IMAX Theaters Avoid Evolution

The large-screen IMAX format is encountering difficulty—not in terms of technology, but in terms of science and religion. Science documentaries that mention evolution are finding it more difficult to gain distribution at the nation’s IMAX theaters, according to...

Poker on TV Continues Popularity

“Texas Hold ’em” is now as trendy as Britney Spears due to the popularity and proliferation of poker on television. In yet another sure sign of Americans’ increasing devotion to leisure activities, watching poker on television is becoming as...

Jesus Might Star in NBC Series

CBS has God in its primetime lineup, and NBC might get Jesus. The peacock network is developing a drama called “The Book of Daniel”—featuring a modern-day Jesus who helps a troubled minister—as a potential addition to its 2005-06 roster of shows, according...

Spirituality Site Launches ‘Narnia’ Coverage

A popular Web site dedicated to spirituality and popular culture is following its extensive coverage of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy with in-depth treatment of C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia.” The Hollywood Jesus Web site began...

‘The Upside of Anger’

Yes, Kevin Costner has played in some baseball movies: “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” “For Love of the Game.” And yes, in “The Upside of Anger” he plays a retired baseball player who finds time between drinks and...