King Kong
The first review I've seen says it's great:
> [Peter Jackson] has made a picture I can only describe as jaw-droppingly
brilliant: the most entertaining blockbuster movie this year.
Entertainment
Brews You Can Use IV
Actually, this is news you can use after you've had more brews than you can use:
> Three Finnish computer science students have devised a system which enables air
guitarists to hear themselves 'play'. The Virtual Air Guitar project, developed
at the Helsinki University of Technology,
JPII Movies
Reminder:
ABC's Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II airs tonight at 8:00.
CBS's Pope John Paul II airs Sunday night at 9:00 and Wednesday night at 8:00.
WaPo pans ABC's (a "dry downer") and praises
More C.S.L.
Mark Brumley at Ignatius Insight Scoop also offers insight about Lewis' views
about translating Narnia onto the screen
[http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2005/11/did_lewis_oppos.html]. Excerpt:
> Now, is it correct to say that Lewis opposed a screen adaptation of the
Chronicles of Narnia? Yes
Christian Approach to Cash
Russell Moore at Touchstone has written a compelling Christian piece about
Johnny Cash [http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=18-10-018-v].
Excerpt:
> Even as a Christian, Cash was different. He sang at Billy Graham crusades and
wrote for Evangelical audiences, but he never quite fit the prevailing
saccharine
Creators of Christmas Specials
Wikipedia has an entry about Rankin/Bass
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin-Bass]. Interesting stuff for this time of
year.
Charlie Brown Christmas
Fox News has a nice little piece about the Christmas special that turns 40 this
year [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176934,00.html]. The article also has
a listing of when a handful of Christmas specials will air during the next few
weeks, though they don'
C.S. Lewis Pans LWW!
I'd never seen this, but apparently it's from a letter written by C.S. Lewis in
1959:
> As things worked out, I wasn't free to hear a single instalment of our serial
[The Magician's Nephew] except the first. What I did
Gushing Praise
A reviewer gushes over LWW.
[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/films/articles/21016346?source=Evening%20Standard&ct=5]
Excerpt from the conclusion:
> Despite the long running time (over two hours) I would recommend Narnia even for
small children. Whatever your age, this is a magical movie, and far,
Commies Against Simpsons
America's love-affair with the show is a bit much, but surely this guy is going
a little too far?
> A Russian lawyer plans to take his case against The Simpsons to the European
Court of Human Rights.
> It comes after a Moscow Court rejected Igor Smykov&