a Rafflecopter giveaway For the Seson 2 debut, the StoryMen welcome John W. Otte, author of the Failstate books. We talk superheroes, Christianity and what those award shows are like! Plus, you have a chance to win the first Failstate book! In This Episode 0:00 – Welcome to Season 2! 3:00 – Maybe we shouldn’t […]
I grew up in a Church that didn’t particularly love questions. I didn’t have the painfully alienating experiences many of my questioning friends had – at least not until I got older, but my inquiries certainly made me the weird kid who cared about a lot of stuff no one else wanted to waste time […]
Pacific Rim
For many of us, the mere fact that Pacific Rim promises – and delivers – giant monsters fighting giant robots is enough to get us into the theater. But I’m well aware that not all of us are so easily pleased. So in light of the rather underwhelming performance of Pacific Rim at the box […]
JR.’s Homemade Potato Chip Challenge
While the StoryMen are on break, JR. takes on the Homemade Lays Potato Chip Challenge (which is not a real thing). Beth requested FunFetti chips. DONE. Eric requested Habanero and Coffee flavored chips. DONE and DONE. Plus, he brought back some strange flavors from the Middle East. Enjoy! In the comments: Which homemade flavors should […]
Monsters University
Monsters University is Pixar’s fourteenth feature film and a prequel to 2001’s Monsters, Inc. The film follows the collegiate exploits of stars James P. Sullivan and Mike Wazowski, who we learn weren’t always such great friends. The film is a welcomed return to form after the last two Pixar outings – Brave and Cars 2, […]
Independence Day Hollywood Style
Happy Independence Day! (And a belated Happy Canada Deh to my friends up north). Gonna keep it light on the blog this month because July is a time for getting out in the summer sun, not reading the internet all day. But I’ll still drop some fun posts each week like today’s gem. I’ve been […]
World War Z

Welcome to the StoryMen extras! We spend 15 minutes tackling a film you might want to see. Don’t have time to listen to a whole, longer episode? No sweat! Take a few minutes to hear what we think, then tell us your opinion! In this Extra, the StoryMen take on the new summer blockbuster […]
No way any words of mine will add anything to this. Just watch this video. [Yahoo doesn’t allow embedding for some reason so follow this link] WATCH HOW A PRO SURFER INSPIRES AUTISTIC KIDS TO SMILE I love the clarity Izzy has about his purpose in life. Just awesome. Visit the Surfer’s Healing […]
Can the Man of Steel be Saved?
Spoilers for Man of Steel! Man of Steel is certainly this year’s Prometheus. No other film this summer has been so hotly anticipated, and then just as hotly debated once it was released. The new Man of Steel film goes out of its way to compare Superman to Jesus. (In case you missed the parallels, […]
Time for Classic Cinephiles with Melissa Tagg and yours truly. This week we’re chatting about Singin’ In The Rain which stars Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, and Jean Hagen. I casually kicked things off by declaring SITR the greatest movie musical ever made. “Oh yeah?” said Melissa and others. Time to figure this thing out. […]