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LAW Miserables
James Harleman / January 14, 2013
And must I now begin to doubt, Who never doubted all those years? My heart is stone, and still it trembles. The world I have known
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Networking, Socially
James Harleman / December 24, 2012
Chapter 5 of our recently published book is titled The Proof is in the Praxis (or “a little less conversation, a little more action please”). This
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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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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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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
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Breaking Bergman’s THE SILENCE
James Harleman / November 14, 2012
(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
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WRECK-IT RALPH is a game-changer
James Harleman / November 12, 2012
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
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THE CROW: The Awfulness of Goodness
James Harleman / November 2, 2012
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.