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STAR TREK (part 1) Has Gone Before

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:17:13 +0000

It’s about time I talked about the hottest ticket this summer. But first (as the film itself does) let’s take a trip back in time… The Starship Enterprise had already been trekking for several years before I was born. My science-fiction loving dad would stun me with syndicated episodes during my impressionable youth, forever inflecting me [...]

One CRAZY summer… no Cusack

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:18:28 +0000

This has NOTHING to do with Demi Moore and John Cusack in the 1986 (classic?) film directed by Savage Steve Holland. It has EVERYTHING to do with me, however, and why the site has lay fallow for the last few months. The summer movies have come and go with a wash of explosions, CGI, mixed reviews, [...]

Our Father, who art from Cybertron…

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:38:20 +0000

NO, I don’t worship Optimus Prime… anymore. With Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen coming out this week, it’s time to revisit the legacy that The Transformers have wrought on our generation, particularly in the wake of Father’s Day. Are YOU equipped with the cyber-skinny on these AUTO-matic stars? When Michael Bay’s “live action” blockbuster transformed summer cineplexes [...]

Tyler Durden turns 10 (in film years)

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:03:33 +0000

“This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time.” Ten YEARS later… Has it really been ten years since Edward Norton trembled with the taste of gun metal in his mouth? It’s been a decade since Brad Pitt wore leather and fur and taught us what it meant to be a man? I won’t [...]

J.J. Abrams gets new ALIAS…

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:42:23 +0000

No, I’m sorry Alias fans, your beloved series isn’t coming back, but I knew the headline would Garner your attention. With all of his success, however, the unstoppable J.J. Abrams machine has earned himself a nifty new monicker: Midas. Let’s face it, like a box office rubbernecker, there is a small part of me just waiting [...]

Putting Movies in the right FRAME…

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:18:30 +0000

How do we redeem our understanding of entertainment so it is mindful instead of mindless? I have my own cinemaphile’s ways of articulating it, but my buddy Matt turned me on to this post featuring some thought-provoking questions by John Frame. You might not find this guy on IMDB, but this American philosopher and Calvinist [...]

Review of KNOWING part 3: CHOSEN

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:05:12 +0000

“Many are called, but few are chosen” – Jesus, Matthew 22 “He said only the chosen must go, those who have heard the call.” - Caleb Koestler, KNOWING (For the introduction to our series on KNOWING, click here) A buried page of numbers reveals that the world is determined, plotted and planned and calculated and destined to end. John [...]

Review of KNOWING part 2: APOCALYPSE

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:17:51 +0000

The dead rise from the grave. The sky turns red as blood. Straggling survivors seek shelter and struggle to survive. Since we’ve been telling stories around campfires to our latest modern cinematic marvels, it seems the end of the world just won’t die. KNOWING Director Alex Proyas says “it touches on something in our psyche [...]

Review of KNOWING part 1: DETERMINISM

admin — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:47:11 +0000

“Just step back. Have another look at it! Systems that find meaning in numbers are a dime in dozen. Why? Because people see what they want to see.” (For the introduction to our series on KNOWING, click here) Astrophysicist and MIT Professor John Koestler is a man biased by a very personal loss. While not as hard-drinking [...]

KNOWING is half the battle…

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:14:09 +0000

Hello. My name is James Harleman, and I’m a Cage-aholic. I thought I’d given up on the Nicolas for good, but last week I fell off the wagon and watched his latest film, KNOWING. A friend invited me, and I couldn’t resist… and you know what? I’m not sorry. I used to have it BAD. Seriously, [...]