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CineMUSINGS

Redefining Entertainment

Last week, our book on engaging story, movies, image-bearing and our Creator published and is available here and on Amazon.com in print and Kindle editions. We’ll be posting an excerpt from each chapter to
CineMUSINGS

Addled Story of a Story Addict

Last week, our book on engaging story, movies, image-bearing and our Creator published and is available here and on Amazon.com in print and Kindle editions. We’ll
cinema reviews

Upside down FLIGHT

It’s always Act 3 when the misunderstood, flawed-but-redeemable protagonist saves the day, right? We think we know the formula backward and forward, whether it’s Tony Stark
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CINEMAGOGUE: Reclaiming Entertainment and Navigating Narrative for the Myths and Mirrors they were Meant to be

Do you like movies? Are you a cinephile? Do your friends consult YOU instead of IMDB? Were you raised on television? Spend hours talking cinema? This
cinema reviews

That Damned Protagonist: Hell Is For Raimi’s Heroes.

Review by Gareth Evans Christine Brown has an opportunity. She lives a callow and unfulfilled life, stuck with a seemingly dead-end job in a bank and
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SKYFALL: Building a Better Bond

We’ve always just known that Bond is Bond. James Bond. Curious then, that Skyfall is not only being hailed by some as the best Bond film ever made, but
CineMUSINGS

Happy Endings: Fantasy or Reality Check?

Does life itself have a resolve? Spielberg’s assertions, accusations against Tolkien, Humpty Dumpty’s fall and Bryan Mill chasing after his Taken daughter all turn up in
action

Life and Legacy in LOOPER

“We both know how this has got to go down…”  In addition to great acting, effects, and story concepts, Looper provides some moral conundrums and mind-bending
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TED on arrival

a review from across the pond by Mr. Gareth C. Evans (TED is available for purchase on Blu-ray and DVD). It was inevitable that Seth MacFarlane would eventually