Premonition Director: Mennan Yapo Cast: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon TriStar Pictures, 2007 Rated: PG-13 According to Webster’s Dictionary, a premonition is “previous notice or advance warning”. If only Sandra Bullock had received such notice before…
In 480 B.C., Leonidas and his 300 Spartans sacrificed themselves to buy time for the Greeks as an army of Persians beyond count sought to conquer the lands. Over time, the story has become legend;…
In my last post, I dropped Cinemagogue’s Top 10 film of 2006, many of which toy with great themes of narrative, philosophy and spirituality. I also promised that I’d cover some honorable mentions for 2006,…
It’s March, it’s Seattle, and it’s snowing. it’s like the winter weather doesn’t want to admit that its season is over. Neither did the Academy this year, as they trotted out their tired old Oscars…
“Wow… I’d hate to have to follow THAT!” After a presumably moving moment of the 79th Annual Academy Awards, host Ellen Degeneres dropped that line, playing oblivious to the fact that she indeed WAS following…
Shaun of the Dead is a tremendously romantic movie… …with blood. And zombies (oops, don’t use the Zed word). The movie also inspires a lot of laughter… provided you’re a little bit twisted. It’s interesting…
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”…
In the span of one week, my church received two screener DVDs of recent releases, our Acts 29 Director was in a conference call with Sylvester Stallone, and I was on the phone with a…
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…