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Teeth (2008)
Over Her Dead Body (2008)
P.S. I Love You (2007)
I'm Not There (2007)
Hottie & the Nottie, The (2008)
First Sunday (2008)
Ace of Hearts (2008)
Bella (2007)
How She Move (2008)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007...
Golden Compass, The (2007)
27 Dresses (2008)
Moondance Alexander (2008)
Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
Savages, The (2007)
Orphanage, The (2007)
One Missed Call (2008)
Cloverfield (2008)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
War/Dance (2007)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege...
Juno (2007)
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both...
Final Season, The (2007)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007...
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, The (20...
There Will Be Blood (2007)
P2 (2007)
Reservation Road (2007)
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
11th Hour, The (2007)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet ...
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)
Shrooms (2008)
Kite Runner, The (2007)

Bella (2007)
Don't Miss This on DVD
Greg Wright

This is no big-budget studio personality drama. It's a quiet, thoughtful examination of a very human and compassionate relationship between a chef with a troubled past and a waitress with a troubled present. So why is a film this simple so enjoyable?

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Ace of Hearts (2008)
Win a Free Copy
HJ

Courtesy of Fox Home Video, you can be one of three lucky Hollywood Jesus News readers to win a copy of this new straight-to-DVD family film, due out on DVD today, May 6. Read more to find out how to enter the drawing.

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Moondance Alexander (2008)
Actors Can't Skate, Either
CoachZ

This movie proves a couple of things for me: first, figure skaters can't act (Sasha Cohen is in this one); second, Kids love the darndest movies (mine won't stop watching it). Rent/Queue it (even if it's for the kids).

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27 Dresses (2008)
Even the Selfless Have Needs
CoachZ

Now on DVD. This movie reminds me of the saying, "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride." This movie also reminds me of the pre-flight warning: "If you are sitting next to someone that needs assistance with their oxygen mask, please make sure yours is secure first."

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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Waging A Personal War
Yo

Now on DVD. There was a time when the USSR seemed like an unstoppable force of nature; and then it hit the mountains of Afghanistan. It was here where the mighty Red Army met its match in an unlikely foe that was being armed through the efforts of one man.

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Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Real Girls, Real World
Jacob Sahms

Now on DVD. The movie works because of Gosling's talent, but the realism of Lars' extended "family" provides the movie with its life. How far would you go to include someone else who seemed left out? That question gets torn up and thrown away by Jesus.

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Cutting Edge 3, The: Chasing the Dream (...
Inspire, Skate, Dream
Jacob Sahms

New on DVD. This is one of those movies that critics hate, but preadolescents with unfulfilled dreams will love, and so will many of their parents. The movie is cheesy, predictable, and absolutely dull... But like Zack and Alex, knows it's audience and succeeds.

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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
When Superpowers Battle
Ed Travis

Now on DVD. "Whoever wins... We lose." We get to see two superpowers duke it out to claim victory, and we see the underdogs, the downtrodden, the humans, caught and helpless in the midst of it all. Is this not the reality throughout the history of war?

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Lions for Lambs (2007)
Lions, Yes... But How?
Jacob Sahms

Now on DVD. For all six characters, the questions can be boiled down below political parties and their view of the war. How am I using the gifts that I have? Am I making a difference in my world today with the problems that I see and can address?

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