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Redefining Entertainment
James Harleman / December 21, 2012
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
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Addled Story of a Story Addict
James Harleman / December 20, 2012
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
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Upside down FLIGHT
James Harleman / December 19, 2012
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
James Harleman / December 12, 2012
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
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That Damned Protagonist: Hell Is For Raimi’s Heroes.
James Harleman / December 10, 2012
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
James Harleman / December 7, 2012
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
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Happy Endings: Fantasy or Reality Check?
James Harleman / November 30, 2012
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
James Harleman / November 28, 2012
“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
James Harleman / November 21, 2012
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