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Dangerous Rio Stars in City of God
Fernando Meirelles cast non-actors, Alexandre Rodrigues & Leandro Firmino da Hora as soccer-playing kids trying to survive Rio de Janeiro's deadly slums in City of God.
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Elite Squad - Harrowing Movie from Jose Padilha
Demand for copies of Elite Squad caused a frenzy of pirate videos to flood Brazil, and on release director Padilha was arrested for daring to tarnish the image of BOPE.
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Film Review: City of God
City of God is the story of two boys growing up in one of the toughest slums in Brazil, where to survive one must live a life of crime and gangsterism.
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What is a "Just War?"
What is a "just war?" Is fighting a war inconsistent with Christian belief and practice? Where did this belief come from and is it Scriptural or even Christian?
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Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire
The film that is shocking audiences, dividing critics, and snatching awards needs to be viewed in the proper context; namely, that is has all been done before.
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Easter: I Have Seen the Lord!
Easter fun and Easter serious.
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The Constant Gardener DVD Review
The Constant Gardner is an adaptation of the novel by the same name. It is a completely fictional story yet one that you can almost believe would be real.
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The Zeroth Commandment
Earth's most grievous symptoms of social decay are the result of having ignored the first and most important of all the Commandments.
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Favela Tours in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro's favelas, or slums, are legendary. Take a tour for a deeper, fuller insight into what makes into what makes these widely misunderstood communities tick.
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Five Modern Age Utopias
From Thomas More's Utopia to J.D. Bernal's The World, the Flesh, and the Devil, changing ideas about the nature of reality have produced very different utopian visions.
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Man On Fire Revisted
Vengeance is mine' saith Denzel Washington in Tony Scott's under appreciated revenge fueled morality tale.
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Mary, Mother of the Church
An overview of Mary's influence on the Church from the conception to the present.
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The New York Film Critics Circle Awards Announced
The New York Film Critics Circle will vote on, then announce its 70th winners on Monday, December 13th. The prestigious awards will be handed out at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan on Sunday, January 9th.
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Companies in the gaming industry: The Second Coming
Computer Gaming News presents a company profile on Maxis.
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12 Days of Christmas: Day 6
The six geese a-laying are set to symbolize the six days of creation, when it could be said the earth was "hatched" into existence.
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Brazilian Popular Music
Música Popular Brasileira, or MPB, is a blend of traditional Brazilian styles fused with influences from around the world, resulting in a unique genre of world music.
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Gael Garcia Bernal – Actor Profile
A brief career history of Gael Garcia Bernal, the talented young Mexican actor, star of Motorcycle Diaries and Amores Perros. Plus current projects circa 2008/9
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow was a careful scholar, and his poems reflect an intuition that allowed him to see into the heart and soul of his subject.
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Is Bangkok the True Name of Thailand's Capital?
When asked what is the capital of Thailand, most will automatically answer, "Bangkok". However, this is incorrect, and has been so since this city was first built.
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Pan's Labyrinth World Cinema Win
A look at the BBC4 World Cinema Awards, incorporating who won the prize this year and which foreign films have been previously honored.
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St. Augustine
The great sinner who became a saint, St. Augustine not only became a 'Doctor of the Church' but was among the Early Church Fathers.
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The Colossus of Rhodes
Erected to celebrate the strength of the small island of Rhodes, the Colossus stood in ruins for most of its history.
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The Opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Bab
A description of the events surrounding the opening of the Terraces at the Shrine of the Bab, in Haifa, Isreal. Included is a link to an archive site where this can be viewed.
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The Unusual Gift of Bilocation
Bilocation has been reported in the lives of many saints by many credible sources throughout time.
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18 1/2 Philadelphia Film Festival - Saturday
Nothing on Saturday was half as impacting as Antichrist, however, Bronson represents one of the season's outstanding character performances.
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A Record 54 Countries Submit Foreign Language Films for Consideration
The Academy recently released the complete list of films that have been submitted by a record 54 countries this year to be considered for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and 3 countries submit films to this competition for the very first time.
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Blindness Film Review
Fernando Meirelles' uncompromising, if repetitive, adaptation of Blindness employs grueling social scenarios, stylish visuals and Julianne Moore's best work in a decade.
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Britain on Film - The Reality Gap
Paul Andrew Williams' latest film London to Brighton seeks to restore Britain's image in the name of authenticity.
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History of Natural Law
Natural law has a long history in Western tradition. For most of this time, the concept of natural law was part of philosophy and ethics, not actual legal documents.
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John Calvin Comes to Geneva
Even though the Protestant Reformation arrived in what is now Switzerland in the 1520s with reformer Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin usually gets all the credit.
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Less Than 2 Weeks To Go ... How Unpredictable Can We Get?
The last two major precursor awards to the Oscars ... the Writers Guild and the Screen Actors Guild Awards ... were just presented this past weekend ... and guess what, the Oscar race is even more clouded and unpredictable now!
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The Best Foreign Films of 2008
The year's best foreign language movies, from award-winning French film The Class to remastered Kung Fu classic Ashes of Time Redux. World Cinema to rival Hollywood films
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The Bride and Harlot
Revelation gives us distinctly different views of "wisdom" and "folly" in personified, female forms: the Bride of New Jerusalem vs. the Whore of Babylon.
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Gargoyles and Grotesques
A thousand years ago, superstitions and the sword ruled the world. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of the gargoyles!
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The Constant Gardener
A review of the film "The Constant Gardener".
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Happy New Year With Top Ten Lists and More Critics Awards
The holidays did not keep many critics and critics organizations from releasing their 2002 film honors, and there a bunch to go over this week ... Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper, Joel Siegel, the Southeastern Film Critics, the Las Vegas Film Critics, and more!
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Luther's Tragic Mistake: Part Twenty-Nine
Luther continues by enumerating what he claims are lies by the Jews. Is it just me, or is Luther possibly so upset that his numbering is off? I read sixth lie followed by eighth lie and I cannot find a seventh lie.
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Murkier Waters: Broadcast Film Critics and Golden Globe Noms
This past week, the Broadcast Film Critics and the Golden Globes announced their nominations, and made the film awards waters even murkier. It's the last big precursors before the holidays, and this week, complete lists of the nominations for both, and an analysis of where we stand on Film Awards Season 2002 as the year comes to an end.
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The Gentiles in the Psalms
A look at the Gentiles and their salvation as found in the Psalms, just one of many themes, or doctrines, contained in the book of Psalms.
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The frightful story of Heaven and Borg
Heaven is more like a Borg cube than a paradise, writes John Walker.
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My Predictions For The 75th Annual Academy Awards
It has to be done sooner or later ... and it's getting down to the wire. Academy ballots are in, and now it's time to make my predictions for who I think will win in every single category for the 75th Annual Academy Awards. It's a tough year to predict, but it will certainly make Sunday night exciting!
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Immanuel in the Creation of the World
A look at the Creation activity of God as recorded in Scripture. This is a chapter from a book I wrote entitled "Immanuel! God is Still With Us!" In the coming weeks, I will share what this creation activity means in our personal lives.
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