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After two awful religious movies in a row, my first MCU dose of the year is welcome. But is this the next Winter Soldier or the next Iron Man 2?

Captain America: Civil War

Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone! Allow me to give you another reason to drink.

Yes, here it is, the long awaited review of God’s Not Dead 2. I wanted to get this one right and I think I succeeded, but I leave that entirely up to you. Let’s get ready to have our faith in God and humanity challenged once again.

God’s Not Dead 2

And if you really wanted an On My Mind for yesterday, here’s what’s on my mind: the Indiegogo campaign for my children’s book! Keep it coming, folks, we’re almost at our first stretch goal!

Hold on, some of you may be thinking. This movie came out two years ago. Why isn’t this coming out as a Reel Snippet Classic? Well, there are two reasons.

The first is that I just came back from an extremely fun but very exhausting weekend at BABSCon. I always look forward to April, not just because of my birthday (which is tomorrow, by the way), but because of this wonderful convention where I can meet plenty of awesome people, famous or not. After coming home, though, I was way too exhausted to drag myself to the theaters, especially when the biggest release seems to be The Huntsman: Winter’s War. So I decided to stay home and dig out this movie that I’ve been sitting on for a while.

Secondly… I absolutely refuse to dignify this movie by calling it a classic. Were it not for the sequel that came out this month, I would not give this movie the time of day. But we’re here now… so let’s dive right in.

God’s Not Dead

And make no mistake, be it next week or when it comes out on DVD… the sequel will face the trial of the Ronin.

Sorry for the delay, but all will be explained this Wednesday. In the meantime…

Welcome to the jungle
We’ve got funny bears
Apes as big as the Taj Mahal
And tigers gettin’ you scared

The Jungle Book (2016)

Bit of a dry week at the theaters, but nothing I still can’t have fun with. Here are a few releases you should check out.

10 Cloverfield Lane
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Here we are, at the moment of truth. This has been a long time coming, with hope and dread tugging at me from both angles. Now we’ve come to the point where the Ronin judges the Spartan. Ladies and gentlemen… my review of this week’s hottest blockbuster. This Monday night, it’s Batman v. Superman… v. the audience.

Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the first feature length movie of the Internet production studio, Rooster Teeth. But you guys saw my review on Man of Steel… so I know what you’ve all really been waiting for.

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Lazer Team

Just in time for National Women’s Day is a movie that handles gender politics and prejudices, as well as many other issues, with remarkable ease. All hail the new animal kingdom.

Zootopia

Sorry for my week-long absence, everyone. I’ve been battling health problems and other things for all that time, but hopefully I’m back on track. Without further ado, here’s a look at the movie that finally earned Leonardo DiCaprio his Oscar.

The Revenant

This was a busy weekend, so I wasn’t able to get to something mainstream for this week. However, that doesn’t mean that I didn’t find anything worth talking about. So now, without further ado, a film that a professor will use to talk about film theory.

Anesthesia

Cutting it down to the wire, aren’t I? Personally, I blame the two days of flying in a row that I just had. With that out of the way, let’s check out the Coen Brothers’ latest work.

Hail, Caesar!