Stairway to Heaven (A Matter of Life and Death)

For Luc Besson, angels are apparently as sexy as assassins — though this means that they’re not very persuasive as angels

The latest in this year’s spate of Bush-bashing documentaries goes after Karl Rove

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At a certain age, almost everyone is inclined to see his mother as a suffering saint and his father as a bully and a tyrant. It is a part of the process of growing up and corresponds with a youth’s period of greatest need to declare independence him- or herself from the paternal tie. It…

Disney once again offers teenagers just what they want — fantasy wish-fulfilment.