audio reviews
Religulous gets Expelled?
March 29th, 2009
God. War. Religion. Intelligent Design. Evolution. Just a few issues that everyone agrees on. Riiiiight… Two documentaries came out in 2008 grappling with these from differing perspectives on religion, evolution, atheism, and the source of human conflict. Comedian Bill Maher is so adamant about the views in his film Religulous that he had to continue [...]
Read More...On this Dark Knight, the Jokes on Harvey Dent…
February 6th, 2009
There are many reasons why The Dark Knight was the best 2008 had to offer… and why I’m boycotting the Oscars for snubbing it save for a nod to Heath Ledger. There at so many things we could look at in this film, which is probably why it spawned written reviews and now this audio [...]
Read More...The Fall in Winter
January 15th, 2009
On a snowy Seattle night in late December, “Pushing Daisies” fans braved the icy road warnings and packed into Mars Hill | Lake City to see actor Lee Pace in a film and theology event hosted by James Harleman. The audio examination of the film, which followed a viewing of the movie, has been captured [...]
Read More...Iron Clad, Full-bodied Review…
January 7th, 2009
Comic fans are debating which film was the best of 2008… the wonderful whimsy of the invincible Iron Man, or the deep delving into human nature that was definitely The Dark Knight? Relax, comic book guy, they can both happily fall in the Top 10 films of the year at different ends of the entertainment spectrum. [...]
Read More...Meat Pies and Mean Guys
November 7th, 2008
Sweeney Todd was a fictional character first appearing in penny dreadfuls in 1846. The “Demon Barber of Fleet Street” has seen several incarnations since then, from Stephen Sondheim to most recently Tim Burton’s film adaptation of the musical. The character even transcended fiction and is now an urban legend; while there is no historical [...]
Read More...Cooking up Hope with Chef Ratatouille
September 26th, 2008
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family’s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. As Remy enters, [...]
Read More...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 [...]
Read More...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 [...]
Read More...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.
Read More...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 [...]
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