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Cheaper by the Dozen II

My kids are pulling hard to see this one, which we'll probably do next week. I found this overview from the LA Times [http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-cheaper21dec21,0,5019930.story?coll=cl-home-more-channels] helpful: > Sam Harper's clever script turns upon a universal tug,

Real Life Brokebacks

The New York Times has gone out and found a few real, live gay cowboys in Wyoming and has painted the same old story: these are real men, normal men, rodeo men. There might be lots of them. But, of course, the rough-and-tumble homophobes in Wyoming repress such natural and

Brokeback

Jimmy Akin takes apart the USCCB's gushing review of Brokeback Mountain. [http://www.jimmyakin.org/2005/12/the_brokeback_m.html] He's dead-on.

Cruisin' into Scientology

Fascinating piece at the LA Times this morning about Tom Cruise and Scientology [http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-scientology18dec18,0,2963052.story?coll=la-home-headlines] . The group's most powerful leader, David Miscavige, went to great lengths to court Cruise, and Cruise is hitting the greatest heights of Scientology. Excerpts:

Brokeback II

I guess the USCCB has already been criticized for its review. Link [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=5643]. The review I linked to earlier had already been toned down. The first one must've really drooled with appreciation.

Brokeback

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for Film and Broadcasting has written a troubling review [http://www.usccb.org/movies/b/brokebackmountain.shtml] of Brokeback Mountain. Undoubtedly written to be as objective as possible, it fails to mention the particularly disturbing thing: the film is meant to break

Virtual Economy

The Economist takes a look at the on-line gaming world that has spawned a real world economic sector. Link [http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5300059]. Excerpt: > Millions of people now spend several hours a week immersed in “massively multiplayer online role-playing games” (MMORPGs). These are

Broken Tinsel

J. James Estrada at the Spero Blog weighs in on Tinsel Town's box office problem. Link [http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=127&idArticle=2287] . Excerpt: > Last year, Hollywood ignored Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ at awards

Bowling Making a Comeback?

Bowling might be making a comeback, but it's going to look different. It's called "boutique bowling," and it's tony. It's not my style, but bowling with beer is a good time, no matter how you glitz it. WaPo Link [http:

Children's Cable

> Yielding to pressure from regulators, lawmakers and interest groups, the country's biggest cable companies say they expect to introduce packages of family-friendly channels as early as the first quarter of 2006. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/business/media/13cable.html?adxnnl=1&