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Category Archives: Popular Culture
Great Jewish Movie Ideas
I really feel like Alyssa Rosenberg, the Culture Blogger for the Center for American Progress, is sort of trespassing on my territory with this post listing five great Jewish stories that should be made into movies. It’s not that I … Continue reading
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Passover, Freedom, and Two Movies
Just in time for Passover, I watched two movies that were about freedom. Actually, they’re not really about freedom at all, but because Passover is neigh, I could not help reacting to the subtle threads that connected these two disparate … Continue reading
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On Bounties and the Saints
As regular readers of this blog (thanks, Michael!) know, I swore off football for last year. On the heels of my hiatus came the news that the New Orleans Saints had been very bad boys and girls (okay, mostly boys) … Continue reading
Reviewing The Hunger Games
As is customary, I will say that this post contains spoilers to the movie and the book of The Hunger Games. I knew The Hunger Games movie was going to be big when it seemed like everywhere I went … Continue reading
Hoping For a Ben Wade Noah
As regular readers (all 3 of you, thanks Mom!) of this blog are no doubt aware, I like movies a lot. I also am a fan of the Bible, so Bible movies are pretty much in my wheelhouse. (If only … Continue reading
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Thinking About “The Hunger Games”
This Friday, the much-anticipated movie, The Hunger Games, arrives in theaters. It will no doubt be a big hit. (Some are even predicting a huge 100 million dollar opening weekend.) Having read the book (by Suzan Collins) upon which the … Continue reading
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Israel on the TV
Alyssa Rosenberg, a culture blogger at Think Progress, notes that Israeli television is becoming quite a source for American popular culture: The Hollywood Reporter notes that New Regency’s just signed a deal that lets it have first crack at content … Continue reading
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A Movie Moses We Can Believe In
I guess if you have to make a movie about Moses, it makes some sense to have Steven Spielberg direct it. But I have to say, this description of the Moses movie is not at all heartening: Steven Spielberg is … Continue reading