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March 2008

March 10, 2008

D & D Obit…

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died last week. I never got into Dungeons...

February 2008

February 24, 2008

80 Oscar 08

I thought about live blogging the 2008 Oscars, but of course, got too caught up...

February 05, 2008

More Nominations…

Rumor has it the writers' strike will end later this week. Apparently, the big issues...

January 2008

January 22, 2008

It's That Time of Year Again…Maybe…

The Oscar Nominees have been announced, even though the awards show hangs in the balance....

January 22, 2008

Facing Controversy…

In my research on the resurgence of contemporary religious cinema in the United States, one...

January 22, 2008

Takin' It To the Streets…

Talk about the relationship between religion, film, and pop culture. Two Welsh brothers have taken...

December 2007

December 26, 2007

Digital Prayers…

I came across this interesting article today in the San Francisco Chronicle about outsourcing Hindu...

November 2007

November 30, 2007

One More Week…

That's right. One more week and The Golden Compass hits theaters, much to the chagrin...

November 29, 2007

Tragic…

I've been thinking quite a bit about sports and religion lately and am working on...

October 2007

October 06, 2007

A Cinematic Change…

Thanks to Alex Carpenter for pointing out this video. Jeff Skoll made his fortune ($2...

October 05, 2007

As if they couldn't get any better…

The Colorado Rockies have certainly provided some exciting moments for this year's MLB playoffs and...

October 03, 2007

And for something completely different…

Manohla Dargis, a film critic for the New York Times, has a review of an...

August 2007

August 19, 2007

$40 Million: Take Two

WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS POST UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE, $40 MILLION...

July 2007

July 09, 2007

Real-world Redemption…

While it's nice to find images of truth, beauty, redemption, etc. in popular culture, it's...

June 2007

June 07, 2007

Granny Games?

We've seen a couple of articles on video games that challenge the couch potato stereotype....

May 2007

May 20, 2007

Two Interesting Articles…

I came across these two extremely thought provoking articles in The San Francisco Chronicle today....

May 06, 2007

Not Your Parents' Evangelicals

Here is a great article that follows up on our post about Dr. J. Matthew...

May 01, 2007

Aronofsky's Ark

As if making a film about eternal life, The Fountain, wasn't enough, director Darren Aronofsky...

April 2007

April 30, 2007

Rush Fire?

Don Imus is long gone for the moment for his, in part, racist comments. I...

April 30, 2007

Healthy Video Games?

With the overwhelming popularity of Nintendo's new console, the Wii, more people are playing video...

April 17, 2007

A Great Opportunity or Just Opportunistic?

Here's an interesting article on a media conference coming up this week in California that...

April 07, 2007

HOPE

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly is simply a fantastic television news magazine that unfortunately every PBS...