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...given how controversially razor-thin Florida electoral victories tend to be these days, the fresh-faced could tip the balance in November - if not with their own ballots, then by convincing their elders which way to vote. One of the most popular videos on YouTube in recent weeks features comedian Sarah Silverman imploring young Jews to "get your fat asses on a plane to Florida" and lobby their grandparents there to vote Obama because "no one is more influential over them" than their grandkids - part of an organized grassroots initiative known as The Great Schlep. But airfares being what they...
...Fireproof is a family drama, made in rural Georgia by two brothers who are evangelist ministers; it teaches that God is the best marriage counselor, and is made for Christian moviegoers. Religulous, a documentary written and hosted by comedian Bill Maher (of HBO's Real Time), deals with the most profound tenets of the major religions, and the idiots who take them seriously; its target audience is left-wing scoffers, infidels if you will - or, as they prefer to be called, the reality-based community. Fireproof wears a badge of sweet solemnity, seeking the audience's empathy for decent people...
...kooks give good sound bites, and Void knows there's been enough evil committed in the names of Jesus and Mohammed. Still, I wanted Maher to confront, and be challenged by, the better class of believers: a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, perhaps, or some articulate Episcopalian or Islamist, or comedian and noted Catholic layman Stephen Colbert. Maher seems interested less in conversation than in confrontation, so his movie is less essay than inquisition. Maybe that tone will win Religulous some conversions, but this critic remains a skeptic...
Religulous Directed by Larry Charles; not yet rated; out now A documentary from the famously godless comedian Bill Maher and the director of Borat creates hopes of a rowdier, sharper exposé than this one. A series of impious questions posed to believers of every stripe, Religulous (soft g) has its funny and offensive moments, but it lacks the pungent personality and editorial skills of any Michael Moore movie...
...infamous non-believer, the talk show host, comedian and political agitator Bill Maher regularly skewers religion on his HBO show, Real Time With Bill Maher. Movie audiences can expect more of the same in his new documentary Religulous, which opens in select theaters Oct. 1 and across the country two days later...