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REVIEWS | Issue: "Iraq: Liberation Day 2004" April 10, 2004

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Why WORLD covers movies, and why we're expanding that coverage | Gene Edward Veith

WORLD IS A NEWS MAGAZINE, AND THAT IS WHY we cover movies. The arts both reflect and create culture -- for better or for worse -- and since WORLD reports and analyzes what is happening in the culture from a biblical point of view, we write movie reviews.

Since we can only review a few of the many movies out there, we are starting this week a regular feature (see p. 13): a comprehensive chart that provides information about the movies currently in release. This will alternate with another comprehensive chart with information about videos and DVDs.

But why? Isn't Hollywood a moral cesspool? Why give so much attention to an entertainment industry that WORLD itself is always criticizing? And even if some movies are innocent or edifying -- and, yes, it might be good to know about those -- why list, much less review, those that are not?

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April 10, 2004, Vol. 19, No. 14

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