James Harleman's Blog, page 16

Networking, Socially

Chapter 5 of our recently published book is titled The Proof is in the Praxis (or "a little less conversation, a little more action please").

This middle chapter features over a dozen examples of examining film from the Cinemagogue perspective, and this is one of them. The book is availablehereand onAmazon.cominprintandKindleeditions. We're posting an excerpt from each chapter as a little taste of what to expect (click here for chapter one).
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
(2010, rated PG-13)

“You are pro...

How I learned to stop worrying and love the redundancy…

Last week, our book on engaging story, movies, image-bearing and our Creator published and is availablehereand onAmazon.cominprintandKindleeditions. We'll be posting an excerpt from each chapter to give a little taste of what you can expect (to start with the chapter one excerpt,click here).
Act 2: A Tale of Two Stories
or“how I stopped learned to stop worrying and love the redundancy”
Scene 1: One plot, two plot, red plot, blue plot
A geocentric model of the universe served as the predominan...

WRECKreation or REcreation?

Last week, our book on engaging story, movies, image-bearing and our Creator published and is availablehereand onAmazon.cominprintandKindleeditions. We'll be posting an excerpt from each chapter to give a little taste of what you can expect (to start with the chapter one excerpt, click here).

Act 3: WRECKreation… or REcreation?
or “cracked clown mirrors reflecting His story in a mirror, darkly”
Scene 5: Hollywood isn't out of ideas... because it never had any
Strolling the streets of Paris,...

Redefining Entertainment

Last week, our book on engaging story, movies, image-bearing and our Creator published and is availablehereand onAmazon.cominprintandKindleeditions. We'll be posting an excerpt from each chapter to give a little taste of what you can expect (to start with the chapter one excerpt,click here).
Act 2: Redefining Entertainment
or “how ‘mindless’ is just code for not minding God”
Scene 2: Maximus Returns Home
I had that new believer zeal (the spiritual equivalent of new car smell) and found myself...

Addled Story of a Story Addict

Last week, our book on engaging story, movies, image-bearing and our Creator published and is 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 expect.
Act 1: James in Wonderland
or “the addled story of a story-addict”

Scene 1: A LONG TIME AGO…
Whose hand am I holding? My five-year-old, chubby digits are tightly curled around a firm elder offering of support and guidance, arm held high as I wadd...

Upside down FLIGHT

It's always Act 3 when the misunderstood, flawed-but-redeemable protagonist saves the day, right?
We think we know the formula backward and forward, whether it's Tony Stark or Indiana Jones, John McClane or John Creasy. Despite the vices and hubris, the lives they've damaged emotionally or physically, the mixed motivations they have throughout the story, we know that in that final act - some decisive moment approaching the climax - these characters will prove their worth with some amazing fea...