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Movie Reviews
Cinema is our modern "Divine Theatre," where every story holds a thread of Anansi’s Web.
These reviews explore the world through film—from iconic love stories set in the streets of Paris and Venice to narratives that mirror ancient Hermetic Laws.
Discover how cinema captures the human journey and the enduring power of love.
Grab a coffee, find a movie, and explore the lore behind the screen.
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Hypnotic (2023)
Movie Review By C.J. Barembruch | I Am Is and Was ™ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Watch Hypnotic on Amazon Prime Video - Or Own it Here Namaste. 👋 Let me tell you something that happened to me yesterday. I sat down to watch a movie — a thriller, a Ben Affleck action film — and somewhere in the first twenty minutes I realized I wasn't just watching a story unfold on a screen. I was watching the First Hermetic Law in motion. The All is Mind. The Univ
Chris Barembruch
Apr 124 min read


The "Ultimate" Trilogy
A Movie Review By C.J. Barembruch | I Am Is and Was ™ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I want to tell you about a man named Dave. I was young and angry when I knew him. The kind of angry that comes from watching the world seem easy for everyone else while you are working twice as hard just to keep up. Dave was one of those people the world seemed to work for effortlessly. The kind of man who would mention casually that a van might be useful — and a wee
Chris Barembruch
Apr 96 min read


Wicked & Wicked: For Good — 2024 / 2025
A Movie Review By C.J. Barembruch | I Am Is and Was ™ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Own or Rent Wicked and Wicked for Good on Amazon - Here You think you know this story. You have known it your whole life. The yellow brick road. The ruby slippers. The green witch in the castle. The good witch in the bubble. Dorothy. Toto. The curtain pulled back on the little man calling himself great. You know the story. Except you don't. You know the version that
Chris Barembruch
Apr 94 min read


The Beekeeper — 2024
A Movie Review By C.J. Barembruch | I Am Is and Was ™ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can Own Or Rent The Beekeeper - Here Namaste. 👋 Some movies try to be more than they are. The Beekeeper does not. It knows exactly what it is. It leans into it with both fists. And somehow — in that complete absence of pretension — it becomes something genuinely satisfying. Here is the setup. Adam Clay is a beekeeper. A quiet man. A man who tends his hives, mind
Chris Barembruch
Apr 93 min read


Mercy — 2026
A Movie Review By C.J. Barembruch | I Am Is and Was ™ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Own or Rent Mercy - Here Namaste. 👋 What would happen if the system you built to protect people — turned on you? That is the question sitting at the heart of Mercy. And it is not a comfortable one. In a near future Los Angeles where crime has outrun the capacity of human courts to contain it, a new solution has been deployed. The Mercy Court. An AI judge — cold, pre
Chris Barembruch
Apr 93 min read


The Avatar James Cameron (2009 — 2025)
Movie Reviews By C.J. Barembruch | I Am Is and Was ™ As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Namaste. 👋 James Cameron spent sixteen years building this trilogy (and he is not done yet.) Every frame of it shows. The Avatar franchise is one of the most visually ambitious and spiritually rich stories ever committed to film. Three movies. One complete arc. A world so fully realized that you will find yourself thinking about Pandora long after the screen goes da
Chris Barembruch
Apr 25 min read
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