Box Office: Forbidden Kingdom Kicks the Competition


Updated 04/21/08 9:08 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 9 comments

Weekend Box Office Results 2008-04-21 08:30:28

Forbidden Kingdom gave kung fu fans the match up of their dreams, pairing up martial arts screen giants Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time. Together the two stars proved to be a formidable force at the box office, earning the top spot over the weekend with an estimated $20.9 million. Forgetting Sarah Marshall came in second place, earning $17 million. Variety reports that while this Read more

Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? In Theaters!


Updated 04/21/08 6:05 AM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 7 comments

I must have been in a cave this weekend — or so busy talking about Ben Stein's Expelled that I completely forgot to mention that Morgan Spurlock's new flick, Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden opened this weekend. I've been following this film since way back, and now that it's out it sounds like part of a perfect afternoon — a nice double feature of intelligent design and terrorist Read more

Bibles in Class? Not Just for Sunday School Anymore


Updated 04/21/08 2:17 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 61 comments

Bibles in Class? Not Just for Sunday School Anymore

The separation of church and state is a little less distinct at Hamilton County Schools in Tennessee. Funding from a special grant program means that students can elect to study Bible History in public schools. While religion classes aren't uncommon in universities, topics of faith are muted in lower grades of public schools. For almost 90 years the program "Bible in the Schools" has provided up Read more

Expelled: The Movie — Ben Stein's New Creation(ism)


Updated 03/28/08 10:00 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 52 comments

Expelled The Movie

I shun all things made up, my personal f-word is fiction, so imagine my delight when I found out Ben Stein, the clever-skirting-genius host of Win Ben Stein's Money that guy in that Ferris Bueller movie, and a former speech writer for Nixon and Ford has cooked up a new documentary. It's called Expelled and looks at the teaching of science in schools. Either I'm wildly dimwitted, naive, Read more