I am not particularly a fan of foreign  films, nor am I an elitist that hates anything but non-Hollywood indie films (although I generally enjoy indie films!).  But after re-watching Let the Right One In for the Nth time, I found that Netflix was suggesting lots of movies that sounded very interesting and turned out to be foreign films. Some I had seen before, but were worth re-watching. Some were just OK. Here is a list of some of the ones I have enjoyed. (NOTE: n my humble, yet accurate, opinon, subtitles are to be preferred over overdubs).

Let the Right One In (2008)
Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Part one of the trilogy. A journalist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by a young female hacker.

Amélie (2001)
Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. (Warning: total chick flick.

Trollhunter (2010)
Film students tracking an alleged bear poacher discover he is actually an undercover troll hunter.

Arn (2007)
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

North Face (2008)
Based on a true story about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as Nazi propaganda urges the nation’s Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif – the Eiger.

Downfall (2004)
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

The Seventh Seal (1957)
A classic film concerning a Knight seeking answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.

Das Boot (1981)
Nominated for six Oscars, this edge-of-your-seat dramatic triumph follows the trials of a German U-boat crew during World War II.

What a great idea! A website that lists the best times in a movie to run to the bathroom! Complete with synopsis of what you miss during break times!

http://runpee.com/

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Green Who?

I was going to be so mad if Coldblood got his movie first. Now I feel much better.

 In honor of the 30th anniversary of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ MoviePhone unearthed 30 little-known facts about the beloved action-adventure movie.

I will be speaking on The Message Behind the Movies at the National Apologetics Conference, in Charlotte, NC on October 28th.

Interview on One Minute Apologist – pt. 2:  Tips from a parent.

Interview on One Minute Apologist - pt. 1: Hollywood and Worldviews

Date: Wednesday, March 16

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Defending Christianity and God’s Plan for Marriage, Family, and Life through Creative Arts such as Film and Literature

Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Gene Edward Veith Jr.

Other Confirmed Speakers: Jason Jones  | Dallas Jenkins | Dick Rolfe | Dr. Angus Menuge |  Dr. Ryan MacPherson | Mikel Del Rosario | Anthony Horvath | Glenn Jones | Holly Ordway | Israel Wayne | Brian Auten

An apologetics conference held… entirely online! April 7th, 8th and 9th, 2011.

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