Maggie Gallagher on Million Dollar Baby: Clint Eastwood’s "Million Dollar Baby," which is nominated for seven of the statuettes, is an extraordinary movie that forces us to ask the question: How do you get liberal elites cheering a movie that lovingly...
It looks like Marilyn Manson may be the next to play Jesus in the movies. According to In Touch magazine, Manson is scheduled to play a pot-smoking Jesus Christ in George Romero’s new film Diamond Dead.”The reason we thought Marilyn would be interesting...
I got a kick out of this weeks People Magazine cover story on faith in Hollywood. By chronically the religious practices of several stars, the writers tried to make the point that even in supposedly pagan Tinseltown there is plenty of spirituality. Well, that may be,...
One of the major draws of Mel Gibson’s Passion seems to have been the emotional effect it has had on people. Journalists have recorded again and again how people have left the theater crying. Now this is not necessarily a bad thing, but as I argue below (see Feb...
Here is a great commentary about Jesus and The Passion, from the LA Times no less (free subscription required).
Perhaps my favorite part of The Passion was in the Garden of Gethsemene when Jesus stomps the serpent’s head. Awsome allusion to Genesis 3:15 and one of the only images in the movie that showed the fuller picture of Jesus. He isn’t just the meek and mild...
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