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3/4
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88%
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Margin Call (2011) |
"
Buoyed by a strong cast and a smart script, Margin Call raises vital ethical questions about the intersection of "doing what's right" and "making a lot of money.""
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Christianity Today
Posted Oct 24, 2011
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3.5/4
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85%
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Contagion (2011) |
"
Contagion shows us that "working together" is still possible, still necessary. And in a world as divided and partisan as ours, that's an encouragement we need to receive."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 23, 2011
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3/4
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93%
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Drive (2011) |
"
An artful, impressively made film, and one sure to excite cinephiles, everyday adrenaline junkies, and fans of stylized car chases set to an indie synthpop soundtrack."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 23, 2011
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2/4
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58%
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Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2011) |
"
There's a lot more territory here that could have been mined but wasn't, which is a shame. But for those just looking to be scared the old fashioned way, Dark delivers."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 2, 2011
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4/4
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84%
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The Tree of Life (2011) |
"
A magisterial symphony of sprawling scope and grand vision, and a film that could awaken a cynical generation of filmmakers to rediscover the possibilities of the form."
—
Christianity Today
Posted May 28, 2011
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.5/4
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35%
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Battle: Los Angeles (2011) |
"
It's not a good sign when, at the end of an alien invasion movie, you're disappointed that the aliens have not emerged victorious."
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Christianity Today
Posted Mar 11, 2011
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1.5/4
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22%
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Country Strong (2011) |
"
There are real issues here that need to be explored -- the neurosis of fame and its consequent personal and relational stresses -- but Country Strong gives them only surface treatment."
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Christianity Today
Posted Feb 25, 2011
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|
2.5/4
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78%
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The Other Guys (2010) |
"
The Other Guys, like the testosterone-heavy "frat-pack" films which Ferrell is known for, is a buddy-cop film that's at once savvy, nostalgic, irreverent, and heartfelt."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 24, 2010
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3.5/4
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71%
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Never Let Me Go (2010) |
"
A genre-bending, tender, and provocative gem about what it means to be human, a film that should provide plenty of discussion fodder for thoughtful filmgoers."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 24, 2010
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3/4
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89%
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Waiting for Superman (2010) |
"
An "important" film, and I don't use that word lightly. A thoughtfully crafted first volley in a debate/discussion we simply cannot avoid."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 24, 2010
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3/4
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67%
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Date Night (2010) |
"
Fey and Carell are as good a tag-team comedy duo as Lucy and Desi, maybe even Tracy and Hepburn -- charismatic comedians who have amazing chemistry together."
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Christianity Today
Posted May 7, 2010
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|
3.5/4
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70%
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The Last Station (2010) |
"
Delicately photographed, whimsically scored and patiently paced, Station doesn't rely on flash and panache to make its points. But the points do come across elegantly."
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Christianity Today
Posted Mar 5, 2010
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|
3.5/4
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68%
|
Shutter Island (2010) |
"
Shutter Island is all about the visceral, head-scratching embodiment of questions. Who is crazy? Am I crazy? Or are they crazy?"
—
Christianity Today
Posted Mar 5, 2010
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4/4
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75%
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The Road (2009) |
"
It's fitting that The Road opens at Thanksgiving. It will thrill you, unsettle you, but mostly remind you that even in the darkest of times there is much to be thankful for."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 30, 2009
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|
2.5/4
|
85%
|
Me and Orson Welles (2009) |
"
It's no Citizen Kane, and it won't change your life. But it's a well-told story, and sometimes that's enough."
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Christianity Today
Posted Nov 30, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
45%
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The Box (2009) |
"
A confounding sci-fi mystery on one level and a tortured existential treatise on the other, pondering the nature of man in relation to God."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 6, 2009
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4/4
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83%
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Bright Star (2009) |
"
A beautiful film and a strikingly truthful one, and not because it waxes too philosophic or throws down the intellectual gauntlet."
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Christianity Today
Posted Oct 31, 2009
|
|
2/4
|
66%
|
Che: Part One (The Argentine) (2009) |
"
If Soderbergh's goal was to demystify Che Guevera and de-romanticize "revolution," he's succeeded. But unfortunately the result is a film that is just not very compelling."
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Christianity Today
Posted Jan 16, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
68%
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Revolutionary Road (2008) |
"
A showcase for DiCaprio and Winslet's formidable talents, and they are up to the challenge of playing tortured, well intentioned but ultimately doomed victims of dashed dreams."
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Christianity Today
Posted Dec 31, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Gran Torino (2009) |
"
As Walt discovers, we can lament change all we want, but ultimately what's gone is gone. What's important is what we leave behind--our successes, failures, and '72 Detroit-made muscle cars."
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Christianity Today
Posted Dec 16, 2008
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3/4
|
94%
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Milk (2008) |
"
Milk achieves what it sets out to do, telling an inspiring tale of one man's quest to legitimize his identity, to give hope to his community."
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Christianity Today
Posted Nov 26, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
55%
|
Australia (2008) |
"
It's an ode to a place (exotic to some, familiar to others), yes, but more than that, Australia is state of mind: wonderment, grandeur, beauty, love, escape, hope."
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Christianity Today
Posted Nov 26, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) |
"
A simple and inspiring story told through the medium of film. But for what it is, it definitely gets the job done."
