Category: cinema reviews
(Honestly, I don’t think Clark looks a day over 30.) Although there are a great number of combinant cultural factors why Superman has endured 75 years, celebrating his birthday today and waiting breathlessly for the…
“Greatness is never given: it is earned. So you work harder, dream bigger… chase, capture, and conquer history.” – John Cena, Wrestlemania 29 Legacy and redemption: these were the themes that emerged as catalyst and…
Roger Ebert understood the power of story. Before the internet had tubes, before Apple Trailers and Facebook, DVRs and XBox Live… before all the ways we can access movies and movie trailers… and before Metacritic…
In our first review of Les Miserables, we focused on the clash between Javert and Valjean, between law and grace. We didn’t touch on Fantine’s part in the tale, and now that Anne Hatheway took…
It’s my hope that, eventually, you stop listening to me. Encouraging feedback from pastors, filmmakers, students and homemakers has provided some of the most potent fuel to keep the fires burning at Cinemagogue. What especially…
“Aren’t you the great man we’ve been waiting for?” There’s very little violence in The Wizard of Oz. Colin Stokes pointed this out in an interesting Ted talk that’s worth a watch. Instead of the typical “hero’s quest” wherein…
“My masterpiece will be finished soon. I can’t wait for you to read it.” – Joe Carroll Over 20 million people turned out to watch The Following, the gritty drama where we discover a serial…
“I’m the brains and you’re the brawn.” – Gary Supernova Two alien brothers – one glory-seeking and fairly oblivious, feeding on the adulation of his fans, the other a behind-the-scenes guy and family man (who…
Live. Die. Keep going. Why? I’m biased. I’ve been into The Walking Dead for over a decade, having picked up the first issue of the comic book in 2003 and following the travels of Rick…
by guest reviewer Diana Taibi Continuing our look at Romero’s genre-defining zombie films that began here , we find ourselves landing in the fourth installment…(review includes spoilers) Land of the Dead Society has reformed to resume a…
by guest reviewer Diana Taibi Continuing our look at Romero’s genre-defining zombie films, we find ourselves sunny side up in 1985… (review includes spoilers) Day of the Dead In Day of the Dead, the zombie…
by guest reviewer Diana Taibi Continuing our look at Romero’s genre-defining zombie films, we find ourselves shambling into the light with his second entry in 1978… (review includes spoilers) Dawn of the Dead As Romero’s…