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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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