BRAVE: Pixar’s Pagan Princess is Perfect Pleasure
Honestly, I wasn’t expecting to like this very much. The fact that this free-spirited spitfire had to be a “princess” in order to appeal to audiences really rubbed me the wrong way. There is way too...
View ArticleCrazy World…Just Add Religious Confusion
I am back from a lengthy hiatus, hope you’re still with me! I was away camping for two weeks at festivals (Sirius Rising and Summerfest at the Brushwood Folklore Center) and have been getting caught...
View ArticleBACK TO THE GARDEN
This documentary film completed in 2011 will be shown on PBS tomorrow at 7 pm (Check your local PBS affiliate website for times or screening dates in your area). Back to the Garden is a film project...
View ArticleNew Releases and Premieres: PL3, Kill List and Paranorman
This week sees the release of a number of DVDs that many pagans and pagan-friendly folks will want to have in their collection. Most significant is the release of the Oscar-nominated documentary film...
View ArticleTrailers for Paranorman
I’ve been loving all the trailers for Paranorman. Most of them try to give the classic “go see this quirky coming of age movie that will be great for kids and grown ups alike” kind of vibe. Then...
View ArticlePARANORMAN Review (We Have Met the Bully, and She is Us)
Norman is a lonely small town kid who seems normal in every way, except for the fact that he sees dead people. Oh, wait that was another movie. No, this one is about a kid who is bullied and has no...
View ArticleWitchy Media Notes (Blue Moon Edition)
As we get ready to leave August and enter September, that “back to school” feeling is of course being enhanced by all of the hype around the coming presidential election, as well as some powerful...
View ArticlePagan Pride Day NYC
Hello readers! I’ve been remiss in posting for a while, owing to starting a new job on top of my already full schedule of teaching and my cottage industries. I hope to be able to post more regularly...
View ArticlePagan Media News, Samhain Edition! (Part One)
There’s plenty of interesting and exciting media news this Samhain season. Perhaps most interesting is that Samhain itself, or Hallowe’en, is not being covered quite so fervishly in the news as it has...
View ArticlePagan Media News, Samhain Edition! (Part Two)
Pagan Media News for the Samhain season: Chris Carter, Gus Van Sant, American Horror Story, Hunger Games, and more.
View ArticleInterview with Arana Fireheart, featured on WIFE SWAP
Tonight's episode of WIFE SWAP features a pagan family living in Salem, Massachusetts. I happen to be acquainted with Arana Fireheart, husband of tonight's pagan mom Karina Fireheart, and asked if he'd...
View ArticleBRAVE New World? Sigh. Nope, Same Old Sexist One.
As some of you are already aware, I loved BRAVE. But with every Disney movie eventually comes a line of toys, and there's already been some controversy with the planned release of a Princess Merida...
View ArticleDisney bows down to BRAVE fans
This astute blog post from a media studies professor shares an update on the Princess Merida brouhaha: Disney has pulled the 2D image of the new version of the doll from their website. The Christian...
View ArticleLORDS OF SALEM: cool look and vibe
I want to see it again before I write a review, but my first response was that I loved the visuals and the vibe of the film very much. But I did think there were some weird holes in the plot and some...
View ArticleBEAUTIFUL CREATURES, now on DVD.
I know, I know, it’a fluff. I don’t care, I loved this movie! An old family of Louisiana witches faces a battle with their town when the local Christians think the “new girl” is too witchy to be...
View ArticleAdventures of a Non-Deist, or, Why I Don’t “Believe” in the Gods
The question, I suppose, is: Am I a "real" pagan if I do not worship the gods? Or am I just some sad dreamy neo-hippie who enjoys gardening and fantasy literature?
View ArticleNew Documentary in the Works: WITH LOVE FROM SALEM
A new documentary film chronicling the work of the Salem, MA coven the Temple of Nine Wells has a trailer on YouTube. The group was led by Gypsy Ravish and her late husband Richard, who also...
View ArticleAdventures of a Devil-Worshipping Whore, or, Why I Don’t Believe We’re...
It doesn't matter if you call them gods, or myths, or fairy tales, or trees, or rivers, or porcupines, or the fey, or the Good Folk, or archetypes, or hallucinations. What does matter is that our human...
View ArticleIt’s Official: AMERICAN GODS to run 6 seasons on HBO
Drop everything but your pants! The wonderful bestselling novel by uber-cool novelist Neil Gaiman is now officially in the pipeline for production on HBO, possibly debuting as early as 2013.
View ArticleBlackmore’s Night “Dancer and the Moon” (Review)
This new album is the pair's 13th studio album. Like their previous work, the songs represent an array of styles and genres, while maintaining a unique signature sound that no other rock duo has...
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