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Mark, of course, must somehow invent lying--in Act II--which in the land of blind truth tellers makes him king. He takes his friend Greg (Louis C.K.) to a casino, moves the chips on the roulette table after the ball has landed and pockets a bundle. Then, to soothe his dying mother (Fionnula Flanagan), he concocts his biggest whopper yet: Heaven. Word gets around about this great news, life after death, and in a fairly bold Act III Mark reveals to his swelling flock of acolytes the truth, or the inspired lie, of the "big man who lives...
Global warming has had a real impact on economic development. There are farmers who can no longer till the land that fed their parents and grandparents because it's become almost desert. With changing rain patterns, we have a serious problem of food production. Diseases are moving faster and farther. This is all on account of climate change...
...fulfillment of the Moses tradition of leading people out of bondage into freedom. "I thank the Moses generation, but we've got to remember that Joshua still had a job to do. As great as Moses was ... he didn't cross over the river to see the promised land...
...While Moses was a unifying presence during the founding era, a generation later he got dragged into the issue that most divided the country. The Israelites' escape from slavery was the dominant motif of slave spirituals, including "Turn Back Pharaoh's Army," "I Am Bound for the Promised Land" and the most famous, "Go Down, Moses," which was called the national anthem of slaves: "When Israel was in Egypt Land,/ Let my people go;/ Oppressed so hard they could not stand,/ Let my people go." (See pictures of colorful religious festivals...
Couples' success was welcome news for Universal Pictures, which this summer suffered disaster after comedy disaster (Land of the Lost, Brüno, Funny People) and recently replaced its top two executives. "Movies always do business after the studio heads get fired," an insider told Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood, echoing film-biz folk wisdom and ignoring the flop opening of Disney's Surrogates the week after the company canned Dick Cook, its longtime production chief. (See the 100 best movies of all time...