Journal of Religion and Film Film Reviews Reviews of current movies that focus upon religion in film may be submitted to: Dr. Rubina Ramji Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Cape Breton University Room CC241, 1250 Grand Lake Road Sydney, Nova Scotia Canada B1P 6L2 email: Dr. Rubina Ramji

Film Reviews

Dr. Rubina Ramji, Film Editor

Submitting Reviews

Current Reviews

• The Adjustment Bureau - William Rodriguez (15,2)
• The Mill and the Cross - David Humbert (15,2)
• The Rite - Gregory Chad Wilkes (15,2)
• Tree of Life - Danny Fisher (15,2)
• Tree of Life - Alan A. Stone (15,2)
• Winter's Bone - Rebecca Albright (15,2)
• The Help - Carol Miles (15,2)

Previous Review

• About Schmidt - Andrea D. Lobele (7,1)
• Adam's æbler (Adam's Apple) Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• A.I.: Artificial Intelligence - Ben Forest (6,1)
• Ajami - Dustin Zielke (14,1)
• Ameerka - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• American Jihadist: The Life and Times of Isa Abdullah Ali - Slamdance Film Festival (14,1)
• Amongst White Clouds - Marwood Larson-Harris (12,2)
• Angel-A - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Antwone Fisher - Carol Miles (7,1)
• Anything Else -John Vassar (8,1)
• Arlen Faber - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• As Lillith - Joseph Ballan (14,1)
• Atanarjuat - Amir Hussain (6,2)
• Atonement - Jon Snodgrass (11,2)
• Australia - Mark Lambert (13,1)
• Avatar - John Lyden (14,1)
• Avatar: “I See You”: Na’vigating the Bridge between Scientific Observation and ReligiousApprehension in Avatar- L. Leann Kanda and Rachel Wagner (14,1)
• Avatar: The Sacred in James Cameron’s Avatar - Carol Linnitt (14,1)
• Avatar: A View from the Inside: James Cameron’s Avatar - Michael W. McGowan (14,1)
• Away from Her - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Bandits- S. Brent Plate (6,1)
• Barking Water - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• Be Like Others(12,1)
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - James H. Thrall (12,1)
• Before Tomorrow - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• The Believer - John Martin (7,2)
• Bend Like Beckham - Béatrice Schatzmann-von Aesch (7,1)
• Big Fish - Kent L. Brintnall (8,1)
• Billu - Rebecca Howell (13,2)
• The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros) - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring) - Dr. Mike King (9,2)
• Book of Eli - Adam L. Porter (14,1)
• The Bourne Ultimatum - Danny Fisher (11,2)
• Bowfinger - Kate Lavia (4,1)
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Kathryn Carrière (13,1)
• Bruce Almighty - Julien R. Fielding (7,2)
• Bugmaster - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• The Cell - John Plater (4,2)
• Children of God: Lost and Found - Slamdance Film Festival (11,1)
• Chocolat - Carol Miles (5,1)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader- Jason Staples (15,1)
• Cold Souls - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• Constantine - Jeffrey Mallinson (9,1)
• Conversion - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Country Strong - David Fillingim (15,1)
• Crash - Joe Rogers (9,2)
• The Crime of Father Amaro - Donna Yarri (8,1)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - J. Heath Atchley (5,1)
• Crude - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Matthew McEver (13,1)
• Dancer in the Dark - S. Brent Plate (4,2)
• Daredevil - Julien R. Fielding (7,1)
• The Dark Knight - Danny Fisher (12, 2)
• Dead Snow - David Humbert (13,1)
• Death in Love - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Defiance - Michael Rennett (13,1)
• Dekada 70 - Antonio D. Sison (8,1)
• Delhi 6 - Rebecca Howell (13 2)
• Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex - Dustin Zielke (13 2)
• The Devil Came on Horseback - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Dirt! The Movie - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• District 9 - Jacob Simpson (13,2)
• Divine Intervention - Antonio D. Sison (7,1)
• Dogville - Todd Comer (9,1)
• Dopamine - Mark Roncace (10,1)
• Doubt - William L. Blizek (12,2)
• Durakovo: Village of Fools- Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Earth Days - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• Eat, for This Is My Body - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• 8 Mile - Jon Pahl (7,1)
• Enemies of Happiness - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind- Brannon M Hancock (9,1)
• Equilibrium - Michael Karounos (7,2)
• Eve and the Fire Horse (10,1)
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Donna Yarri (10,1)
• Expelled: No Intellegence Allowed - Gregory Chad Wilkes (12,2)
• Fighting Cholitas - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Fitna - Amarnath Amarasingam (13,1)
• 5 Days - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Five Minutes of Heaven - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• Flight of the Phoenix - Bill Jenkins (10,1)
• For the Bible Tells Me So - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Four Sheets to the Wind - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Gamer - Fred Mason (13,2)
• Gangs of New York - Annalisa Panelli (7,1)
• George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Gesture Down (I Don't Sing) - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai - S. Brent Plate (4,2)
• Giant Buddhas - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Gladiator - Matthew McEver (4,2)
• God's Army - James Delmont (4,2)
• God Grew Tired of Us- Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• The Golden Compass- James H. Thrall (12,1)
• Grace is Gone - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Grizzly Man - John W. Vest (10,1)
• Guitar - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• The Guru - Julien R. Fielding (7,1)
