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The only movie I haven’t been able to cross off my Oscar nominated must-see list has been the dark, sweeping, would-be epic, “There will be Blood.” I’ve had plenty of opportunities to listen to the rave reviews as well as some sharp criticism of Paul Michael Anderson’s (“Magnolia,” “Boogie Nights”) period drama about a misanthropic,…

There’s a serious ethical issue that surrounds this year’s presidential campaign. No, it’s not pulling out of the war in Iraq or universal healthcare, but a little thing known as campaign music clearance, a point illustrated once again by Democrat John Mellencamp asking Republican John McCain to stop using his music as a rallying cry…

Sure, you’ve heard of the Academy Awards–and maybe even the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards–but what about the Beliefnet Film Awards? Every year, Beliefnet honors the best spiritual films, performances, and documentaries in our very own feature. Now’s your chance to honor the very best spiritual films and actors of 2007. Click here to learn…

Entertainment Weekly’s current feature—the Top Twenty Most Appalling Shows Ever—provides a reminder of how bad television can get. No matter how bad we’ve gotten in this writers’ strike, it’s actually been worse while the writers were available! (Though not by much…) “Jail” took us into O.J.’s cell, sort of like a web-cam on real TV.…

Fifteen years ago I hardly analyzed what it meant for me to be an American Muslim. I was Muslim, I was American, it was difficult at times being both. But hey, it wasn’t that big a deal. And when I declared my intentions to study journalism in college, the only redeemable thing my parents thought…

As a singleton who recently survived one of my least favorite holidays, I know this list is going to sound incredibly jaded. But I am not bashing all romantic comedies.There is nothing wrong with an occasional harmless diversion into that blissful, though temporal, land of romance. (I’ve watched “Bridget Jones” as often as any female…

A picture too cute not to share: my daughter, the pop-culture junkie, reading Entertainment Weekly at the tender age of 13 months. Look for her to join the roster of bloggers at Idol Chatter c.2026.

Evangelical Christians and conservative Catholics gnash their teeth a lot about how Hollywood corrupts youth and demoralizes the faithful. But if it’s true that the enemy of your enemy is your friend, Hollywood and conservative Christians, who’ve both been putting the hate on scientific rationalism lately, should get along just fine.

For a long time now, Chabad, along with many others concerned about the subtle and not-so-subtle influences of pop culture, has been unequivocal about television watching as a harmful, mind-numbing pastime. But that didn’t stop the medium from turning its focus on a Chasidic baal teshuva—a secular Jew who chooses to live a Torah-observant life.…

Unless you’ve had your head in the cosmic dust, you’ve probably heard that the next movie in the “Star Wars” series is due out this August. And, you’ve heard of the two potentially controversial decisions made by creator George Lucas. First, he’s decided to make the films animated. Second, he’s going to be bringing future…
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