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2007 could be remembered as the Year of Pro-Life Cinema.

Mark Moring | posted 1/22/2008 09:03AM

To some, it was a year of war movies and "statement" flicks—including In the Valley of Elah, Lions for Lambs, and Rendition. Meanwhile, David Poland of Movie City News declared 2007 "Oscar's Year ...

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DW	Posted: February 02, 2008 2:43 AM


There are not 'Pro Life' films, they are 'Pro Choice' They show the pregnant women excercising their right to choose and even that doesn't mean the writer/director is making a statement - lets not forget, most of these films rely on the pregnancy and birth to exist at all. Otherwise we'd be looking at 'Not-Knocked Up', 'Still No Children of Men' and 'August Who?'

Dana	Posted: January 30, 2008 12:17 PM

here's a strange interview with ellen page of "juno". how could such a sharp young woman think that a film involving teen pregnancy and the decision to not abort COULD be not political in the public sphere? baffling, but interesting. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Movies/article/298588 'children of men' is the single most life-affirming film i've ever seen. so much death, yet every death was filmed in such a way that each one MATTERED - like the scene just after the baby's birth where the apartment is being seiged by the military and theo and kee are running through the halls with the baby, and in the background, out of focus, just over theo's shoulder, a man is shot in the head and killed. small, in the background, and yet, it MATTERS. love this film.

Karen Goebel

Posted: January 26, 2008 3:16 PM


What an amazing dose of hope!! Thank you for your balanced perspective.

Bryan

Posted: January 24, 2008 11:12 AM


I applaud Christianity Today for spotlighting these films as a contribution Hollywood has made to our culture versus the traditional stance of Christians to see Hollywood as the great corruptor. It is refreshing to see Christians putting a film like KNOCKED UP in the proper perspective versus counting cuss words and judging it based on its rating.

Dana	Posted: January 23, 2008 7:40 AM


i'm just laughing that some feminist groups are complaining because these films don't 'sufficiently depict' a consideration of abortion. how often do we see folks on screen seriously considering not aborting? yup, four whole films that present women keeping their babies is not depicting of real life. grow up, my fellow ladies - you can't have your way all the time.

Andrea Hoover

Posted: January 22, 2008 1:03 PM


With the exception of "4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile" (4 months 3 weeks and 2 days), right? This film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007 and was nominated for a Golden Globe.

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