My review of “Milk,” the new bio-pic about gay-rights activist Harvey Milk starring Sean Penn, pointed out that the movie was like one of those nesting dolls, showing in theaters just as the Prop 8 vote in California sparked actual gay-rights protests outside the theaters. There’s another layer to “Milk,” however, that was too inside-baseball…

The timing of the release of a movie that centers around a woman who is perpetually upbeat, no matter the circumstances, is pretty intriguing to me to say the least. Just as I thought the eccentric but heartwarming “Lars and the Real Girl” was last year’s cinematic litmus test of an audience’s cynical side, so…

While I don’t like this particular blogger’s attitude–nor do I agree with what he says–I can’t help but share this post I found about the “10 Things Twilight Teaches Teenage Boys About Teenage Girls” by Kevin Kelly. Kelly claims that, in theaters showing “Twilight,” “A lot of those teens are going to be of the…

Sure, Thanksgiving is over, but the holiday entertaining season is just beginning. Break out the Yule logs, whip up a bowl of eggnog, bake some gingerbread cookies, and hold the fruit cake. Have trouble getting in touch with your inner Martha Stewart? Don’t worry. Hachette Book Group has provided Beliefnet with 5 sets of books…

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