Dr Paul Allen

Dynamite Entertainment's The Lone Ranger #4 cover. Art by John Cassaday. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Gore Verbinski 's " Lone Ranger " opened in theaters Wednesday. Verbinski, director of the " Pirates of the Caribbean " franchise, brought along a familiar face, well-known actor Johnny Depp . Despite Depp's appeal, however, the film has received sour reviews, and two prominent reviewers explained why. In an interview with The Christian Post , Dr. Ted Baehr , chairman of the Christian Film and Television Coalition and Editor-in-Chief of Movieguide, attacked the film's "strong mixed pagan, revisionist, politically correct worldview." "The government is bad – the army is killing Indians – the bad guy is a businessman, the military-industrial complex is bad," he explained, finishing the list with a notable exception – "the Christians are not always bad." Nevertheless, "the pagan elements triumph because you're l

Cover of Robocop A Christian media watchdog group has launched a campaign against a new movie based on the bookjesus of nazareth that depicts Jesus' birth as the result of the Virgin Mary being raped by a Roman soldier. Paul Verhoeven , the Dutch director known for " RoboCop ," " Show Girls ," and " Basic Instinct " is slated to direct the film. Verhoeven is also a member of the Jesus Seminar, a group of laymen and scholars that question the truthfulness of the gospels and the miracles of Jesus. "The liberal media's relentless persecution of the Christian faith shows yet again the double standard of bigotry. There's no way a similar movie would ever be made claiming Muhammad was the product of a rape," says Ted Baehr , founder of the Christian Film & Television Commission, which launched the campaign. The movie depicts the life of Jesus, but unlike other Biblical epics jesus of nazareth shows Jesus performing no miracles,