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Looking Back at PITCH BLACK…
James Harleman / June 29, 2012
Riddick: “Would you die for them?” Fry: “I would try for them!” Riddick: “You didn’t answer me.” Fry: “Yes, Riddick. I would. I would die for
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Before Batman Rises, a MEMENTO from Nolan
James Harleman / June 25, 2012
“I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can’t remember
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Prometheus, Panic, and Hubris
James Harleman / June 19, 2012
I must confess: I took up the flag and waved it like everyone else, criticizing several plot points of Prometheus. Sometimes we all watch a film
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PROMETHEUS: Confronting the Creator
James Harleman / June 11, 2012
Taking the familiar backdrop of the ALIEN universe he helped create in 1979 and the themes of creature confronting creator in Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott stylishly revisits these basic human
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FEAR from Alien to Prometheus
James Harleman / June 5, 2012
What do YOU fear? 33 years ago, ALIEN brought about an incredible combination of science fiction and horror that burned through multiple decks of our psyche
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From the Vault: AMADEUS will rock you
James Harleman / May 30, 2012
As we’re preparing a book based on the theory, application, challenges and practice of what we do here with Cinemagogue (hoping to inspire more replication, transformation,
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A CHRONICLE of brokenness…
James Harleman / May 27, 2012
“There’s something wrong with Andrew.” Chronicle (now available on Blu-Ray and DVD) takes the best of found footage films like Cloverfield, the original heart of the quality-sagging
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Legacy and The MUPPETS
James Harleman / May 16, 2012
Muppets’ creator Jim Henson passed away on May 15, 1990 but his legacy lives on. I think a lot of people were initially skeptical when The
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The AVENGERS: Red in Your Ledger
James Harleman / May 14, 2012
“I’ve got red in my ledger; I’d like to wipe it out.” We can’t call our musing about The Avengers‘ narrative themes “fully assembled” without addressing