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14 movies for 2014: The Cinemagogue Lineup
James Harleman / January 23, 2015
Once again, it’s that time of year when Hollywood’s snobbery surfaces with Oscar-sized pats on the back for pretentious cinematic achievements that didn’t make much money… Okay,
cinema reviews
The Problem of (Deliver us From) EVIL
James Harleman / July 11, 2014
The latest horror entry from director Scott Derrickson, Deliver us from Evil, is not the strongest entry in the horror genre. However, as one part police
cinema reviews
Oh God… You’re in my Fiction?
James Harleman / July 9, 2014
Nury Vittachi recently published an article on the Science 2.0 website entitled “Scientists Discover that atheists might not exist, and that’s not a joke“ and, while
audio reviews
X-Men: Reviews of Future Podcast
James Harleman / June 12, 2014
Sometimes you need to do things as a team. Wolverine learned this over the course of seven films, and now goes back to disciple the man
CineMUSINGS
Cutting to the Core: Finding the Meta-narrative
James Harleman / June 11, 2014
In 2008 I was asked to write an article for Collide Magazine. In a lot of ways this treatise on story served as a primer for
action
Never LEGO of hope for reconciliation
James Harleman / May 14, 2014
“Nobody ever said I was special!” – President Business In our last look at The LEGO Movie (soon to be on Blu-ray/DVD) there will be *a lot
comedy
Learning to LEGO of toxic lordship
James Harleman / March 11, 2014
The LEGO Movie might wind up on my short list for movie of the year, despite all the tantalizing offerings from Godzilla to Dinobots and myriad Marvel
action
LEGO and let God.
James Harleman / February 19, 2014
by guest reviewer Andrew Thompson Does “the man upstairs” desire us to simply follow instructions, going about our days and routines, thinking “everything is awesome”? Or
chick flick
Frozen’s Water Part 3: Where it MELTS
James Harleman / February 14, 2014
In Batman Begins, Rutger Hauer’s character leans over a young Bruce Wayne and tells the boy he’ll keep the company safe until the lad is old