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...about the game--and the Wachowskis' street cred. If in the future no self-respecting sci-fi director can make a movie without producing a video game at the same time, blame the brothers. Like the film that spawned it, Enter the Matrix already has the makings of a cult classic. --By Chris Taylor/San Francisco
LAUREL CANYON. Frances McDormand plays against type in Laurel Canyon, a well-crafted family dramedy by director Lisa Cholodenko. McDormand, the overbearing mom in Almost Famous, this time plays the type of fast-moving music producer scorned by her character in Cameron Crowe’s amusing 2000 cult favorite. Among her character’s transgressions: inviting Alex (Beckinsale), her future daughter-in-law, to join a three-way as part of an unconventional “getting to know you” exercise. Sam, her uber-straightlaced son (Christian Bale), would not approve. Sam and Alex...
Iraqi Minister of Information Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf followed a simple code: When life hands you lemons, insist that, despite the heinous lies of the infidels, they are in fact lemonade. In a war that produced no Scud Stud, al-Sahhaf emerged as a strange sort of cult icon, appearing daily before a bank of microphones in Baghdad to bark, "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" and "God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis...
...response to the cover story on Opus Dei published in the April 10th issue of FM magazine, ( “Opening the Doors of Opus Dei” ). In it, the suggestion is made that Opus Dei members may subconsciously lose their freedom. Illustrating how “destructive cults are often characterized by a false pretense of freedom,” cult expert Steve Hassan is quoted as saying “[a] lot of members of cults say, ‘I’m free to leave whenever I want; I just choose not to leave...
...Catholic Church would not tolerate a destructive cult in its midst. Opus Dei, as an institution, enjoys complete approval of all the relevant Church authorities. The recent canonization of its Founder, attended by hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square, is a testament to its standing in the Church...