The Watchlist: Madame Web

Will we be drawn into her web or will we want to get out the bug spray?

Thu 15 Feb 2024

Laura Bennett

Russ Matthews

Topics

Identity

Mental health

Mentors and Mentoring

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Bible reference(s): Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

Madame Web

Russ and Laura discuss the big questions that come from the latest Spider-man film. Who is Madame Web? What does she add to the Spider Universe? Who are the other women in this story?

Can you have a film happening in Spider-man's universe without him in it?

See if you should venture into the funnel web in with Laura and Russ as they look at MADAME WEB through the lens of Faith.

We've got a lot of ground to cover!

So many shows, so little time. At least it feels like it. Between all the different streaming platforms and the blockbuster movies coming to cinema trying to get audiences back in a post-COVID world, we are spoilt for choice on screen – and yet, still “have nothing to watch”.

Deciphering all the voices in entertainment and how to think about the themes raised in movies, TV, and streaming is tough: enter our new podcast The Watchlist.

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Topics

Christian Faith

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Science and Technology

Art, beauty and creativity

Society and culture

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With

Russ Matthews

Russ Matthews works for City Bible Forum as the Product Manager for Reel Dialogue and God in 60 Seconds. He enjoys developing large public forums throughout the city to engage workers with the bigger questions of life. Russ writes film reviews and articles for various publications. He has a passion for film and getting the conversations started on themes from these visual creations. Discussions that can include topics like movies, Jesus, the Bible and God.

Russ is the author of The Word Becomes Film: A Modern Day Parable That Introduces a Radically Easy Way of Talking About God's Story

Laura Bennett

Laura currently hosts the Afternoons program on Hope 103.2 along with their top-rating podcast series, UNDISTRACTED. Laura is a Masters media graduate who’s worked in broadcast journalism for over a decade, covering events both in Australia and overseas with a penchant for entertainment reviews and celebrity interviews. Laura self-published her bestselling book ‘Live Your Dream’ in 2015, and admits to spending much of 2020 cross-stitching and taking up paint-by-numbers.