2010 was a strong year for mainstream animated movies. Toy Story 3, How To Train Your Dragon, Tangled, and Megamind all ranged from good to great, with varying degrees of inventiveness and warm humor. Despicable Me was no exception.

It’s true that Despicable Me’s story of an evil genius whose heart grows in size is also one told by Megamind. It doesn’t have to be a competition, and I like both, but especially writing this after having seen both, it’s…

Fast food restaurants are our modern domestic spiritual battleground. If you don’t agree, take a look at the daily news. Every major intellectual (and anti-intellectual) conflict this nation faces at the present moment seems to be playing out as often as not in a McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, KFC, Taco Bell, or Chik-Fil-A. We’ve got stories about crime, race, gender equality, marriage equality, immigration, nutrition, animal cruelty, shooting rampages, and now, as detailed in the new movie Compliance, malevolent prank…