So, out of all the films I watched this week, the funniest and most entertaining by far was the hugely sacrilegious comedy/documentary ‘Religulous’. It’s been directed by Larry Charles, the director of ‘Borat’ and a writer on ‘Seinfeld’ and written and presented by comedian and social critic Bill Maher who’s best endorsement (for me) comes in the form of a report on Anti-Catholicism which claimed that, following the 2002 clergy sex abuse scandal, “no one insulted Catholics more than Bill Maher”. Brilliant!

Whatever you views on religion are, you really have to watch this film. It’s funny as hell. (Though if you’re the type that believes in the immaculate conception or armies of monkey-men you’d better have a thick skin)

Bill Maher (who also presents the film) totally rips into organised religion of all kinds, the film is brilliantly edited for maximum effect and is full of scathing one liners that will make you laugh out loud. Here’s the trailer:

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One third of hip-hop  group The Fugees, Lauryn Hill went solo in 1998 with the her only real album ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’, which has to be one of the best hip-hop albums of the nineties. From that album, this is track is ‘Lost Ones’.

‘The Miseducation..’ featured heavyweights like D’Angelo, Carlos Santana, Mary J. Blige and John Legend. It topped charts around the world, got Lauryn Hill ten nominations at the Grammys (She won five). Columbia records and Lauryn Hill got into a protracted legal battle about the credits for the album. (Credits are really important because they dictate who gets paid how much) Read more…

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