by Cliff Vaughn | May 28, 2004 | News
Films about faith usually kick up dust. Just look at “The Passion of the Christ.” And look a bit further to “Saved!” which opens today. “Saved!” tells the story of a group of teenagers at American Eagle Christian High School. When...
by Cliff Vaughn | May 27, 2004 | News
A Midwestern theater chain has created ID cards for minors indicating that guardians have given permission for the minor to see R-rated movies. Springfield, Ill.-based GKC Theaters now offers the “R-card,” an ID bearing the minor’s picture and the...
by Cliff Vaughn | May 25, 2004 | News
The Arab world needs to counter its negative stereotypes in films through films of its own, says a writer for a popular Arab paper. Abeer Mishkhas, features editor for Saudi Arabia-based Arab News, said Arabs must fight film with film, so to speak. “Whenever I...
by Cliff Vaughn | May 24, 2004 | News
What if the state of California lost its Hispanic population for a day? If your mind runs wild with potential scenarios, you’ll likely find some of them in a new film called “A Day Without a Mexican.” This mock documentary, or...
by Cliff Vaughn | May 20, 2004 | News
Washington should not legislate smoking on the silver screen, says the man who manages motion picture interests. “I don’t believe that whatever the director does ought to incite the intervention of the government in any form,” Jack Valenti, CEO of...