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All other considerations aside, how spiritual is a movie? The scale rates from profoundly spiritual (5) to not at all spiritual (1). Courtesy of HollywoodJesus.com.
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content pic Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Greater Love Has No One but Th...
Jeremy Zondlo
Manny has just put his own life into extreme danger's way in order to save Sid. That is not something that bad friends do. Putting your own life at risk to save someone else not only makes you a good friend, but a "darn good friend."




content pic Public Enemies (2009)
Building our Own Prison
Elisabeth Leitch
Believing in a life unrestrained by the consequences and despair of this world has a way of bringing life to a man's soul. But even when we know the freedom we can have, we keep going back to the one thing that puts us behind bars.




content pic Stoning of Soraya M., The (2009)
Getting an Ugly Story to the W...
Darrel Manson
This is an issue-oriented film made to shock the world with the maliciousness that stoning represents. Watching the stoning, I was reminded of The Passion of the Christ and the brutality with which the crucifixion of Jesus was portrayed.




content pic Life Is Hot In Cracktown (2009)
Inner City Struggle
Tim Berroth
The brutality here borders on exploitative. I am certainly not a prude nor am I oblivious to the ugliness and consequences of sin. I just don't need to be hammered over the head with it, especially when it adds nothing to the narrative.




content pic Christmas Carol, A (2009)
Christmas in July
Elisabeth Leitch
In contrast to most publicity campaigns that rely on only a few select clips and press which generally skews towards celebrity gossip, the train tour puts its money on the possibility that the film's story and artistry might sell it just as well.




content pic Whatever Works (2009)
Giving Into Chance?
Elisabeth Leitch
Some days I don't believe in God and I yearn for an end with no hereafter so I can just check out of this meaningless reality once and for all. But let me tell you, if chance was really all I had to greet me on those days, I wouldn't be here anymore.




content pic Moon (2009)
No Place Like Home
Elisabeth Leitch
Although Helium 3 is purported to be the ultimate source of energy, life, and hope for everyone on earth, the film's message is that life, both that which runs through our veins and that which we live, requires something much more complex.




content pic Proposal, The (2009)
Overview, Trailers, Clips, Int...
David Bruce, Webmaster
When high-powered New York book editor Margaret (SANDRA BULLOCK) faces deportation to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she’s actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew (RYAN REYNOLDS), whom she’s tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his own.




content pic Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (200...
Bigger, But Not Better
Yo
Transformers has too much that gets in the way of this being a truly enjoyable sequel. Were it not for the fact it looks so amazing on the big screen, I'd say wait until it's on DVD so you can skip to all the good parts. Too much. Enough!




content pic Up (2009)
Spiritual Connections
David Bruce, Webmaster
Here is David's spiritual take on Pixar's UP. Includes videos.




content pic Hangover, The (2009)
Spiritual Connections
David Bruce, Webmaster
Here is David's Spiritual Point of View for The Hangover




content pic Year One (2009)
Genesis: Revised
Elisabeth Leitch
While God may be painted as difficult to understand, discern, or even believe in, as the film comes to an end, the reality it offers is actually not one in which God makes no sense, but one in which His New Testament identity becomes more logical.




content pic My Sister's Keeper (2009)
How To Save a Life
Jeremy Zondlo
Praise God we have a Savior who has already made the ultimate sacrifice for us and in doing so has taken away the uncertainty and pain of death and has made assurance of eternity with Him possible... no matter what happens.




content pic Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The (2009)
Spiritual Connections
David Bruce, Webmaster
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 hits on so many vital life issues with Biblical connections.




content pic Star Trek (2009)
All That You Know is Wrong
Maurice Broaddus
As with any continuity re-vamp, the bulk of history is still familiar (enough to please long-term fans), but the details are now up for grabs, free to change and reinterpret by writers/creators. And it's fun&ellips; fun, in the truest spirit of Kirk!




content pic Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smith...
The Greatest will Fall
Elisabeth Leitch
As he walks into the Museum to greetings of "long time, no see" and makes his way home to his son only to break out his work at the dinner table, the question is: Is what Larry has made of his life actually of value or not?




content pic Away We Go (2009)
How Do You Know If You're Grow...
Darrel Manson
Wisdom is a difficult quality to quantify. It's not an accumulation of what we know or what we have done. It isn't applying various rules and logic. It is the ability to live in the world with some measure of happiness and fulfillment.





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Alien Trespass (2009)
Beware the Ghota
 Jeremy Zondlo, 4/3/09

Sugar (2009)
It's Just a Game
 Darrel Manson, 4/3/09

Adventureland (2009)
When the Ride Ends...
 Elisabeth Leitch, 4/3/09

Song of Sparrows, The (2009)
Caught in the Grasp of Materialism
 Darrel Manson, 4/3/09

Song of Sparrows, The (2009)
Families, Nations, and Films
 Darrel Manson, 4/2/09

Fast & Furious (2009)
Ready, Set, Revenge
 Elisabeth Leitch, 4/3/09

Knowing (2009)
A Talk with Ryne Douglas Pearson
 Jeremy Zondlo, 3/31/09

Audience of One (2009)
For His Glory?
 Elisabeth Leitch, 3/27/09

Education of Charlie Banks, The (2009)
A Lesson in Morality
 Darrel Manson, 3/27/09