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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

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Scary but true: Time to watch Sophie Scholl

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Scary but true: Time to watch Sophie Scholl

On January 19, The Washington Post published an article by Tyler Huckabee called "Christians say Hollywood ignores them. But they ignore great films about faith." This was no surprise to me. I've been writing about films that fit this description for decades now. And one of

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"Sophie Scholl" Wins an Award from the Evangelical Press... Sorta.

How am I supposed to understand my purpose here when, regularly writing about movies that most evangelicals would never bother to watch, I'm suddenly given an Evangelical Press Award for reviewing a little-known foreign film directed by an atheist? Many thanks to the folks who enjoyed this review

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One of the Greatest Christian Heroes the Big Screen's Ever Seen...

... is here on DVD at last. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days is not only one of the best films to play on American screens this year, but it also boasts one of the greatest performances by an actress in the last several years. Julia Jentsch is riveting in this film.

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Sarris on "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days" - the raves continue

Andrew Sarris (The New York Observer) on Sophie Scholl: The Final Days: Another surprise — perhaps as much for you as for me — is that in her last days, Sophie doesn’t emerge as some kind of secular saint, but rather as a deep believer in her mother’s Protestant Lutheran

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Julia Jentsch on Playing Sophie Scholl

Cinematical has an interview with Julia Jentsch, the actress who deserves an Oscar nomination for her performance in Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. (Alas, the film is only nominated for Best Foreign Film. It deserved a screenplay nomination and a Best Supporting Actor nomination as well.)

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The New York Times' Stephen Holden praises "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days"

The film has opened in New York, and Stephen Holden is impressed. Even the Village Voice admits it's an admirable achievement. And now, Steven D. Greydanus is sounding the trumpets and heralding Sophie Scholl: The Final Days as an A+ motion picture. He calls it: ...one of a

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today. * A number of big names — Dame Judi Dench, Keira Knightley, Charlize Theron, and Reese Witherspoon — were Academy Award nominees for Best Actress in 2005. And Witherspoon, the winner for her role in Walk the Line, certainly deserved high honors. But could it

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Specials: Sophie Scholl. Casting news. X-Men ends.

Friday's specials: Well, I saw The New World again last night. Went with Anne and my new friend Mark Shea. We all basked in the glory, even though the beauty of Malick's film was completely lost on the row of teenagers sitting behind us who talked

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The Da Vinci Challenge, the NY Times Coverage, and Wellborn's Perspective

[UPDATE: The Da Vinci Challenge site is suddenly out of service. Is it a glitch? Or was it shut down for some reason?] The New York Times has already noticed a new Web site, just launched today, created by Sony Pictures and Grace Hill Media called The Da Vinci Challenge,

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The Da Vinci Challenge, the NY Times coverage, and Wellborn's perspective

[UPDATE: The Da Vinci Challenge site is suddenly out of service. Is it a glitch? Or was it shut down for some reason?] The New York Times has already noticed a new Web site, just launched today, created by Sony Pictures and Grace Hill Media called The Da Vinci Challenge,

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"The White Rose" ... or, How to Prepare for the "Sophie Scholl" Release

I just received this from a reader: The White Rose Okay, thanks! Here's a link to the Amazon page for the book.

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More about "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days"

a few more details about... Sophie Scholl: The Final Days In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose.

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In Love with Another 2006 Movie

... let me tell you this now: The next movie that I will be raving and raving about, and exhorting everyone to get out and see, is the Oscar-nominated film out of Germany: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. Remember how the best parts of The Silence of the Lambs were those