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Christianity Today
Posted Nov 7, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
59%
|
W. (2008) |
"
In an election season where personal faults are turned into salacious attack ads, it's reassuring to see that the typically salacious Stone is willing to exercise some restraint."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 17, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
69%
|
Religulous (2008) |
"
It's meant to "prove" that religious belief and intelligence are mutually exclusive. If you believe that, this movie is for you. For everyone else, it's a trifling and shoddy tirade."
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Christianity Today
Posted Oct 3, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
45%
|
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"
Slick, dramatic, and occasionally convincing, but at the end of the day it feels less like reality and more like Hollywood-does-a-race-fable."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 22, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
76%
|
Appaloosa (2008) |
"
Appaloosa is entertaining, certainly, but it feels rather slight and feeble next to some of its more superior recent cohorts in the western genre."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 22, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
41%
|
Hancock (2008) |
"
Most of Hancock's faults can be forgiven because Will Smith creates a quintessentially American hero: flawed, frayed, but always sacrificing for the sake of others."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Jul 10, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
17%
|
The Happening (2008) |
"
The film becomes less comprehensible as it goes along, and the audience -- expecting a patented M. Night ending -- is left with no answers, explanation, or narrative closure."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Jun 13, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
96%
|
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) |
"
A foreboding look at our conception of the human being: as a mechanism that can be sculpted, doped, enhanced, and perfected because, well, because we all want to be powerful and attractive."
—
Christianity Today
Posted May 30, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
98%
|
Surfwise (2007) |
"
When so many documentaries today seem concerned only with arguing a point, it's nice to see something like this which seeks only to reveal."
—
Christianity Today
Posted May 9, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
The Visitor (2008) |
"
Thoroughly, refreshingly unique, a film that weaves a tight, timely tale that is equal parts heart-warming and wrenching."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Apr 18, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
Chicago 10 (2008) |
"
The filmmakers' hope, presumably, is that kids will see Chicago 10 and get stirred into action%u2014taking to the streets to take down The Man, Yippie style."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Feb 29, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
82%
|
In Bruges (2008) |
"
There are several standout moments, but as a whole it feels rather flat and arrested. For a film about Purgatory, however, that might be appropriate."
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Christianity Today
Posted Feb 8, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
92%
|
U2 3D (2007) |
"
The experience of sight and sound that one encounters in U23D is undeniably breathtaking. . . The next best thing to actually being at a live concert."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Jan 23, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
46%
|
Cassandra's Dream (2007) |
"
Farrell and McGregor deliver remarkably nuanced performances in and through their mundane one-dimensionality, taking average Joes and give them average strengths and weaknesses."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Jan 23, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
20%
|
Day Zero (2007) |
"
A film that revels in defeatism and hyperbolized dystopia; a would-be political statement that is more insipid than insightful."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Jan 18, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
86%
|
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) |
"
Touches on Dostoevskian notions of playing God and purging the world of its lowlife rabble, and at times Todd seems something of a proletariat hero, exacting class reparations by night and knife."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Dec 21, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
The Savages (2007) |
"
The Savages does a good job keeping things in perspective by pointing out the "what can you do?" absurdity of it all. We all face mortality, and we can all laugh at it too."
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Christianity Today
Posted Nov 30, 2007
|
|
2.5/4
|
73%
|
The Mist (2007) |
"
It's not The Shawshank Redemption, but for what it is, The Mist is an admirable venture into the always foggy, sometimes treacherous landscape of the human soul."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 21, 2007
|
|
|
56%
|
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) |
"
The passion that is evident in the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir is contagious and admirable. Many Christian churches could learn a few things from this secular outfit."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Nov 19, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
75%
|
My Best Friend (Mon meilleur ami) (2007) |
"
A wonderful, rare film that portrays one of the most under-represented but universal human neuroses: the desire for friendship or platonic love."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 12, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
61%
|
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"
Very funny and entertaining, a sometimes-dark comedy somewhere between Four Weddings and a Funeral and Meet the Parents."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 12, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
Rescue Dawn (2007) |
"
Even as this film is being proclaimed as Herzog's "most accessible" yet, there are still some serious layers of beauty and depth that go beyond most any film you'll see this year."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 12, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
Talk to Me (2007) |
"
A compelling portrait of a particularly tumultuous time in American history and how the media of the day adapted to and helped foster the many changes that were going on."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 12, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
14%
|
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007) |
"
Too quick, too slight, and too cliched to make a splash in the company of such high-quality adaptations like LOTR and Harry Potter."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 12, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
93%
|
Lake of Fire (2007) |
"
The latest in a long list of hyper-politicized, sensationalistic documentaries that are high on scare tactics and shock value, but low on progressive discourse."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 12, 2007
|
|
2.5/4
|
26%
|
The Final Season (2007) |
"
Unabashedly builds on stock sports movies of the past (the tagline could have been Friday Night Lights meets Field of Dreams) and follows formulas to an almost comical degree."
—
Christianity Today
Posted Oct 12, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
39%
|
Feast of Love (2007) |
"
The love feasted upon in this film is not about commitment or selflessness. No, the love in this Feast is very fickle and selfish."
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Christianity Today
Posted Sep 29, 2007
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