Based on the book co-penned by country legend Kenny Rogers, “Christmas in Canaan” is set in the rural town of Canaan, Texas. It’s the story of a clash between two classmates – one, a tough farm boy, and the other, a bright bookish black boy. Their relationship evolves into an unlikely friendship. The boys’ families…

Everything’s coming up zombies lately! So much so that one of my favorite New York Times op-ed columnists, Gail Collins, devoted an entire column (“The Zombie Jamboree”) to these flesh-rotting creatures recently, calling this fall “the era of zombies” and, after waxing on about the popularity of tv shows like ‘The Walking Dead’ and spoof…

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It’s really going to happen: a remake of Buffy is in the works and Joss Whedon is not a part of it! Oh the horror. How could they? Don’t they know that all of us cult Buffy fans are devotees of Joss, too? Don’t they know that what made Buffy AWESOME is the writer-producer who…

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