Category Archives: I Am Legend

Film Review: I Am Legend, Christ Figures and Literary-Cinematic Relationships

May 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Christ-figure, I Am Legend

One of the publications that I enjoy related to the subject matter of this blog is the Journal of Religion and Film. The film reviews and analysis cover a variety of genres, and they include a fair number of discussionjs related to science fiction and horror. It had been a while since I went to […]

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I Am Legend: Alternative Ending on DVD Provides Food for Thought

March 12th, 2008 | Posted in I Am Legend

Cinefantastique Online recently noted that FirstShowing.net has posted the ending originally intended for I Am Legend which will be included on the DVD for the film to be released in stores March 18. If you have already seen the film I would encourage you to watch the alternative ending to see how it compares to […]

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“And the Oscar goes to…”: Overlooked Fantastic Films Deserve Oscar Nod

February 14th, 2008 | Posted in Academy Awards, I Am Legend, Oscars

In 1954 Marlon Brando uttered a line of dialogue that would become one of the classics of the silver screen. In one of the more riveting scenes from On the Waterfront, Brando struggles with what might have been in his boxing career and delivers the line: “I could have been a contender, I could have […]

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I Am Legend: Latest Cinematic Treatment of Matheson Story Offers Apocalyptic and Theistic Angst – Revised

December 26th, 2007 | Posted in I Am Legend, The Last Man on Earth, The Omega Man

Normally my family opens Christmas presents on Christmas morning, but after weeks of pressuring and begging by our two teenage children, my wife agreed to a gift opening on Christmas Eve. This left us free to sleep in a little on Christmas morning, and after breakfast we went to the movies to see I Am […]

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