Even our local movie critic (Cleveland Plain Dealer) tends to rave about any movie that pushes certain agenda topics (homosexuality, anti-war, anti-Christian, etc.). She gave the Passion movie a C or a C+ when it came out and the only movies that got C's (can't recall which titled) were pretty terrible movies.
It's like one big club - the producers, directors, actors/actresses AND the film critics too. One of the reasons I like Michael Medved.
AND web sites like
I don't need to tell you that the PD raves about all the agenda topics all the time - it's not restricted to the movies or the movie critic!
I am amazed by the PD's leftward tilt whenever I read it. Also amusing is the attempt by Scene and Free Times alternative newsweeklies to 'out-liberal' the PD. It's an interesting battle.