CineMUSINGS
The Flash-Sideways Oscars
March 11th, 2010
We all know that Avatar got stuffed into The Hurt Locker at the 2010 Academy Awards, a “David-beats-Goliath” victory, with the added spice of knowing that Avatar director James Cameron divorced Hurt Locker’s Director Kathryn Bigelow about the same time he decided he was the King of the World. She obviously gets custody of this [...]
Be Still, my Beating Inbox…
March 11th, 2010
I received an encouraging word from new friend Michael, who sent me a link on The Daddening of Video Games, but he also made me introspective. I work on Cinemagogue primarily as worship, which I define loosely as “to discover and declare the glory of God”. Still, seeing fruit in people’s lives from the endeavor [...]
Who’s your Daddy? In video games, YOU are…
March 9th, 2010
A friend linked me to this great article about “The Daddening of Video Games” by Stephen Totilo at kotaku.com, and it got me pondering the daddy issues (in the case of Bioshock 2, BIG Daddy issues) prevalent in culture. A while back I blogged on the emerging Daddy trend in movies and – as if there was any [...]
Punxsatowney Phil Can’t Keep Spirits Down…
February 2nd, 2010
Depending on your view, some “punx” may have just ruined your spring for 2010. Personally, I love winter – long coats, warm scarf, my wife in cute mittens and a cat-eared furry hat… so a little March snow brings fond memories and builds new ones. The assemblage at Gobbler’s Knob is good news for me. [...]
One CRAZY summer… no Cusack
October 3rd, 2009
This has NOTHING to do with Demi Moore and John Cusack in the 1986 (classic?) film directed by Savage Steve Holland. It has EVERYTHING to do with me, however, and why the site has lay fallow for the last few months.
The summer movies have come and go with a wash of explosions, CGI, mixed reviews, [...]
Our Father, who art from Cybertron…
June 22nd, 2009
NO, I don’t worship Optimus Prime… anymore.
With Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen coming out this week, it’s time to revisit the legacy that The Transformers have wrought on our generation, particularly in the wake of Father’s Day. Are YOU equipped with the cyber-skinny on these AUTO-matic stars?
When Michael Bay’s “live action” blockbuster transformed summer cineplexes [...]
Tyler Durden turns 10 (in film years)
June 9th, 2009
“This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time.”
Ten YEARS later…
Has it really been ten years since Edward Norton trembled with the taste of gun metal in his mouth? It’s been a decade since Brad Pitt wore leather and fur and taught us what it meant to be a man? I won’t [...]
J.J. Abrams gets new ALIAS…
June 8th, 2009
No, I’m sorry Alias fans, your beloved series isn’t coming back, but I knew the headline would Garner your attention. With all of his success, however, the unstoppable J.J. Abrams machine has earned himself a nifty new monicker: Midas.
Let’s face it, like a box office rubbernecker, there is a small part of me just waiting [...]
Putting Movies in the right FRAME…
May 28th, 2009
How do we redeem our understanding of entertainment so it is mindful instead of mindless? I have my own cinemaphile’s ways of articulating it, but my buddy Matt turned me on to this post featuring some thought-provoking questions by John Frame. You might not find this guy on IMDB, but this American philosopher and Calvinist [...]
Prayers for Liam Neeson
March 25th, 2009
In light of recent events, I can’t publish a multi-part review of Liam Neeson’s latest movie Taken without asking our Christian readers to bow in for the man and extended family following the passing of Neeson’s wife Natasha Richardson. Just the thought of losing my beloved bride is enough to drive me to my knees [...]