music
Classic Music Album “Boulders” Rereleased

One of the great albums of the rock and roll era was rereleased yesterday after 34 years. ...

commerce
“High School Musical 2” Grabs Record Audience

If you need any demonstration of the amazing cultural power of tweeners (young people exit...

commerce
“Superbad” Opens Big

 The raunchy coming-of-age comedy Superbad opened big at the box office this past wee...

books
Rowling Along on Mystery Novel

J. K. Rowling, author of the mega-bestselling Harry Potter books, is writing a detective n...

television
TNT’s “The Company” Depicts Security Dilemmas

Tomorrow night brings the conclusion of The Company, a three-part, six-hour miniseries on ...

manners-and-morals
Free Will, Determinism, and Pop Culture

The central moral issue of the past century was whether a traditional (in fact, millennias...

television
More Changes Reported for Fox “House” TV Series

The popular Fox TV series House, M.D. implied major changes at the end of the last season ...

television
“Desperate Housewives” Goes “Gay”

The popular ABC TV series Desperate Housewives will add two homosexual characters to its r...

uncategorized
Governors Win the Presidency

Look back into the history of the past century, and one U.S. political-cultural truth is e...

commerce
The Perversion of Tolerance

Today on National Review Online, American Enterprise Institute education policy studies di...

commerce
Rush Hour 3 Draws Big Audiences

The Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker action comedy Rush Hour 3, reviewed positively on this site l...

theater
A Disco Nativity

Who knows but that a disco Nativity is just the thing that might bring the Gospel message ...

theater
Making Fun of Muslim Politics

A sign of hope for the UK: a group of jesters at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has put on ...

movies
A Real Jackie Chan Film

Having been rather disappointed by Rush Hour 2, the sequel to the immensely popular Jackie...

uncategorized
A Gay Event for Democrat Presidential Contenders

Last night the Democrat candidates for the party's presidential nomination held a debate i...

commerce
Three Summer Series Renewed

USA Network has renewed its superb espionage comedy-drama Burn Notice, according to a repo...

commerce
ABC Is “Gayest” TV Network—Study

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has declared that the U.S. televis...

mysteries
Spike TV’s Show “Murder” and the Need to Police the Police

Another interesting summer TV program on cable is the elegantly named series Murder, which...

commerce
Bourne Again

The Bourne Ultimatum scored the biggest August opening weekend U.S. box office take in his...

movies
The Case for Ingmar Bergman—and Against

 Thomas Hibbs has produced a strong defense of Ingmar Bergman's works, for National R...

manners-and-morals
Penn and Willis, a Study in Contrasts

Two stories in the news vividly encapsulate the astonishing gulf between left and right to...

science-fiction
ABC to Present “Masters of Science Fiction”

I'm not a big fan of science fiction, but this sounds interesting (from AP):[Masters of Sc...

uncategorized
FX’s Damages

Damages, a legal drama that premiered last week on the FX cable network, follows the now c...

movies
The Legacy of Ingmar Bergman

The Swedish film director and screenwriter Ingmar Bergman died today, at the age of 88. Be...

uncategorized
A Black Eye on Professional Sports

Barry Bonds' 754th home run, one short of Hank Aaron's lifetime record for Major League Ba...

movies
Origin of a Famous Movie Line

One of the most famous lines of movie dialogue of all time is Clint Eastwood's question, &...

movies
The Simpsons Movie

If you ever liked the Simpsons TV series, you'll enjoy The Simspsons Movie. It's basically...

commerce
Best-Reviewed Film of the Year

The best-reviewed movie of the first half of the year was . . .Ratatouille.So reports the ...

music
One Smart Rock ‘n’ Roller

Not all rock stars are  mindless sybarites. Brian May, the superb guitarist for the h...

television
More Thoughts on “Saving Grace”

"Bubba," a regular reader of this site, has sent us his thoughts on the new TNT ...

commerce
An Immorality Play

The Adam Sandler comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry was the top U.S. box office at...

commerce
TV Tackles the Sensate Culture

Summer has become the main season for cable TV networks to premiere new series and special...

philosophy
Christianity on Rise in Europe

The many Americans who think atheistic, socialistic Europe is the greatest place in the wo...