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When the CBS network airs The American Film Institute’s “Top Ten” movies for every genre, one of the more interesting and popular choices will be for the “Fantasy” category. The ballot is a As the AFI says it, Fantasy is a genre “where live-action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules…

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.…

Move over Miley Cyrus, because there’s a new girl at Disney who is carving out an image as a chaste role model for teens. Selena Gomez, star of the series “Wizards of Waverly Place” has told the tabloid show “Extra” that she asked her father for a promise ring because she is promising her family…

In classic roles in movies from the 90s, they seemed untouchably young, virile, and sane. Mel had the eyes and that amazing, charming, mischievous smile. But Patrick had the dancer’s bod, and was the kind of guy who’d dance with a girl even if her first words were “I carried a watermelon.” But in recent…

What?! The devil is not the greatest threat to salvation? Watch this funny news report from “Family Guy.”

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…

The streets of Jerusalem have been known for centuries: from the stones that speak ancient rhymes to people from different religions as well as for its prophets and would-be prophets, its farmers-turned-kings, and shepherds-turned-leaders. And on Friday afternoon (on which most people don’t work–it’s like an American Sunday), most people are running around town trying…

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…

There’s a new tongue-in-cheek religion website and its sacrilegious name is Disbeliefnet.com. You may notice similarites to our site (especially in the logo and eCards designs), to The Onion (for its irreverent humor), and Slate.com (in its heavy-handed “news” coverage). The site is a marketing tool created by Lionsgate to promote “Religulous,” an upcoming documentary…
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