to Star Wars now that Lucasfilm has been sold to Disney in our News Corner. It’s a Wonderful Life – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Columbia News Service » Blog Archive » […]
Episode Nineteen: Fireproof
Welcome to this special Thanksgiving Day release of Checking the Gate that reviews a few of the films by Kirk Cameron. Mike has been waiting to watch “Fireproof” and “Left Behind” for a long time and is proud to present this episode to you. We also talk about the Jeff Foxworthy hosted game show “American […]
Episode Eighteen: The Exorcist and Constantine
Welcome to the Halloween episode of Checking the Gate, where we examine the religious veracity of the classic horror movie “The Exorcist” and the more recent (and not so classic) “Constantine.” We look at the fictions put forth in these movies, the former based on a novel and the latter based on graphic novels, to see if […]
Episode Seventeen-Planet of the Apes
“A planet where apes evolve from men?” This and other mind boggling questions are tackled in this month’s epic podcast on the “Planet of the Apes” series of movies. In our TV/Book corner we review Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic spiritual spectacular: The Stand. We have not had as much fun recording since our “Dune” episode, and we hope […]
Episode Sixteen – Metropolis
Welcome to episode sixteen, on Lang’s classic Metropolis and the short lived Caprica, of Checking the Gate: A Film and Religion Podcast. As you may remember, we delayed this episode to focus on Christ centered movies for Easter earlier in the year. At last, we are able to turn our attention to the Medieval religious imagery in an an […]
Episode Fifteen – Prometheus
Greetings! For the last month since Prometheus was released, the whole internet community has been scratching their heads, asking questions, and submitting theories over Ridley Scott’s latest cinematic journey. We join in the fervor with our latest episode as we look at some of the popular theories and give you some of our own. As always we try to […]
Episode Fourteen – Kingdom of Heaven
Welcome to Episode 14 of CTGPodcast on Ridley Scott’s “Kingdom of Heaven.” Mike and I are eagerly anticipating the release of Scott’s new movie “Prometheus,” so we decided to take another look at his epic of the Third Crusade. We also have some fun extras that we cut from older episodes for time or for […]
Episode Thirteen-Anniversary Special-The Ten
May the Fourth be with you! This month’s episode happens to fall on National Star Wars day, but we here at CTGPodcast are celebrating for a different reason. We have been at this for a year now, and Mike and I thank you for listening to us! So in this super-sized episode we have our […]
Episode Twelve – Easter-avaganza!
Happy Easter and Passover to everyone! Sorry about the change of plans this month, but I felt it appropriate to adhere to Mike’s advice to switch from replicants to something seasonably relevant. The result is our Easter-avaganza in which we watch “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “The Passion of the Christ.” Keeping with the […]
Episode Eleven- Blade Runner (Updated)
Greetings! On this episode we wax philosophic as we delve into the worlds of “Blade Runner” and “Battlestar Galactica.” We ponder the meaning of death and the spiritual ramifications of mass producing synthetic humans. Incidentally, we also get a double dose of Edward James Olmos! Along the way we mention these spectacular websites and references. […]
Episode Ten: Paul
Happy New Year, o listeners of faith! Mike and I have whipped up a tantalizing episode for you this month. As we discuss the alien road trip movie “Paul” starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Kristin Wiig, I start to speak my mind on the creation/evolution debate. Then, Mike has some deep thoughts in TV […]
