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JACOB'S
LADDER (1990)
Can you image a movie about a postal worker going crazy? This is it!
But, the craziness has nothing to do with working in a post office.
Rather, with the Viet Nam war and the after effects of an experiment
the Army conducted with a powerful new drug called "The Ladder."
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 JACK
& BOBBY (WB
2004-??)
Darrel Manson reviews: The show challenges viewers to think about their
own character and values. What has made us into the people we have become?
Are the values we are passing on truly the values that need to be passed
on? Are there values we have learned that we should rethink and perhaps
discard? |
 THE JACKET (2005)
Review by Kevin Miller: Death can arrive when we least expect it, but we live like we have all the time in the world. Jack Starks knows better though. So the question becomes, what will he do with the time he has left? Rather than panic and try to avert his death, as most characters in his situation would do, he seeks to infuse his death with meaning instead. |
 JAKOB
THE LIAR (1999)
To combat the overwhelming depression and suicide that pervades the ghetto,
Jakob tells fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the
Nazis. |
 JARHEAD (2005)
Director: Sam Mendes. Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black. Six months in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait offers a series of dramatic and traumatic experiences for Marine Anthony "Swoff" Swofford (Gyllenhaal) as he fights in Operation: Desert Storm. Overview (dial up speed) |
 JERSEY
GIRL (2004)
We have to keep our eye on the mark: relationships. Like I said, I appreciated
the movie’s candid treatment of this topic. It played hardball with
my pride and immaturity. It forced me to face my own ambitions and ask,
“At what cost?” . |
 JESUS
MINI SERIES (2000)
Jesus is presented as an international Messiah -- his concerns are not
just for the Jews. Here he weeps over a murdered Roman soldier. |
 JIMMY
NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS (2001)
This film is about the alien-ation that happens in families and the sense
of responsibility that the children often feel. Jimmy disobeys his parents
resulting in evil outer space aliens taking his parents away (sin = alienation).
Through acknowledgment of his wrong doing (repentance), Jimmy brings his
family back together by getting his friends to help him (community).. |
 JOAN
OF ARC (CBS
1999)
This special event four-hour mini-series brought us the triumphant yet
tragic true story of Joan of Arc. This illiterate 15th century French
peasant girl used boundless faith, courage, and determination to unite
France and save it from its English enemy, only to be convicted of heresy
and burned at the stake at 19. |
 JOAN
OF ARCADIA (TV Series)
Review by Maurice Broaddus: One of the things that makes this show work
is its honest treatment of faithfulness. It constantly teeters on being
overwhelmed with its earnestness, but is saved by its sense of humor,
being seasoned with an edge of darkness, and, above all, its relevance. |
JOE'S
APARTMENT (1996)
MTV gets biblical. The movie is a feature-length version of a 1992 short
film made for MTV by John Payson. It uses many biblical motifs. |
 JOHNNY
ENGLISH (2003)
When her majesty's crown jewels are stolen by a conniving Frenchman, who
also plans to steal the queen's throne, Johnny English, a bit unseasoned
but intensely enthusiastic, is thrown onto the case. |
 JOHNSON
FAMILY VACATION (2004)
I like Cedric The Entertainer. He is one of the funniest comedians in
entertainment. He has the ability to bring to life the African American
experience - our strength, our dignity, and even our dysfunctions - and
make us celebrate ourselves, "warts and all." I wish the script
had better utilized those gifts and talents. |
 JOHN
Q (2002)
John Q. Archibald is a man pushed to the limit when his young son becomes
gravely ill and the system refuses to treat him. With time running out,
John puts himself on the line to ensure that his son's life is saved...
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 JONAH:
A VEGGIE TALES MOVIE (2002)
A troubled, troubling prophet of old is repackaged and placed in the produce
section of an American grocery store. The alien is made familiar, the
Jew is appropriated to serve Christian needs, and there is just enough
of an Orientalist flavour to suggest that the original story comes from
somewhere else. It's McBible. |
 JOSIE
AND THE PUSSYCATS (2001)
This is not a heavy film. It is rather light hearted with a simple plot:
A going-no-where girl band suddenly finds itself at the top of the charts.
They soon realize that the US Government has placed subliminal messages
in their CDs. |
 JOSHUA
(2001)
What if Jesus returned to a small community in America? What would happen?
Here is a portrayal of Jesus in a bar, at a rock concert, jamming in a
garage, and even attending a healing service! He lives in a barn and tears
down churches in his spare time. Ya gotta see this film. |
 JOY
RIDE (2001)
How can we deal with relentless nature of evil? This high class B-movie
deals with the age old problem of evil. It never goes away and it keeps
on coming. |
JULIAN
PO (1998)
A 30 year old stranger comes to town to die. Crowds
adore and follow him. This is Jesus on the way to cross. |
 JUMP
TOMORROW (2001)
Jump Tomorrow is a delight. It's a romantic comedy. It's a road movie.
And it is about hope. |
 JUNEBUG (2005)
Review by Darrel Manson: What is home? What is family? In Junebug, screenwriter Angus MacLachlan and director Phil Morrison, look at these questions from their North Carolinian roots. |
 JU-ON:
THE GRUDGE (2004)
Revew by Darrel Manson: I wonder what we really
need to fear in this film: the atmosphere and mood that is so spooky?
the ghosts? or is it maybe the understanding that violence and vengeance
so easily grow out of control? That last is something we all can -- and
perhaps should -- fear. |
 JURASSIC
PARK 3 (2001)
The film is basically about the horrors of family breakup. The dinosaurs
represent the psychological traumas that the children of feuding parents
must unfortunately face. |
 JUST FRIENDS (2005)
Director: Roger Kumble. Stars: Ryan Reynolds Amy Smart, Anna Faris
At his high school reunion, a womanizer (Reynolds) gets the chance to come face-to-face with the old crush (Smart) who turned his heart cold.
Overview (dial up) |
 JUST LIKE HEAVEN
Convinced that she is a ghost, David tries to help Elizabeth cross over to the "other side." But while Elizabeth has discovered she does have a distinctly ethereal quality—she can walk through walls - she is equally convinced that she is somehow still alive and isn't crossing over anywhere. Overview (dial up speed ) |
 JUST
MY LUCK (2006)
Director: Donald Petrie. Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine. Sexy Manhattanite
Ashley (Lindsay Lohan) is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a
chance encounter with a down-and-out young man (Chris Pine), however, she realizes
that she's swapped her fortune for his. |
 JUST
THE TICKET (1998)
Just the ticket weaves a story of love, redemption and faith around
a ticket scalper with one last chance to hold onto the girl he loves. |
 JUST
VISITING (2001)
It causes the audience to look at things in a fresh way and wonder how
well we would transplant in a strange and bizarre situation.
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