Dear Dr. Film, Why is Hollywood so fake? Great question. You call it 'fake,' we call it 'movie magic.' Our job is to entertain you, to lift you above and beyond the collapse of the stock market. So we find beautiful people to play heroic parts. Sometimes we alter their looks through hair, make up and the occasional plastic surgery. But that is no different than an athlete working out or a piano player practicing their scales. For actors, their body and persona is the product. That is why "Tony Curtis" changed his name from the moniker he was born with: "Bernard Schwarz." Or why "Tom Cruise" used his middle name rather than his family name, "Tom Mapother." Hollywood believes in reinvention (and occasionally reincarnation). But Christians should appreciate that innate desire. After all, Jesus is the one who renamed Simon (Hebrew meaning, "Hearing") as Peter (meaning "Rock"). Or how about Saul's transformation into Paul on the road to Damascus? Surely, pastors can invite people into the most extreme makeover possible - a new life following Christ. Dr. Film fills your pop cultural prescriptions at www.conversantlife.com.