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Mel Gibson’s Book of Revelation
By
mkress
Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto” is a story about pagan Mayan Indians who offer ghastly human sacrifice to their gods, hunt tapirs to bloody deaths, and fill their leisure hours playing bawdy practical jokes on each other. It is also a deeply Christian movie, as devotional in its own way as “The Passion of the Christ,” and…
The Sixth Coming of Rocky
By
Paul O'Donnell
Full disclosure: I have run to the top of the steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, extended my arms, and bounced on my toes while da-da-dah-ing “Gonna Fly Now,” the theme to “Rocky.” I felt ridiculous and, yes, exhilarated, but not for a second was I mindful of Christ’s victory over death on the…
In Iran: Sex, Lies, and Videotape
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dali
Paris Hilton was plagued last year by the wide-spread internet distribution of a private video, as was Pamela Anderson more than 10 years ago. But while these actors (if you can call them actors) faced humiliation, the loss of privacy, and being the butt of numerous jokes, it’s nothing like what Sahra Amir Ebrahimi is…
‘Apocalypto’: Blame It on the Jews
By
mkress
A funny (if somewhat low-blow) fake movie trailer from SNL explains what those Mayans are really saying:
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