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Arthur Christmas: A Delightful Holiday Film | Print |  
Written by Raven Clabough   
Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:50

Arthur Christmas adds a whole new spin to the classic tale of Santa’s busy Christmas Eve as the deliverer of presents and joy to every child in the world. In this version, Santa Claus is simply a figurehead, and the true genius behind the success of Christmas Eve is Santa's eldest son, Steve, and the millions of elves found in Santa’s highly technological workshop.

 
Latest "Twilight" Saga Will Please Only Avid Fans | Print |  
Written by Raven Clabough   
Monday, 21 November 2011 16:19

Breaking Dawn, part one of the final installment of the Twilight movie saga, brought in $139.5 million in its major North American box office debut. The film, though essentially just a teen flick, proved satisfactory to its most avid fans — which is about all that can be expected from a series about a girl who chooses to love and wed a vampire.

 
Missouri Professors Scoff at Twilight's Traditionalist Message | Print |  
Written by Isabel Lyman   
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 16:09

This weekend, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, will premiere at a theater near you.

The quirky fictional romance about an ordinary teenager named Bella Swan, who moves to Forks, Washington and falls for a vampire named Edward Cullen (who looks seventeen but was born in 1901), also features Jacob Black, a shape-shifting teen who can transform himself into a wolf and who loves Bella.

 
J. Edgar Takes a Close Look at J. Edgar Hoover's Career | Print |  
Written by Raven Clabough   
Friday, 11 November 2011 23:00

J. Edgar HooverIt is predictable that J. Edgar takes a less than favorable approach to J. Edgar Hoover, founder and director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Hollywood never did embrace anti-communist stalwarts. However, this production’s treatment of Hoover is somewhat surprising seeing as it was directed by Clint Eastwood, typically a more conservative-minded presence in Hollywood. J. Edgar is expectedly an entertaining and engaging film, given the impeccable cast and direction, but its somewhat unfair depiction of Hoover undermines its overall quality.

 
James Wesley Rawles' New Book: "Survivors" | Print |  
Written by James Heiser   
Monday, 07 November 2011 18:15

The inherent political and economic instability of our present time has been the subject of many books, some of which are marketed as fiction, while others are presented as nonfiction. As is often the case in times of civilizational crisis, the authors of fiction may actually have a more realistic understanding of the actual "facts on the ground" — and the substantial causes of a civilization’s woes — than is presented by the self-described political elite in their purportedly factual writings. Thus, for example, historians may wear themselves out debating the historical accuracy of speeches recorded by Herodotus or Thucydides — what actually matters the most, to the modern reader, is that such speeches present him with an opportunity to reflect upon the Permanent Things.