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In an unprecedented move, Idaho Republican Candidate for United States Senate, Rex Rammell is set to debut a series of television ads statewide during this Sundays Superbowl game. The clever 30 second spots were filmed in early January in Napa Valley California and feature stars from last summers Universal Pictures blockbuster, Evan Almighty. Each of the three television spots portray Washington DC’s current state of political affairs in a very unique way. Sources close to the campaign say that these ads are designed in the “over the top” Superbowl tradition. “This is a great way for Dr. Rammell to introduce...

I've produced three books, The Rock & Roll Rebellion, Faith, God & Rock n' Roll and Pop Goes Religion, all making the case for lowering the wall of separation between faith and entertainment. But if the result is both dumbed-down religion and comedy as in the box office flop Evan Almighty, it may be the strongest argument yet for reinstating that wall and keeping religion and the movies as far apart as possible. In its aftermath, once again the chatter from Hollywood is how, despite another earnest and sincere attempt to make a movie for "those people," the elusive faith-based...

Malaysian Muslims have called for a ban on the blockbuster movie "Evan Almighty," saying it is offensive to their religion, state media reported Friday. Malaysia's influential Muslim Consumers Association (PPIM) said the comedy, which plays on the story of Noah's ark and features actor Morgan Freeman as God, was insulting to Islam. "The movie refers to the big flood during the time of Prophet Noah, but this has been turned into a comedy which is insulting to Islam," Secretary-General Maamor Osman told news agency Bernama. "Featuring a human being as God in the movie is also against Islam," he added....

Oh, my God, this movie sucks. I'll say this much: Kudos to Jim Carrey for pulling off perhaps the most amazing disappearing-act hat trick in motion-picture history. With his non-appearance in "Evan Almighty," the follow-up to the smash hit "Bruce Almighty" (2003), Carrey has now NOT appeared in three of the worst sequels of all time: • "Dumb and Dumberer" • "Son of the Mask" • "Evan Almighty" Talk about dodging bullets. To be fair, this is the least awful of that horrific trio -- but that's kind of like surviving a car wreck and saying your fractured toe isn't...

If you've been paying attention, you might already know two things about "Evan Almighty." One: The family film about a congressman (Steve Carell) called upon by God to build an ark wound up costing an insane amount of money, something on the level of $200 million. And two: Because it's ostensibly a modern-day Noah story, Universal Pictures has been courting the church crowd, an audience it distinctly avoided with its last movie, "Knocked Up." Both bits of information are relevant because "Evan" might just be the most schizophrenic movie ever made. Yes, you could look at the film as the...