Category: CineMUSINGS
musing on media, facts on film, commentary on culture, and more
I was recently asked to speak at an apologetics conference in Alabama, and my first thought was “why”? I talk about movies and God as storyteller. After some thought, I realize that another way of…
If you’ve never heard of CRACKED.com, you don’t know what you’re missing. If you frequent CRACKED.com, shame on you:) Seriously, I stumbled upon one of their “After Hours” videos and, while there may be potentially…
“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God…” – 2 Timothy 1:6 What is the gift YOU’VE been given, what does that mean, and what part do we play in stirring, fanning, or…
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for the CinemaGuy. When Mark Glenn – pastor of The Fields Church in Bowral, Australia – and I started dreaming about a Cinemagogue trip down under, I don’t…
NOTE: Wolverine stabs a LOT of people. Just go back and watch X2, or read any number of Wolverine comics. However, as the new film opens, The Wolverine has given up his life of howling…
(Honestly, I don’t think Clark looks a day over 30.) Although there are a great number of combinant cultural factors why Superman has endured 75 years, celebrating his birthday today and waiting breathlessly for the…
“Greatness is never given: it is earned. So you work harder, dream bigger… chase, capture, and conquer history.” – John Cena, Wrestlemania 29 Legacy and redemption: these were the themes that emerged as catalyst and…
Roger Ebert understood the power of story. Before the internet had tubes, before Apple Trailers and Facebook, DVRs and XBox Live… before all the ways we can access movies and movie trailers… and before Metacritic…
It’s my hope that, eventually, you stop listening to me. Encouraging feedback from pastors, filmmakers, students and homemakers has provided some of the most potent fuel to keep the fires burning at Cinemagogue. What especially…
Most days Cinemagogue is reviewing films that have come out. Today we wanted to look forward and get the mental gears turning for 2013. There are a host of films set to come out boasting…
Nobody’s perfect, art involves subjectivity, and everybody has bias. That being said, Cinemagogue’s primary reviewer has seen over 60 new releases in 2012 and we thought we’d end the year with James Harleman’s top 10,…
Last week, our book on engaging story and movies, on image-bearing and our Creator, published! It’s available here and on Amazon.com in print and Kindle editions. We’ll be posting an excerpt from each chapter to give a little taste of what you can…