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 The Tourist Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie

Johnny Depp stars as an American tourist whose playful dalliance with a stranger leads to a web of intrigue, romance and danger in The Tourist. During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank (Depp) unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise (Angelina Jolie), an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.more...

Beautiful Venice the Backdrop for The Tourist Underwater

Venice, December 24 - An exceptional Acqua Alta (high water) in the early hours of Friday put over half of Venice underwater on Christmas Eve.
The Acqua Alta was caused by a relentless sirocco wind, which has been blowing over the northern Adriatic Sea since Thursday. The water rose to a peak of 144 centimeters above sea level, the 10th highest since monitoring started, flooding 57% of the city, including St. Mark's Square, in the early hours of Friday. More...

Season of the Witch Nicholas Cage

Oscar winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure, Ghost Rider) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Hellboy II, Sons of Anarchy) star in this supernatural action adventure about a heroic Crusader and his closest friend who return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by the Plague. The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an ancient ritual to rid the land of her curse. They embark on a harrowing, action-filled journey that will test their strength and courage as they discover the girl’s dark secret and find themselves battling a terrifyingly powerful force that will determine the fate of the world more....

  

Nicholas Cage Interview on Season of the Witch

Witches in the Middle Ages

In medieval times, witches, real or imagined, were greatly feared and blamed for many of society's problems.
In an age of superstition and comparative lack of understanding of science, those accused of practicing witchcraft could be blamed for any number of problems, including bad weather, the failure of crops, an outbreak of illness and any kind of bad luck. More....

Witchcraft Today 

October 31st, 2010   Good article  by Dave Gamble

Viewing those who truly embrace an eccentric Wicca-based belief as nutters is probably justifiable, but labeling them as “Witches” and practitioners of evil is truly dangerous. Christianity is hostile to all other forms of belief and is fully prepared to fan the flames of such superstitious thinking. Many Christians would view the Wiccans as truly wicked because they are playing with evil forces. Even the bible tells them this, “For we fight not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers of the air”. – Ephesians 6:12, so for them it must be true.
While Wicca does indeed have rituals that involve the casting of spells, at its core it is simply a primitive nature-centric belief centered on the worship of multiple goddesses and gods. Like Christianity, it has many diverse strands of belief, but most adhere to the Wiccian Rede which is summed up as “Do what you like, but don’t harm anybody” While Wicca does indeed have rituals that involve the casting of spells, at its core it is simply a primitive nature-centric belief centered on the worship of multiple goddesses and gods. Like Christianity, it has many diverse strands of belief, but most adhere to the Wiccian Rede which is summed up as “Do what you like, but don’t harm anybody”More....

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