M. Night Shyamalan’s movies—”The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” “Signs”—have been touted to me as spiritual explorations posing as standard supernatural thrillers. I’ve always seen them the other way around: the aliens banging on the roof, the spooked-up kids, the “Twilight Zone” plots all came with precious little to say about the nature of life or heaven:…

One week from tonight, on the CBS network (not just cable, so this is a big deal!), the American Film Institute is naming its “Top Ten” movies—one from each genre—as part of its “100 Years, 100 Movies” campaign. The genres are as follows: Animation, Fantasy, Romanic Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western, Gangster, Sports, Courtroom Drama, Mystery, Epic.…

If you’re like me and you’re already burned out on CGI-laden blockbusters at the cineplex, I have the perfect movie anecdote for you— though it may be hard to find. The coming-of-age story “Son of Rambow” is in limited release at the moment, but this delightful tale will no doubt find a wider audience this…

As you may have read in Sherry Huang’s Idol Chatter post yesterday, a new parody website, Disbeliefnet.com, has just launched. Designed as a marketing tool promoting Bill Maher’s upcoming documentary, “Religulous”–which will explore the problems with religion in the world– the site is essentially an Onionified version of Beliefnet. I recently received an email “prayer…

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