Of all the reviews out there, I found myself agreeing the most with a guy named Matt Bronson of creativeloafing.com, who wrote that “Sherlock Holmes” was “not a great film by any stretch of the imagination” but granted that “director Guy Ritchie’s full-speed-ahead effort still qualifies as decent holiday-season fare.” That’s about what it was:…

Did you see “Avatar“? I’ve waited to post on it so as not to give it away, or throw water on the fire of what for many seems to have been a powerful experience. I thought it was Big. New. Different. Titanic-like. But when it comes to personal connection, I didn’t get it.  Did you?…

I’ve been in a funk throughout the holiday movie season, and I’ve finally figured out why. I just haven’t been inspired much by this year’s fare. I mean, it wasn’t like there weren’t any decent movies out, but I haven’t been all that engaged by any of ’em. They’ve seemed somewhat formulaic: “Sherlock Holmes” for…

Remember the grilled cheese sandwich made famous–and holy–by the face of the Virgin Mary when it was sold for $28,000 on eBay in 2004? That faith sighting, among others, was one of the more fun and funny faith-meets-food highlights of the past decade or so. Others, as listed by The Daily Beast (“Father, Son, and…

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