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…
“Aren’t you the great man we’ve been waiting for?” There’s very little violence in The Wizard of Oz. Colin Stokes pointed this out in an interesting Ted talk that’s worth a watch. Instead of the typical “hero’s quest” wherein…
“My masterpiece will be finished soon. I can’t wait for you to read it.” – Joe Carroll Over 20 million people turned out to watch The Following, the gritty drama where we discover a serial…
“I’m the brains and you’re the brawn.” – Gary Supernova Two alien brothers – one glory-seeking and fairly oblivious, feeding on the adulation of his fans, the other a behind-the-scenes guy and family man (who…
Live. Die. Keep going. Why? I’m biased. I’ve been into The Walking Dead for over a decade, having picked up the first issue of the comic book in 2003 and following the travels of Rick…
by guest reviewer Diana Taibi Continuing our look at Romero’s genre-defining zombie films that began here , we find ourselves landing in the fourth installment…(review includes spoilers) Land of the Dead Society has reformed to resume a…
by guest reviewer Diana Taibi Continuing our look at Romero’s genre-defining zombie films, we find ourselves sunny side up in 1985… (review includes spoilers) Day of the Dead In Day of the Dead, the zombie…
by guest reviewer Diana Taibi Continuing our look at Romero’s genre-defining zombie films, we find ourselves shambling into the light with his second entry in 1978… (review includes spoilers) Dawn of the Dead As Romero’s…
By guest reviewer Diana Taibi January is the new October: that season when you can’t get away from horror films. Over the past few years, zombies have become particularly in style, which has thrilled me.…
“I don’t want to be this way. I am lonely, I am lost.” – R I hated Warm Bodies. Hated it with a passion. Then I actually read the book. This weekend I saw the film, and…
“I’ve been so blind…” The final days of January marked 200 years since the publishing of Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, in 1813. Lots of websites, magazines, and even CNN made note of the…
Albeit controversial, I didn’t find overall that Django Unchained glorified the wrong things. In fact, its rather honest portrayal of man’s inhumanity to man may be a provocative way to fuel conversations about whether or…