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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 a successful boyfriend whose parents don’t want her in…
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 it also makes us realize we’ve been watching a…
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 break into the movies. With Family Guy episodes currently…
(No, this isn’t about alien villains from Doctor Who. It IS a great examination of the 1963 Bergman film by guest reviewer Rob Martin!) As she travels home by way of train, terminally ill Ester,…
Some of the most interesting narrative notes in the movie Wreck-It Ralph aren’t possible to discuss without racing into spoiler territory, which is why we left them out of our initial video review and focused on the…
Every year my wife and I watch Alex Proyas’ film adaptation of The Crow on October 30th, “Devil’s Night”, which also happens to be our anniversary. This year, however, the tragic supernatural revenge flick had…
– by guest contributor John Michael Trowbridge “Who am I Kylie… Why a fox? Why not a horse, or a beetle, or a bald eagle? I’m saying this more as, like, existentialism, you know? Who…
“…anger. And control. But there’s something else. Something behind the control…” I had little desire to see Dredd, which might surprise those who know my long-standing love of comic book material. Between the lackluster 1995…
The talented Joss Whedon has a lesser-known hit this year, overshadowed by his colossal success with The Avengers. Whedon co-wrote The Cabin in the Woods, out today on DVD and Blu-ray, offering commentary on the formula of…
A few years ago I transitioned from using the term Film and Theology for the various live, written and podcast versions of what we do here, changing the name to Cinemagogue. It seems this may…
Creasy: “Do you think God’ll forgive us for what we’ve done?” Rayburn: “No.” This exchange happens near the beginning of director Tony Scott’s moving Man on Fire, a heavy but incredible film I had been putting…
“May he who illuminated this… illuminate me” – Henry Jones, Sr. Looking at the adventures of Indiana Jones chronologically, we’ve seen him find religion at the Temple of Doom as he gains a heart for helping…