Category: sci-fi
aliens, viruses, future wars, and genetic experiments gone awry…
by James Harleman, Cinemagogue Editor-in-Chief “The first Hulk movie was a failure!” “The first one bombed at the box office!” “The previous movie didn’t have enough Hulk!” “The Hulk effects looked like crap!” “Ang Lee’s…
A Review of The Incredible Hulk (audio featured after written review below) Starring Ed Norton, Liv Tyler, and William Hurt Directed by Louis Letterier I can remember my Dad racing home furiously in our Volkswagen…
A review of IRON MAN (PG-13) by James Harleman (for an exploratory audio review of the film taught before a live audience, click HERE). I sat through Black Sabbath’s classic “Iron Man” tune, watching the…
A Review of Doomsday (R) When a movie comes out called Doomsday, it invariably draws ones mind to many other end-of-world films that have graced (or smeared) the silver screen over the last several decades.…
Alfonso Cuarón’s film adaptation of the P.D. James’ book Children of Men is an incredible work of art marked by some of the most amazing cinematography I have seen. Opening on Christmas day in 2006,…
A Review of CLOVERFIELD by Pastor James Harleman Rated PG-13 Released January 18, 2008 Directed by Matt Reeves Produced by J.J. Abrams Rob Hawkins is not having a great evening. His New Yorker friends throw…
Transcending pulpy paper and kiddie-comics, these global cultural icons have invaded nearly every entertainment medium since the 30s, from radio programs to billion dollar films. As a younger man, I resonated with Batman and the…
The Invasion is over, everyone. and the science fiction occupation has begun. While “sci-fi” once remained relegated to the Area 51s of the FOX Network or the Sci-Fi Channel, it has now descended from the…
More than two decades after Hasbro, Takara, Sunbow and Marvel Comics combined forces, to unleash the most successful, holistic, cartoon/comic/vehicle/puzzle/robot marketing campaigns ever known to man, creating a towering titan of revenue that has ebbed and…
In 2005, I subjected myself to the Fantastic Bore… watching Jessica Alba failing to act intelligent, while Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Chiklis looked around nervously, hoping no one would notice them as they collected a nice…
With five days of hell tucked squarely in Jack Bauer’s handbag, a sixth day (or, more accurately, sixth season) of Fox’s “24” seemed pretty much. well, in the bag. However, Bauer’s battle transitioned from “real-time”…
Peter Parker spins another web of comedy, drama and spandex as he wrestles with a tentacled villain and his own self-doubt, in what may be the most faithful adaptation of a comic book character to…