sci-fi
Wall-E Review
August 1st, 2008
by guest contributor Caitlyn Stark
directed by Andrew Stanton
Rated G
Hundreds of years in the future, life on earth has ceased to exist as we know it. Humanity’s wastefulness has forced them off the planet entirely, leaving the clean-up in the capable hands of Wall-E’s, robots made by the Buy n Large Mega corporation for the specific [...]
WANTED parties like it’s 1999… again.
July 3rd, 2008
WANTED
review by James Harleman
starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, and Morgan Freeman
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov
Rated R
It’s been the eternal question on no one’s lips: what would happen if The Matrix and Fight Club had a baby? At least now, we know it would be Wanted… a high octane, man-up, power to the people bootstrap bonanza that [...]
HULK smash… puny preconceptions and manipulated memories
June 20th, 2008
by James Harleman, Cinemagogue Editor-in-Chief
“The first Hulk movie was a failure!”
“The first one bombed at the box office!”
“The previous movie didn’t have enough Hulk!”
“The Hulk effects looked like crap!”
“Ang Lee’s movie was depressing!”
And so on… and so on… and so on. As The Incredible Hulk smashed into theaters June 13th, the old rants about Ang [...]
Marvel’s Second Hulk Transformation is SMASHING…
June 14th, 2008
A Review of The Incredible Hulk
by Pastor James Harleman
Starring Ed Norton, Liv Tyler, and William Hurt
Directed by Louis Letterier
I can remember my Dad racing home furiously in our Volkswagen Beetle, hoping to drop us in front of the television before the pilot for the 1970s Incredible Hulk began. We rarely missed an episode, and read [...]
Iron Man’s midlife crisis makes audiences cheer while fans soil themselves with glee
May 7th, 2008
A review of IRON MAN (PG-13)
by James Harleman
(for an exploratory audio review of the film taught before a live audience, click HERE).
I sat through Black Sabbath’s classic “Iron Man” tune, watching the film’s techno-credits dazzle until the familiar scroll kicked in. The friends who’d accompanied me and sat through the two-hour rocket of a film [...]
Appropriacalypse Now
March 19th, 2008
A Review of Doomsday (R)
by Pastor James Harleman
When a movie comes out called Doomsday, it invariably draws ones mind to many other end-of-world films that have graced (or smeared) the silver screen over the last several decades. There are so many creative ways the apocalypse might be ushered in, after all. It could be zombies, [...]
Is it fate or chance that haunts the Children of Men?
February 5th, 2008
Alfonso Cuarón’s film adaptation of the P.D. James’ book Children of Men is an incredible work of art marked by some of the most amazing cinematography I have seen. Opening on Christmas day in 2006, critics compared the characters of Theo and Kee with Joseph and Mary, calling the film a “modern day nativity story”.
Children [...]
From Harryhausen to the Handycam: The Beast from 20,000 YouTube Views
January 18th, 2008
A Review of CLOVERFIELD
by Pastor James Harleman
Rated PG-13
Released January 18, 2008
Directed by Matt Reeves
Produced by J.J. Abrams
Rob Hawkins is not having a great evening. His New Yorker friends throw him a surprise going away party as he’s headed for a new job in Japan, but he’s distracted; the girl he recently slept with and is [...]
Batman Vs. Superman…
January 16th, 2008
Transcending pulpy paper and kiddie-comics, these global cultural icons have invaded nearly every entertainment medium since the 30s, from radio programs to billion dollar films. As a younger man, I resonated with Batman and the underlying angst of the character. I never really “got” Superman until I was nearly 30. After I became a Christian, [...]
Sci-Fi Season Premiere Scorecard
September 29th, 2007
The Invasion is over, everyone. and the science fiction occupation has begun. While “sci-fi” once remained relegated to the Area 51s of the FOX Network or the Sci-Fi Channel, it has now descended from the digital cable clouds and demanded that we take them to our major network. A quick look at the weekly listings [...]