10 examples of theocracy in movies and TV illustrate the many forms of the inescapably authoritarian communion between religion and government.
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Lupita Tovar in Santa: Mexican actress is best remembered for her appearance in the 1931 Spanish-language version of Dracula. Lupita Tovar turns 103: Actress starred in Spanish-language ‘Dracula’ & in…
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Robert Pattinson: Mission Blacklist. Robert Pattinson Mission: Blacklist movie: Filming in August? Mission: Blacklist is not the upcoming fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise starring Tom Cruise. For the…
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Beautiful Disaster acquired by Warner Bros. The film rights to Jamie McGuire’s Beautiful Disaster, (initially) a self-published novel, has been acquired by Warner Bros. McGuire’s story has been described as…
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Emily Browning, Sleeping Beauty. Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty divided critics at the Cannes Film Festival – while reminding some of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Presented by Jane Campion, Sleeping…
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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson kiss: Bella attempts to seduce Edward in David Slade’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse May 13: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s kiss in the picture above…
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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. While Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart fall in love in this midsummer day’s dream, director David Slade is busy at work on the Twilight Saga:…
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New Moon with Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Kristen Stewart. The second installment in The Twilight Saga movie franchise, New Moon has surpassed expectations, having become one of the biggest…
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The Golden Compass with Nicole Kidman as the powerful and (most likely) untrustworthy Mrs. Coulter. Is Chris Weitz’s bowdlerized film version of Phillip Pullman’s Northern Lights anti-Catholic and/or anti-Christian? In…
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Chris and Paul Weitz’s reactionary audience-pandering comedy About a Boy (2002) stars Hugh Grant as a man who tragically discovers his inner family man.
Samuel L. Jackson, The Avengers The Avengers actor Samuel L. Jackson, whose self-righteous Nick Fury looks like an amateur next to Tom Hiddleston’s brilliantly wicked Loki, has gone the…
Robert Pattinson: Actor’s box office appeal tested in Remember Me. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson box office comparison Kristen Stewart or Robert Pattinson? Who came out on top at the…