“Live Free or Die Hard” is really fun. It’s got action, cast, plot (though sometimes implausible), humor and, well, just more and more action. But what really makes the movie is the authenticity and likeability of Bruce Willis’s John McClane, an ordinary cop who reminds us all of our desire to accomplish great things against…

Germany is now saying “Wilkommen” to Tom Cruises’ production of “Valkyrie,” reports Reuters. Although the production is ruffling feathers of the heirs of the film’s protagonist, Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, and German politicians, it seems that money speaks louder than words, even words spoken a mere three days ago. Germany’s Defense Ministry is backing…

I was completely obsessed with the famous French singer Edith Piaf when I was in high school. I would spend hours and hours playing her records until I could do a passable imitation of “Non, je ne regrette rien” in front of my bedroom mirror. Although I was too young to have the regrets mentioned…

The Associated Press (via MSNBC.com) is reporting that Germany has declared filming at certain military sites “verboten” for a future Tom Cruise film–thanks to his affiliation with Scientology, which the German governement does not recognize as a religion, but as a cult. “Valkyrie,” which tells the story of the unsuccessful assassination attempt of Adolph Hitler…

More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners