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For the record: David Gordon Green wants you to be surprised. So if you’re planning to see his target=”_blank”>adaptation of “Snow Angels,” wait until after you’ve left the theater to read Stewart O’Nan’s novel, which discloses a key plot point on the fourth page. This device works in the literary framework but will, according to…

How many times have you asked yourself, when reading a newspaper headline, “What were they thinking?” Sure Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s head-scratching admission to patronizing a prostitute elicited the most furrowed brows this week, but it was TMZ.com’s report of pro-life protesters disrupting last Saturday’s Hollywood premiere of Dr. Seuss’ “Horton Hears a Who!” that really…

If you haven’t already seen it yet, be sure to check out our new U2 gallery, comprised of spiritual and inspirational quotes and lyrics from Bono and company, along with fabulous photos from their new movie, “U2 3D.” And, be sure to check out these other cool U2 features: U2 in 3D: Music to Change…

Delightful is the best word to describe “Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day,” a gem of a period film starring Amy Adams as the zany Delysia Lafosse, an aspiring actress, and Frances McDormand as Miss Pettigrew, a governness turned social secretary overnight. I loved Amy Adams so much in “Enchanted” that I’d be willing to…

If you’re a fan of Christian Contemporary and praise and worship music, have we got the collection for you! Our friends over at Time Life sent us five box sets of “Songs 4 Ever: The Ultimate Christian Music Collection.” The set is comprised of 10 CDs, featuring hit songs by Amy Grant, Kathy Troccoli, Michael…

With the recent discovery that yet another memoir to hit the bookshelves was entirely fabricated, the latest being “Love and Consequences”–the Margaret A. Jones tall tale of being raised by a gang-banging foster family which led to her life of drug-running–it seems that a new literary trend is upon us, one signaling that we are…

When I saw this article as a link in one of my daily media e-newsletters, I could barely believe the title. Was it that it was “too soon” for a fictionalized account of Heath Ledger’s final days, or was the whole idea wildly inappropriate, however many months or years pass since Ledger’s January death? I…

As we all know, representatives for Patrick Swayze recently announced that the “Dirty Dancing” actor has pancreatic cancer, but allayed the initial rumors that he has mere weeks to live. Now the New York Times is reporting that the actor’s diagnosis “may bring attention to a neglected cancer,” which claims the lives of nearly 35,000…

Just when I have almost no faith left that the networks will value the primetime drama over cheaply-produced reality show garbage, I find a glimmer of hope on the television horizon. Though the fictional Dillon Panthers never finished their second football season on the tube this year, the acclaimed cult drama “Friday Night Lights” will…

Before I start this entry, let me just say that Orthodox Jews are not against music. To the contrary, music figures prominently in liturgical recitations, holiday celebrations, and of course at bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings, and other family simchas (occasions of happiness). That said, there is a lot of concern from various ultra-Orthodox groups about the…
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