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A look at the actress Adriana Barraza who played Amelia in the film Babel.

In Babel, cause & effect scenes play out in almost random order in different parts of the world beginning from Morocco, Mexico & then Japan. A pair of young boys becomes overzealous with their gun, entrusted to them by one of the boy's father.

Genesis 11:9 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Babel is a social commentary turned commercial film, making leaps from general awareness to disturbing realities we may or may not care to know about. Here's my take.

Nominated for six Oscars, "Babel" is surprisingly dull and ineffective a film and story.

Babel is a horrible film with no point. Even then, someone decided it is worthy of seven Oscar nominations.

There have been many films which attempt to depict a sense of irony through a confusing network of separate storylines which at first, have no connections, but later prove to be critically reliant to one another. Babel is another one of these films.

A review of an original game for the game engine M.U.G.E.N.

Yeah, they're different. Only the thoughtless would compare.

This article addresses historical cases of ethnocentrism and current applications. Ethnocentrism is where one group believes they are inherently superior to another.

Science proves it, the Bible confirms it, the natural laws of quantum physics can be used to change your circumstances.

This masterful film was worthy of the best picture Oscar, but lost out to the sentimental favorite.

Wondering why some of these films were nominated for Oscars and too lazy to watch them all? Finally, the opinions of an average, everyday moviegoer like yourself who has nothing to gain but the joy of voicing an opinion...

Three of the best films of 2006 have something in common. They all involve three friends, who also happen to be some of the most dyamic filmakers going.

What does a deaf mute Japanese Lolita have in common with a Spanish nanny and a couple on the brinks? Not a whole lot, unless it's a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, known for his seemingly incongruous juxtapositions of storylines...

"A Confusion Of Sounds Or Voices"

As the tower reaches further into the heavens, the player understands why the men of that old story did what they did.

If you're looking for characters who will come to life in front of your eyes, and a story that will wrench your emotions tight, a plot-line that will remain with you for many days after you've turned the last page ... get this book.

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The biblical story of the Tower of Babel, found in the early part of the book of Genesis, brings about an intriguing question. To what extent does God want diversity in human life?

On that day, you will be building your towers as since the time of Babel, You will be hunting as in the days of Nimrod and you will be cursing the heavens that sheltered you. On that you will see me, the One who formed you out of the dust!

A knowledge of English is a key to success...around the world.

Here are my top 10 candidates for Best Actor for 2006:

Jason Kranzusch is a thoughtful Christian man with a great sense of humor and a tremendous writing talent.

The Bible is inundated with symbolism and literalism. For example, the book of Revelation describes "The Great Harlot who made the inhabitants of the earth drunk with the wine of her fornication." What do these symbols mean?

Without thoroughly examining the text, no one can appreciate the event. Documentaries shortchange the event, ignoring certain facts in order to explain it using natural occurrences. Even the movie "The Ten Commandments" poorly conveyed what happened.

North Korea has been a place that has been watched very closely for a while now. What is causing the people to follow this Juche ideology that the country prides itself in and what does this mean for the people there and for the world?

The second part of my series on the 2007 Oscars details the top candidates to be nominated for Best Director.....

Considering your first trip to Prague? First time and short time visitors may be overwhelmed by what Prague has to offer. This is a first timer's introduction to Prague historical sites, music, theater, shopping, and transportation.

My goal here is to produce a series of columns giving thoughts, predictions, commentary and information on the movie awards season leading up to the Academy Awards

The Bible is true, but most of the people that teach from it do not undertand the text themselves. So how can they correctly teach others?

Banking on Color

Peter Gabriel always stood out, even as a member of the band Genesis in the 1970s, but it was his solo career that made him a permanent icon in the music world.

The Bible Game is on store shelves, and I'll tell you why you shouldn't avoid this thing like the plague.

Part two of my BIG four part series called Jetlag Democracy's BIG Fall Movie Preview.

Want to know what movies to watch to be ready for the Oscars in March. Here's 10 movies you should check out.

While basking in the glory of science, Reason, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution, European society felt it had nowhere to go but up! Freud and Nietzsche, however, diagnosed disaster - and they were right.

While the Kindertransport of 1938 - 1939, saved Ten Thousand Jewish Children, it was the catalyst that took them away from their Jewish identities and forced them to adjust to a new country, language and culture.

Religion certainly can teach morality but it doesn't have a franchise on doing so.

Kevin Smith and Flannery O'Connor have created works with glaring similarities in Dogma and Wise Blood.

So the votes so far, are coming down right along party lines, with mostly Republicans favoring it, and mostly Democrats opposing. The usual suspects. The more extreme leftist they are, the more they oppose this. And the name calling has begun already too.

Since its release, sci fi silent, Metropolis, has set the template for how science fiction is envisioned on the silver screen.

In the beginning, the gods grew tired. After 125,000 years of heavy toil, they'd had enough. Threw down their tools. Demanded helpers. Primitive Workers. Slaves. Enter mankind.

The European class system was based on birthright.
Our class system is based on money, although birth can play a big role..

In Revelation, the last book of the Bible, countless references are made to a place called Babylon, including a deep description on how it will be utterly destroyed. But how can it be destroyed when ancient Babylon no longer exists?

After spending nearly twenty years in development Hell, The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy finally achieved a theatrical release and is now available on DVD.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on all the magazine covers, but what is really going on?

As the world grows smaller we are faced with the reality that we must learn to communicate more effectively. Language, which is simply a tool to bring us together and to share our thoughts and ideas, is now being used as a tool to segregate.

The comparison with Jerusalem with other cities of antiquity.