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– 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…
In our first post looking at the Indiana Jones trilogy, we focused on the first film in chronological order (Temple of Doom) and how a shady, compromised, self-serving Indy got a little religion, a heart…
Some people think I’m biased toward blockbusters and certain genres, but I can honestly tell them: I love Indy films. With Raiders of the Lost Ark making an IMAX debut in a few weeks, it…
Spider-man 3 lacked a quality screenplay because they dropped some of the screenwriters and the director largely wrote the screenplay himself. While Sam Raimi is a tremendous director, he was found lacking when it came…