“…[The book] could be about irrigation, if you want that kind of irrigation for your mind. Some people need to read to stimulate themselves. It could be that book or another book. That character [Eli] believes that he was told to take it somewhere. I can agree with the intent of that question, you know? But as a filmmaker, you have to believe in the story and that translation. If you’re making Lord of The Rings, you have to believe in Middle Earth. If you are making Star Wars, you have to believe that there are spaceships up there going around in space, even though it’s not reality. You have to believe in the mythology of that movie in order to do it.”

a review from a conservative critic

religion in current Hollywood films

Plus: A video interview with Zoe Saldana and James Cameron.

Lawrence Fishburne talks Predators.