audio reviews
Ten Movie Blasts from the Past…
September 3rd, 2008
Offshore internet drilling struck a server pocket of buried mp3 audio reviews and explorations of film that haven’t been listed or noted as part of the Cinemagogue site… until NOW. Since our friends at Mars Hill have excavated and tapped the depths of the previously mysterious and hard to navigate media library, we get to [...]
Exploring Guillermo Del Toro’s Labyrinth
July 25th, 2008
Pan’s Labyrinth
Audio Review by James Harleman (contains spoilers)
“Is there real immortality and real magic? I believe there is… I believe they are a spiritual reality that is as tangible and as real as the material world… Only those that KNOW where to look – only those that have the right GAZE – can see it.”
– [...]
The Knight is Darker, but Viewer will Endure
July 19th, 2008
If anyone still thought you could still say “comic book movie” and that the phrase implied a certain sensibility, style, or genre, The Dark Knight has driven the final nail into that cliche-coffin.
Juno What You Want to Hear…
July 11th, 2008
Audio Review of JUNO
by Pastor James Harleman
“I need to know that it’s possible that two people can stay happy together forever…”
Jason Reitman, the brilliant Director that gave us Thank You for Smoking, shot Juno in just 31 days. It was the highest-grossing film of all five Best Picture Oscar nominees (2008). Writer Diablo Cody [...]
You Can’t Stop What’s Coming…
May 20th, 2008
Audio Review of
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
by Pastor James Harleman
The COEN BROTHERS adapted Cormac McCarthy’s novel into this film of the same name, After writing No Country in 2005, the 75 year old McCarthy has won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Road” in 2006, once again exploring his familiar themes of extreme [...]
We ALL want Happily Ever After…
April 16th, 2008
Fairy Tales: Folly or Faith?
An audio exploration of Enchanted
by Pastor James Harleman
Enchanted intrigued me as it hit squarely on one of my favorite narrative dichotomies in Hollywood storytelling… what I affectionately call “Life Under the Sun” and “Life Beyond the Sun” films. These worlds collide in Enchanted in what I think is one of [...]
Redundancy, Rebellion, and Staplers…
April 9th, 2008
Whether you cross decades or cross the pond, you can find shared shenanigans, duplicated drudgery, synchronized self-absorption, and facsimilied foolishness. Office politics and the cubicle life play themselves out in some amazing comedies which don’t try to hide that they’re dipping in the same office pool. From Peter to Tim to Jim, we feel a [...]
Audio Exploration of BEOWULF’s Boasts…
March 14th, 2008
LEGENDS AND FALLEN HEROES
AUDIO REVIEW by Pastor James Harleman
“The time of heroes is dead: the Christ god has killed it, leaving nothing but weeping martyrs and fear and shame.” – Beowulf, from the 2007 film
The tale of Beowulf in 2007 differs greatly from the epic, ancient Anglo-Saxon poem. What of Beowulf’s claim in the [...]
Bourne Three Takes Three, Targeting Audio Awards
March 6th, 2008
I was excited to see The Bourne Ultimatum get three Oscars, which I would say are well deserved. Of course, if you asked me what the differences are between “Best Achievement in Sound”, “Best Achievement in Editing”, and “Best Achievement in Sound Editing”, I would be hard pressed to differentiate between them. Fortunately, Director Paul [...]
More than Meets the Eye… and Ear
February 13th, 2008
Anyone who’s perused this site and added up the number of posts knows that I’m a Transformers fan. I mean come ON, I was an eleven year old boy when they debuted; it was inevitable. Whether it’s my commentary on the fatherly nature of Optimus Prime, my musings about fan favorites Bumblebee and Starscream, or [...]