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Past Reviews

Movie title followed by review date (month/year) and rating.

2006 Retrospective -- Movies Released in 2006  (1/07)
2005 Retrospective -- Movies Released in 2005  (2/06)
2004 Retrospective -- Movies Released in 2004 (2/05)

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Akeelah and the Bee (6/06), 3 ½ stars

Amazing Grace (4/07), 3 ¼ stars

The Aviator (3/05), 2 ½ stars

Because of Winn-Dixie (4/05), 3 stars

Bend It Like Beckham (6/03), 3 stars

Big Fish (3/04), 2 ¾ stars

Breach (5/07), 3 ¼ stars

Bruce Almighty (9/03), 3 ¼ stars

Charlotte's Web (2/07), 3 ¼ stars

Chicago (3/03), 3 ½ stars

The Chronicles of Narnia (1/06), 3 stars

Cinderella Man (9/05), 3 ¼ stars

The Constant Gardener (11/05), 3 ¼ stars

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The Da Vinci Code (7/06), 2 ¼ stars

Dreamer (12/05), 2 ¾ stars

Eight Below (4/06), 3 ½ stars

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (11/07), 3 stars

End of the Spear (3/06), 3 ¼ stars

Evan Almighty (7/07), 3 stars

Facing the Giants (11/06), 3 stars

Finding Neverland (3/05), 3 stars

Flight Plan (11/05), 2 ¾ stars

Flywheel (10/07), 3 ¼ stars

Gods and Generals (5/04), 3 ½ stars

Good Night, and Good Luck (12/05), 3 ½ stars

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Hairspray (9/07), 3 ¼ stars

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1/03), 2 ¾ stars

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (9/04), 2 stars

Hoosiers (5/06) 3 ¼ stars

Hotel Rwanda (3/05), 3 ½ stars

In America (3/04), 3 ¼ stars

An Inconvenient Truth (9/06), 3 ¼ stars

The Interpeter (9/06), 3 stars

King Kong (2/06), 2 ¼ stars

Kingdom of Heaven (6/05), 2 ½ stars

Ladies in Lavender (9/05), 3 stars

Ladder 49 (12/04), 2 ¾ stars

Lassie (10/06), 3 stars

The Last Sin Eater (3/07), 3 stars

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (9/03), 1 ½ stars

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2/04), 4 stars

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2/03), 3 ¾ stars

Lost in Translation (3/04), 2 stars

Luther (11/03), 3 ½ stars

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The Manchurian Candidate (9/04), 3 stars

March of the Penguins (9/05), 3 ½ stars

Million Dollar Baby (3/05), 3 stars

Miss Potter (6/07), 3 ¼ stars

My Dog Skip (4/03), 3 ½ stars

Nancy Drew (9/07), 3 stars

National Treasure (1/05), 3 stars

The Nativity Story (1/07), 3 ½ stars

One Night with the King (11/06), 3 stars

The Open Range (10/03), 3 stars

Phantom of the Opera (2/05), 3 ¼ stars

The Pianist (5/03), 3 ½ stars

The Passion of the Christ (4/04), 4 stars

Pride and Prejudice (1/06), 3 ¼ stars

The Queen (12/06), 3 ½ stars

Rabbit-Proof Fence (5/06), 3 stars

Radio (1/04), 2 ¾ stars

Sahara (5/05), 2 ¾ stars

Seabiscuit (9/03), 2 ¾ stars

Second-Hand Lions (1/04), 3 ½ stars

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (12/04), 2 ½ stars

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (4/03), 4 stars

Spiderman II (9/04), 2 ¾ stars

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (9/05), 2 stars

Super Size Me (6/04), 3 ¼ stars

Superman Returns (8/06), 2 ½ stars

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Vanity Fair (11/04), 3 ¼ stars

The Village (9/04), 3 stars

Walk the Line (1/06), 3 ½ stars

War of the Worlds (9/05), 2 ½ stars

Who Killed the Electric Car? (9/06), 3 stars

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Jay Maurer, a member of West Side Presbyterian Church, is a long-term movie buff and former college teacher of The Film as Literature. He has written movie reviews for The Good News (West Side newsletter) since 2002.

If you have comments or questions about the movie (or play) reviews, please contact Jay at dramachap@msn.com.

Ratings are expressed in increments of ¼ star.
A rating of 2 ½ stars or higher is meant to be a recommendation.
1 star: poor
2 stars: minimally satisfactory
3 stars: quite good
4 stars: superb

Criteria for determining the ratings:

• Reflection, either explicit or implicit, of Christian values, including suitability of language and lack of gratuitous violence
• Quality of the acting
• Originality
• Unity of the entire picture
• Substance, or in the words of C.S. Lewis, weight

Other Christian movie review Web sites:
Plugged In Online
ChristianityTodayMovies.com