The Cinema Scribe is a bi-weekly show hosted by Author Brent Marchant. Brent will focus on a specific movie each week and use its context for explaining what some call "law of attraction" and what Brent calls "conscious creation". This is a perfect show for those who enjoy going to the movies and learning how to create our realities.
Latest episodes
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13 min
Heartwarming French Comedy-Drama “The Marching Band”
Fostering brotherly love isn’t always easy, especially when siblings differ from one another or, more fundamentally, when they are unaware of one another’s existence. But sometimes…
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14 min
Three LGBTQ+ Releases from Reeling 2026
LGBTQ+ cinema has made tremendous strides in recent years. As groundbreaking as they once were, however, the tried-and-true narratives that dominated the genre in its early years g…
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14 min
Cinema Scribe Reviews Late Fame
Well-meaning optimists often nudge us to believe that it’s never too late to discover (or rediscover) our respective callings in life (and sometimes they’re right). At a time when…
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15 min
Spielbergian Thrill Ride “The End of Oak Street”
Movies about second chances are fairly common fare in the world of cinema. They offer opportunities to explore themes like redemption and forgiveness. These notions usually appear…
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19 min
Love Stories “Magic Hour” and “Departures”
The hope most of us hold for romantic comedy-dramas is that everything will ultimately work out in the end. But, in real life, relationships don’t always turn out that way. So when…
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17 min
Bio-Documentary of Actor-Comedian Martin Short
Celebrities are often regarded as vain, narcissistic, self-absorbed, and unapologetically materialistic, consumed with their own ambitions, the center of attention, and lining thei…
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16 min
Hilarious Comedy-Drama "The Invite"
Nineteenth-century Irish novelist, playwright, and raconteur Oscar Wilde, widely known for his witticisms and observations about life, is generally credited with the following argu…
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21 min
Sci-Fi Thriller "Disclosure Day" Review
“Disclosure” can be an awfully loaded word, one that carries connotations on multiple levels, nearly always with personally meaningful ramifications. However, those implications ma…
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17 min
Crime Romance “Tuner” Movie Review
It’s often been observed that “order comes out of chaos,” a notion that might seem counterintuitive but frequently rings true. It’s also something that can be seen in a variety of…
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17 min
Fact-Based Comedy-Drama "I Swear"
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, because you just might be surprised by what’s inside. The content may readily defy observations and expectations in unanticipated…
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15 min
Comedy-Drama-Character Study “La Grazia” Movie Review
As we approach the finish lines of our lives, we often take time to reflect on how we’ve spent the years of our existence. It’s a process that allows us to take stock of who we are…
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12 min
"The Chaplain & the Doctor" and "Your Attention Please" Movie Reviews
Social issues frequently provide considerable fodder for documentary features. especially when they address hot-button issues that are on the minds of many of us and have the poten…
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17 min
Romantic Comedy-Drama “Is This Thing On?”
No matter how much we may care for our significant others, we sometimes appear to experience issues with them that threaten the future of our relationships. The love between us mig…
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16 min
Delightful But Troubling Documentary “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
Courage comes in many forms, some of them plainly apparent and others seemingly unlikely. Ironically, it’s those emboldened but unsuspecting heroes who often end up achieving the g…
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20 min
Spiritual Relationship Drama "Midwinter Break"
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17 min
Oscar-Nominated Documentary "Viva Verdi!"
One of the most inspiring messages I’ve run across in my life maintains that “The greatest joy is in creation,” a message that, ironically, came my way via a Chinese fortune cookie…
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18 min
Coming-of-Age Drama “The Plague”
Anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of a bully’s wrath can understand the hurt, anxiety, and self-esteem issues that frequently accompany such physical and emotional trau…
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14 min
Heartfelt Story of Recovery “Rebuilding”
When the slate gets involuntarily wiped clean, we generally have two choices available to us: (1) walking away and starting anew or (2) attempting to rebuild. Both options usually…
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19 min
Domestic Comedy-Drama “Sentimental Value” Movie Review
Forgiveness is one of the most challenging but potentially rewarding exercises in which we can engage. Mustering up the courage and gumption to take on this task may be difficult,…
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18 min
Movie Review of Comedy-Drama “Eleanor the Great”
We’ve all been taught the wisdom behind the notion of “honesty is the best policy.” It’s sound, solid guidance that’s nearly always appropriate (provided it’s not carried to an unh…