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CT's Top 10 Most Redeeming Movies of 2011
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- Mosaic Church, Portland OR
Movie Schedule
- We select a film, a theater 1-2 weeks prior to the group meeting, and send email/post to this blog. We try for a late afternoon screening and meet at the theater 20 minutes before show starts. Free-form discussion follows for an hour or so after the film at a close coffeeshop /lounge. Child-care not provided.
- Next Group Viewing
- 3/10/12 The Way, at Mosaic Church 4:30pm
- Previous Screenings
- 2/18/12 The Artist
- 1/21/12 Drive
- 12/12/11 The Descendants,
- 11/19/11 Tower Heist
- 10/15/11 The Ides of March
- 5/7/11 Inception
- 4/9/11 Toy Story 3
- 3/19/11 Departures
- 2/19/11The Young Victoria
- 11/6/10 Rushmore
- 10/9/10 The Visitor
- 9/11/10 The Book of Eli
- 5/8/10 Rachel Getting Married
- 4/17/10 Slumdog Millionaire
- 3/13/10 Iron Giant
- 2/13/10 Amelie
- 1/16/10 Doubt
- 12/12/09 It's A Wonderful Life
- 11/14/09 The Fall
- 10/3/09 The Dark Knight
- 9/12/09 Arranged
- 5/9/09 Citizen Kane
- 4/18/09 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- 3/14/09 Blue
- 2/14/09 WALL-E
- 1/10/09 Iron Man
- 11/8/08 Gone Baby Gone
- 10/18/08 Lars and the Real Girl
- 9/20/08 Bella
- 6/14/08 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- 5/10/08 Blade Runner
- 4/12/08 The Incredibles
- 3/8/08 Sophie Scholl
- 2/9/08 Shawshank Redemption
- 1/12/08 Casablanca
Movie Man
- Martin
- I am a follower of Jesus who loves movies and sees a connection between film and faith. If we are open, we can experience transcendance as we engage with movies, learning something about ourselves, life, and God, and sometimes even experiencing God Himself.
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Movie Man in Print
- The Descendants -- CV Jan/Feb 12
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 -- CV Nov/Dec 11
- The Tree of Life -- CV Sep/Oct 11
- X-Men: First Class -- CV July 11
- Shutter Island -- CV June 11
- True Grit -- CV May 11
- Soul Surfer -- CV Apr 11
- Toy Story 3 -- CV Mar 11
- The King's Speech -- CV Feb 11
- The Social Network -- CV Jan 11
- Count of Monte Cristo -- CV Dec 10
- Departures -- CV Oct 10
- Inception -- CV Sept 10
- Iron Man 2 -- CV Aug 10
- The Young Victoria -- CV July 10
- The Book of Eli -- CV June 10
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs -- CV May 10
- Sherlock Holmes -- CV Apr 10
- The Hurt Locker -- CV Mar 10
- Avatar -- CV Feb 10
- Doubt -- CV Jan 10
- It's a Wonderul Life -- CV Dec 09
- Finding Neverland -- CV Nov 09
- Confessions of a Shopaholic -- CV Oct 09
- 17 Again -- CV Sept 09
- Raiders of the Lost Ark -- CV Aug 09
- The Visitor & Frozen River -- CV July 09
- Slumdog Millionaire -- CV June 09
- Wanted -- CV May 09
- Blue -- CV Apr 09
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas -- CV Mar 09
- WALL-E -- CV Feb 09
- There Will Be Blood -- CV Jan 09
- Into the Wild -- CV Dec 08
- Iron Man -- CV Nov 08
- A Christian's Approach to Hollywood
Movie Resources
- Christian Video Magazine
- Christianity Today Movies
- Film Movement (Indie Foreign Films)
- Hulu free movies
- IGN Movies
- Martin's Movie Picks: Ranked and Review Dates
- Meta Critic
- Mosaic Movie Class Summary
- Movie interaction questions
- Mubi Movies
- Overstreet's Discussion Questions
- Rankography
- Rotten Tomatoes
- ScreenVue Movie Clips
- Script-o-Rama
- Simply Scripts
- Spirituality and Practice -- Films
- The Moment of Clarity
- The Moral Premise
- The Numbers
- Visceral Cinema
- WingClips
Movie Books
- A Matrix of Meanings, Craig Detweiler & Barry Taylor, Baker, 2003.
- Behind the Screen, Spencer Lewerenz & Barbara Nicolosi (editors), Baker, 2005.
- Everyday Theology, Kevin Vanhoozer, Baker, 2007.
- Eyes Wide Open, William Romanowski, Brazos, 2001.
- Faith, Film and Philosophy, R. Douglas Geivett & James S. Spiegel (editors), IVP, 2007.
- Hollywood Worldviews, Brian Godawa, IVP, 2002.
- Into the Dark, Craig Detweiler, Baker, 2008.
- Reel Spirituality, Robert K. Johnston, Baker, 2006 (2d ed.).
- Reflections on the Movies, Ken Gire, Victor, 2000.
- Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies, Blake Snyder, Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.
- Save the Cat!, Blake Snyder, Michael Wiese Productions, 2005.
- The Gospel According to Hollywood, Greg Garrett, Westminster, 2007.
- Through a Screen Darkly, Jeffrey Overstreet, Regal, 2007.
- Useless Beauty, Robert K. Johnston, Baker, 2004.
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2011
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December
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- The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) -- percept...
- Crazy, Stupid, Love -- marriage vs one-night stand...
- The Descendants -- living with dignity, dealing wi...
- Repo Men -- employment, identity and medical respo...
- Contagion -- disinformation and disinfection
- Movie Group for December: The Descendants: M...
- The Good German -- sacrifice, survival and smuggli...
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November
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- Win Win -- mistakes, deception and second chances
- Tower Heist -- deceiver vs servant-leader
- Turkey Films
- Bridesmaids -- raunchy, riotous and redemption-fre...
- Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) -- missi...
- November Movie Group: Tower Heist, Sat 11/19/11 at...
- Book Review: "The Grace Effect" -- Adoption as ans...
- Movie Group for November: Tower Heist Saturday 11/...
- Take Shelter -- fear, anxiety and insanity
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October
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- The Ides of March -- death of idealism, birth of m...
- The Mighty Macs -- teamwork, commitment and dreams...
- Hanna -- coldness of life apart from family
- Made in Dagenham -- leadership and equality
- "The Ides of March" -- this Saturday 10/15/11, 4:4...
- Manon of the Spring (Manon des sources) -- revenge...
- Jean de Florette -- unseen enemies, unseen solutio...
- Four Lions -- suicide-bombers and radical Christia...
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December
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