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I have been pretty much MIA at the cineplex this summer. There just hasn’t been much that has made me feel I absolutely had to give up my beach time to go to the theater. But I am rushing to the theaters today to see a movie that holds great promise– “WALL-E.”. The story of…

After reading the New York Times’ excellent review of ABC Family’s newest quirky, squeaky-clean series, “The Middleman,” by Susan Stewart–it’s basically an ode–I quickly DVR’d the pilot I missed from last week and set up the cable to catch epsiode two. Well, heck! It was such a good decision! Title character Matt Keeslar who plays…

Watch the trailer for the new animated movie, “Wall-e” about the last robot on Earth whose job it is to clean up all the trash humans have left behind. The film hits theaters today. embedVideo(1631227929);

Parvez Sharma, an Indian-American documentary filmmaker, is gay and Muslim. Sharma’s feature length documentary, “A Jihad for Love,” which opened in New York last month, is a brave and a powerful film exploring how some Muslim gay men and lesbian women around the world reconcile their sexuality and faith despite threats of persecution. It is…

James Patterson. Nora Roberts. Paulo Coelho. Stephanie Meyer. All names I would expect to find on the New York Times best-sellers list. But the current publishing buzz surrounds the number one soft-cover fiction book in the country right now– a book with the inauspicious title of “The Shack.” The book was originally a self-published effort…

Our friends, Christian rockers P.O.D., are offering you a chance to download their upcoming single, “Shine with Me”–set to hit radio July 15–for free, from now until September 30. Click on the photo below to download the song, and when you’re finished, be sure to click here to read our new interview with P.O.D.’s lead…

Check out New York Times reporter Nate Chinen’s live music review of lead singer Jim James of the band My Morning Jacket who, Chinen calls, a “cheeky Shaman” and describes his music as “music to get lost in, body and soul.” Among other things, Chinen comments: “Mr. James obviously understands the shamanistic side of his…

When you think of Barbie, you think of unrealistic body proportions that create insecurity in girls and promote an unattainable and superficial beauty ideal. When you think of Bratz, you think of those enormous eyes, and a wardrobe that you’d never wish on your daughter. But now there’s a doll for Jews who are concerned…

The upcoming FoxFaith feature Moondance Alexander is all about figuring out God’s plan for your life. If you have a great story to tell us about a time when you understood God’s plan for you, tell us about it and you might be featured in an upcoming Beliefnet story! Oh, and don’t worry about word…

I know my fellow Idol Chatter blogger Doug Howe has urged everyone to stay home and wait for the “Get Smart” DVD, but I roundly disagree! I too, saw “Get Smart” on its premier weekend and I not only loved every minute of it (and laughed so hard I was almost in tears at several…
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