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CinemaGuinness…

I thought my friends and I were crazy when we had a Lord of the Rings day and watched all three EXTENDED editions, totaling some eleven
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Ten Movie Blasts from the Past…

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
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Domo Arigato, Stan Winston (1946 – 2008)

by James Harleman One of my Top 10 films is John Carpenter’s The Thing. One of my guilty pleasures as a ten-year old television viewer was
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Atonement forgotten by Oscars, but Jon Stewart Atones for Oscar’s Sins

For the Oscars, the second time’s the charm. If you don’t remember, last year’s Oscars were hosted by Ellen, following Hollywood’s lack of appreciation for Jon
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The MASS EFFECT of the Writer’s Strike…

Unless you’ve been living in a cage, you know that the scribes are holding the entertainment world hostage. The Writer’s Guild of America Strike that began
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America’s Captain Gives Birth to a Darker Disciple

Almost a year ago, someone put a bullet in the symbol of our hope. The superheroic icon of Americana was fatally shot in early 2007 in
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Why The Soup saved my life and why I want to kill Joel McHale

I gave a New Year’s Eve lecture looking back at 2007, touching on the sheer inability for anyone to be a true cinema and television expert
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Horror, Gore, Fear & the Christian…

A lot of Christians I know love science fiction. Even more like tales of the heroic – comic book heroes or action figures fighting for justice
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Does Hollywood have a Sequel-ly Transmitted Disease?

Exploring the REAL Reasons for Sequel Madness and Episodic Film By Pastor James Harleman “The franchise rights alone will make us rich beyond our wildest dreams.”