Fr. Roderick Vonhögen explores the deeper layers of the stories that you love. fatherroderick.substack.com
Story Secrets - Bob's Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday (1953) · May 13, 2025
Did Twisters Blow Me Away? (Spoiler: Nope)
Twister (1996) · May 1, 2025
Why This Star Wars Story Hits Harder Than Ever: (Andor Season 2, Episode 1)
Andor (2022) · Apr 28, 2025
What Went Wrong with Your Favorite Movies
Titanic (1997) · Mar 27, 2025
Why Adolescence is the Best Netflix Series You’re Not Watching
Adolescence (2018) · Mar 18, 2025
The Lazarus Project: A Time Travel Story That Makes You Think
The Lazarus Project (2008) · Mar 5, 2025
Review Of The Movie 'Carry-On'
Carry-On (2024) · Feb 18, 2025
Heaven, Hell and Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day (1993) · Feb 3, 2025
Is 'Sakamoto Days' Worth Watching?
Sakamoto Days (2026) · Jan 21, 2025
Skeleton Crew: Why It’s Peak Star Wars
Skeleton Crew (2009) · Dec 31, 2024
The Acolyte, Godzilla, The Princess Bride and WWDC24
The Princess Bride (1987) · Jun 13, 2024
The Acolyte, Godzilla, The Princess Bride and WWDC24
Godzilla Minus One (2023) · Jun 13, 2024
Tales of the Empire and the one thing lacking in Star Wars: Outlaws
Tenet (2020) · Apr 11, 2024
Holy Week and Easter Explained, Fallout, Alien Romulus and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) · Mar 28, 2024
Holy Week and Easter Explained, Fallout, Alien Romulus and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Alien: Romulus (2024) · Mar 28, 2024
The Acolyte, The Three Body Problem and Wonka
Wonka (2023) · Mar 24, 2024
The 2024 Oscars, Frieren, Resident Alien and Iron Gold
The Break (2024) · Mar 13, 2024
The Creator Review; Ancient Rome and Alexandria on TV; The Apprentice in the Kitchen
The Creator (2023) · Feb 1, 2024
Barbie and the Oscars; Squid Games Season 2; True Detective and Palworld
Barbie (2023) · Jan 25, 2024
My Review of Rebel Moon
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023) · Jan 1, 2024
The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special; Tolkien in Rome; Thermae Romae Novae
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020) · Dec 28, 2023
Doctor Who: The Star Beast Spoiler-free Review | Star Wars in 2024 | Return to Moria | Squid Game: The Challenge
The Break (2024) · Dec 1, 2023
20 Years Since the Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · Oct 25, 2023
Fubar, Hillsong, the Emmy Awards, thoughts on ‘manifesting’, Quidditch and Mac OS Sonoma
FUBAR (2023) · Jul 16, 2023
Star Wars: Outlaws, Star Wars premiere dates announced, the Reddit controversy
Darkest Hour (2017) · Jun 17, 2023
Return of the Jedi – Has It Really Been 40 Years?
Return of the Jedi (1983) · May 26, 2023
Knives Out and Glass Onion
Knives Out (2019) · Jan 6, 2023
Why Back To The Future Is So Iconic
Back to the Future (1985) · Nov 23, 2022
The Devil and Demons: What’s The Difference?
Moonfall (2022) · Oct 22, 2022
What I learned from Anthony Bourdain
Roadrunner (1977) · Oct 1, 2022
Star Wars: the Sequels, Writing a Book, Bible Reading, Sports and Mortality
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) · Jun 1, 2022
Star Wars: the Sequels, Writing a Book, Bible Reading, Sports and Mortality
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) · Jun 1, 2022
Star Wars: the Prequels, Liturgical Music and Penguins, Worst Book Ever, Billionairs in Space
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) · May 25, 2022
Star Wars: the Prequels, Liturgical Music and Penguins, Worst Book Ever, Billionairs in Space
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) · May 25, 2022
Star Wars: the Prequels, Liturgical Music and Penguins, Worst Book Ever, Billionairs in Space
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) · May 25, 2022
Star Wars: the Original Trilogy, Vatican Liturgy, the Tao of Feeling, Tech and Lemonade
Star Wars (1977) · May 18, 2022
Rome, The Adam Project, Faith and Art, Horror movies and Twitter alternatives
The Adam Project (2022) · May 11, 2022
Turning Red, Old Man’s War, Swimming Dinosaurs, Descript Voice Synthesis
Turning Red (2022) · Apr 27, 2022
Severance review, Prayer and Mindfulness, Embrace Your Weird
Severance (2022) · Mar 16, 2022
The Matrix Resurrections, Fasting Ideas, The Prison Doctor and Smart Magpies
The Matrix Resurrections (2021) · Mar 9, 2022
Why you should watch ‘Reset’ on YouTube
Reset (2017) · Feb 8, 2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home; Ukraine, Catholics in Crisis; Moon Littering and Domotics
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) · Jan 28, 2022
IKEA Sleepover, Hawkeye, Wheel of Time, Lucid Dreaming
Lucid Dreaming · Dec 2, 2021
Miracles, Mars and the Matrix
The Matrix (1999) · Sep 14, 2021
Pixar’s ‘Luca’, Traditionis Custodes, Martian Chronicles, Consoles vs. PC
Luca (2021) · Jul 23, 2021
Raya and the Last Dragon
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) · Jun 19, 2021
Why I LOVED ‘Nomadland’
Nomadland (2021) · May 1, 2021
Hanna, the Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Holy Week in a nutshell
Hanna (2011) · Mar 26, 2021
WW84 problems, Penance, Save the Cat, Mars Rover Perseverance
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) · Feb 26, 2021
Kong vs Godzilla, Mars Rover Perseverance, Apple VR
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) · Jan 31, 2021
James Randi, Emily in Paris, Terminator Dark Fate, Pope Francis documentary
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) · Oct 26, 2020
Spongebob Squarepants and saints for magicians
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) · Aug 27, 2020
Is the Netflix series ‘Cursed’ worth your time?
The Cursed Man (2020) · Aug 4, 2020
Artemis Fowl review, Communion & Corona, Apple’s WWDC
Artemis Fowl (2020) · Jun 24, 2020
They Shall Not Grow Old; virtual liturgy; Dark Tower: The Gunslinger; Scifi adventures
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) · Jun 12, 2020
UFOs, Dark Phoenix, Clone Wars, Joseph and Mary, The Witcher
Dark Phoenix (2019) · Apr 30, 2020
Tales from the Loop, Children of Blood and Bone, Anthem
Children of Blood and Bone (2027) · Apr 24, 2020
Unshaven Talkshow hosts, Pixar’s ‘Onward’ and Vatican Corona instructions
Onward (2020) · Mar 20, 2020
Covid-19, Star Wars: The High Republic, The Two Popes, Lent and Fake Meat
The Two Popes (2019) · Feb 28, 2020
All Hallows & Saints, my ‘Joker’ review, vlogging mishap, Star Wars in trouble?
Joker (2019) · Oct 31, 2019
The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal (1982) · Sep 2, 2019
Ghostbusters, Jedi Celibacy, Disney+ news and Virtual Dolphins
Ghostbusters (1984) · Aug 20, 2019
Apollo 11 and the Purpose of Life
Apollo 11 (2019) · Jul 3, 2019
Men in Black International
Men in Black: International (2019) · Jun 24, 2019
Discoveries
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) · May 1, 2019
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel (2019) · Mar 11, 2019
Aquaman, Star Trek Discovery and sacramentals
Aquaman (2018) · Feb 4, 2019
Spider-man Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) · Jan 15, 2019