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Brad Pitt tries to build a better blockbuster
During the years Hollywood shifted toward increasingly bigger spectacles and superhero tentpoles, one of the movies' biggest stars largely stayed on the sidelines, focusing instead on ambitious ensembles and unlikely dramas .
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Twins born 2 years after twister called 'blessing'
When the April 27, 2011, tornado hit Holt, Alshakenya Hughes ran to her home's bathroom for safety along with her then 1-year-old daughter, her boyfriend and their 7-week old son, Kaiden.
Mind Meld: Love In the Time of Apocalypsea
Love In the midst of apocalypsewhether it be an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic scenario, or a dystopian one, such as in The Hunger Games , or just amidst things blowing up, etc, our need to find a partner to share the angst is still a strong one.
Here's How This Is The End Was Originally Supposed To End
When we first heard about Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's directorial debut This is the End , we were on the fence about how it would turn out.
Chapter 7, Christian Insecurity: The ever-delayed Second Coming of Jesus
"Catholic Christians have always believed that Jesus Christ would come back to close the current period of human history in earth.
Fred Rich: Breaking News: 34% of Your Fellow Citizens Want a Theocracy
It's been just over a year since the American public observed -- many of us with morbid fascination and increasing alarm -- the Republican primary debates of the last election.
Rating: PG-13 Length: 116 minutes Release Date: June 21, 2013 Directed by: Marc Forster Genre: Horror/Action/Drama Stars: 3.5 out of 5 It's the end of the world as three billion people morph into rage-filled, fast-paced zombies intent on shredding all living flesh into a smorgasbord of bite-sized snack food.
The Civilizational Significance of Zombies
Independent of its film adaptation, Max Brooks's 2006 novel World War Z is high literature: a case study in what mankind gains when forced to confront annihilation.
Many books have been written on End Times prophecy. For those unfamiliar with the term, it refers to the events that Christians believe will occur at the end of the world as we know it.
Does the Bible Predict God's End-Times Destruction of Syria...
Does the Bible Predict God's End-Times Destruction of Syria - and Is Prophesy About to Unfold Before Our Eyes? As the situation in Syria intensifies and the United Nations reports that 93,000 civilians have been killed since 2011, the United States is taking increased action .
Black Sabbath's dark forces triumph over Rod, and other popular gods | Dave Simpson
An enduring fanbase helped the heavy metallers to No 1 in the album charts again after 43 years in an era of manufactured pop Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath celebrate the release of 13 in New York.
Seth Rogen, desperately seeking salvation
It's as filthy as any of the Judd Apatow films he's been in, but Seth Rogen hopes his apocalypse comedy This Is The End could be his salvation.
The Canon of Scripture [Ecumenical]
Protestants, Catholics, and most Orthodox agree now 1 that the New Testament should consist at least of the 27 Books that the Catholic Church determined were canonical, but the Protestant Old Testament is lacking 7 entire books 2 , 3 chapters of Daniel and 6 chapters of Esther, leaving them with 66 incomplete books while Catholic Bibles have 73 ... (more)
2014 Gubernatorial Races: An Early Take - Part 5 [Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio]
If ever there was a region where incumbent Republican governors can experience the great GOP gubernatorial apocalypse, it is the upper Midwest.
'Man of Steel' And Hollywood's Tired Obsession With Dark Superheroes
"Man of Steel" opens nationwide this weekend, and with it, Zack Snyder has given Superman Hollywood's standard 21st-century makeover.
This Is the End and The Bling Ring
Two movies opening this week - Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's This Is the End - give us a present-day Los Angeles that's at once comic and nightmarish, the Hollywood dream capital turned moral hellscape.
This is the end? Staten Island pastors address apocalyptic themes in movies
A recent spate of end-of-the-world theme movies, including the Seth Rogen comedy "This is the End" which opened this week, has Staten Island pastors weighing in our the fascination with the apocalypse.
Lots of Movies This Week Blur the Line Between Fiction and Reality
Why go out? Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, and Jay Baruchel stay home for the apocalypse in This Is the End .
The idea of an Earth-bound fistfight between a foul-mouthed God and equally lewd Satan, complete with shots to the groin, sounds anarchic and wild.
Marked for humiliating failure, WWZ is surprisingly good
United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is threatening to decimate humanity itself.