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Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -2; L -1; S/N -.2 Running time: 1 hour 47 min. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 The Sheikh, Fred, and Harriett looking over plans in Yemen. © CBS Films Director Lasse Hallström again presents us with a whimsical …
In real dancer Kenny Wormald the filmmakers have found a credible replacement for Kevin Bacon’s big city kid Ren McCormack. One of the dance highlights is his letting off steam in an old warehouse as he turns up the volume on his player and performs an acrobatic dance that includes him swinging from …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 1; L- 1; S/N -3. Running time: 1 hour 35 min. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 Athens tour guide …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-3 ; L-4; S-1/N-2 Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are discerned spiritually. Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny. …
Rated R. Our ratings: V- 1; L- ;5 S/N -6. Running time: 1 hour 34 min. You turn us back to dust, and say, ‘Turn back, you mortals.’ For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a watch in the night. You sweep them away; they are …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V- 3; L-0 ; S/N-1 . Running time: 1 hour 40 min. Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received. 1 Peter 4:10 Happy Feet I love it when a film exceeds my expectations, as in the case of …
Rated R Our content rating V-1; L-7; S/N-7. How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d. Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard” You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed …
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Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-0 ; L-2 ; S-5/N-0 You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever. Psalm 30:11-12 Shall We Dance? Although …