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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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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
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The AVENGERS: where we are Loki
James Harleman / May 10, 2012
A friend of mine challenged my assertion that Loki was the best of the Marvel movie villains. As we debated (imagine the verbal equivalent of hammers,
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The AVENGERS: where Loki is wrong!
James Harleman / May 9, 2012
Were we made to be ruled? In our last post, we looked at Loki’s challenging assertion in The Avengers film: the idea that we were born
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The AVENGERS: where Loki is right?
James Harleman / May 8, 2012
"Kneel before me. I said... KNEEL! Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation.
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Out of the heart comes CAPTAIN AMERICA
James Harleman / May 2, 2012
While it’s not my favorite Marvel movie, I believe it’s the best-made of the Marvel movies thus far (we’ll see what Avengers does this Friday). From
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Katniss’ Hunger and Peeta’s Bread
James Harleman / April 9, 2012
I promised a *spoiler-filled follow-up to the video review for The Hunger Games, as cinema reviews
Fast & Furryous, Film & Theology
James Harleman / February 29, 2012
I grew up on Looney Tunes, but my favorite - by far - were