Disney is one of the largest, most influential companies in the the entertainment industry. For decades, it has created imaginative uplifting stories for children, transporting them to another world, a fairy tale world. It’s awful, really. Not in… Read More
Breaking In The Habit 
The Scariest Thing is ‘Us’
Horror movies are always about reckoning with something we have suppressed or believed gone for good–a demon, vampire, werewolf, etc. But when you think about it, the scariest thing that we ever have to reckon with is ourselves…. Read More
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Posted on October 27, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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Br. Tito, Casey Cole, Everyday Liminality, Franciscan, Horror, Jordan Peele, OFM, podcast, social commentary, Tito Serrano, Us movie
Shrek: The Anti-Fairy Tale
Disney is one of the largest, most influential companies in the the entertainment industry. For decades, it has created imaginative uplifting stories for children, transporting them to another world, a fairy tale world. It’s awful, really. Not in… Read More
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Posted on October 14, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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Br. Tito, Casey Cole OFM, Everyday Liminality, Franciscan, podcast, Shrek, Tito Serrano
Arrival: The Greatest Movie You Never Saw
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydayliminality/5.6._Arrival.m4a Most movies are underwhelming to me. Remakes. Weak adaptations. Shallow concepts. Cheap CGI. The movie industry realizes that people are far more likely to spend money on what is familiar than what is innovative, and so it… Read More
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Posted on September 9, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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Amy Adams, arrival movie, Br. Tito, Catholicism, cinema, cinema review, Everyday Liminality, Fr. Casey Cole, Franciscan
Well That Didn’t Age Well…
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydayliminality/5.1_Censoring_the_Past.m4a Have you ever watched a movie from your childhood or revisited a television series that you once loved and found that you were now… a bit underwhelmed? What seemed so great in years past now seems out… Read More
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Posted on August 5, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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30 Rock, Birth of a Nation, blackface, Br. Tito, Casey Cole, Catholic Church, Everyday Liminality, Franciscan, friars, Gone With the Wind, racism, Song of the South, Tito Serrano
YouTube: An inspiring, weird world
http://traffic.libsyn.com/everydayliminality/4.12._YouTube.m4a Network television and major production companies can create awe-inspiring works of art, but they are often limited by industry standards, engrained expectations, and bottom lines. Not YouTube. On this platform, creators are in charge, meaning the world… Read More
Posted on April 21, 2020 by CaseyOFM
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Br. Tito, Casey Cole, Dude Perfect, Everyday Liminality, Fr. Casey, Franciscan, OFM, YouTube