• Half-Life - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Hannibal - Artie Megibben (5,1)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin (6,1)
• Harry Potter, The Goblet of Fire...and the Communion of Saints? - Andrew Cooke (10,1)
• Hawk is Dying - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Heaven - Antonio D. Sison (7,1)
• Hell House- Michael Karounos (7,1)
• Henry Poole Is Here - Chad W. D. Bolton (12,2)
• Hofshat Kaits (My Father My Lord)- Elisa Ruiz Velasco Garcia< (12,2)
• The Holy Girl - Frederick J. Ruf (10,1)
• Holy Smoke! - Irena Makarushka (4,2)
• Holy Smoke! - Rebecca Pannell (4,2)
• Hot House - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• The House of Sand and Fog - Michael Van Dyke (8,1)
• Ice Age - Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin (6,1)
• Igby Goes Down - Jessica Frazier (6,2)
• I Am Legend - Christopher M. Moreman (12,1)
• I Just Wanted to be Somebody - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• I ♥ Huckabees - Donna Yarri (10,1)
• Incendiary - Sundance Film Festival(12,1)
• Inception - Danny Fisher (14,1)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Danny Fisher (12,2)
• Inglourious Basterds - Michael Rennett (13,2)
• The Invention of Lying - Bill Blizek (13,2)
• In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith - Mary Ann Beavis (12,1)
• In the Bedroom - Brad Stetson (6,1)
• In this World - Antonio D. Sison (8,1)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Danny Fisher (12,2)
• Iraq in Fragments - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Into Great Silence- Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• The Island - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• James Cameron's Cathedral: Avatar Revives the Religious Spectacle - Craig Detweiler (14,1)
• James' Journey to Jerusalem - Thomas E. Phillips (8,1)
• Jennifer's Body - Joseph Laycock (13,2)
• Jesus Camp - Michael Friesen (11,2)
• Jew Boy - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Jodhaa Akbar - Jessica Frazier (12,1)
• Johnny Mad Dog - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie - Thomas E. Phillips (6,2)
• K-Pax - Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin (6,1)
• KZ - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Kandahar - Antonio D. Sison (6,1)
• Katyn - Christopher Garbowski (11,2)
• Keeping the Faith - Donna Bowman (4,2)
• Khadak - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Kill Bill II - Frederick Ruf (8,1)
• The Kingdom - Bridget Blomfield (11,2)
• Kingdom Come - Carol Miles (5,1)
• Kinsey - Chad Wilkes (9,1)
• The Kite Runner - William L. Blizek (11,2)
• Knowing - Andy Chi Kit Wong (13,1)
• Land of the Dead - Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare (9,2)
• The Legacy - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Legion - Charles E. Bowie (14,1)
• Linguists - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Little Miss Sunshine - Tony Mills(11,1)
• Living Downstream - Stephanie Kirkwood Walker (14,1)
• Lost in Translation - S. Brent Plate (8,1)
• Lovers of the Arctic Circle - S. Brent Plate (3,2)
• The Matrix: Reloaded - Diana Walsh-Pasulka (7,2)
• The Machinist - Julien Fielding (10,1)
• Maria Full of Grace - Vince Caperelli, Jr. (10,1)
• Mermaid - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Millions - Clodagh Weldon (10,1)
• Minority Report - Michael Karounos (6,2)
• Misogyny Under the Dome? - Elaine Carlson (14,1)
• La Mission - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• Mission: Impossible II - Robert Arjet (4,2)
• Miss Navajo - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun - Sundance Film Festival (11,1)
• Monsieur Ibrahim - Frederick Ruf (8,1)
• Monster - Kent L. Brintnall (8,1)
• Moon - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de Motocicleta) - Frederick J. Ruf (9,1)
• Munich - Jason Flato (10,1)
• My Son the Fanatic - Dan Clanton (4,2)
• My Winnipeg - Frederick J. Ruf (12,2)
• Napoleon Dynamite - Bill Jenkins (9,2)
• Nativity - Michelle L. Thurlow (11,1)
• Northfork - Mike King (8,1)
• North Starr - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• No Country for Old Men - Ryan Parker (11,2)
• No. 2 - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• The Oath - Joseph Ballan (14,1)
• Om Shanti Om - Dr. Karline McLain (12,2)
• The Only Good Indian - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• Order of Myths - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Over the Hills and Far Away - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• Pan's Labyrinth - Jennifer Schuberth (12,1)
• The Passion of the Christ - Mario DeGiglio - Bellmare (8,1)
• Phoebe in Wonderland - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• The Pianist - Christopher Garbowski (6,2)
• Planet of the Apes - Matt McEver (5,2)
• Quantum of Solace - Danny Fisher (13,1)
• Quest for Honor - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• [REC] 2 - Andy Chi Kit Wong (14,1)
• Recycle - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Red - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Religulous - Dr. William L. Blizek (12,2)
• Rendition - Zinnat Mamon (11,2)
• Resurrection - Nicole Blizek (4,1)
• Rite - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus - Vince Caperelli, Jr. (11,2)
• A Serious Man - Carol Linnitt (13,2)
• Seven Pounds - Britt Hultgren (13,1)
• Sherlock Holmes - Mark Lambert (14,1)
• Sideways - Frederick J. Ruf (9,2)
• A Sign From God - Elyse D.Sara (4,2)
• Signs - Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare (6,2)
• The Silence - Linda Ehrlich (4,2)
• Silent Light (Stellet licht) - Greg Watkins (11,2)
• Sita Sings the Blues - Kevin Dodd (13,2)
• Sleepy Hollow - S. Brent Plate (4,1)
• Slingshot Hip Hop- Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Small Engine Repair - David Fillingim (13,1)
• Smudge - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Songs from the Second Floor - Yoram Allon (5,1)
• Spirituality as Anti-Structure in James Cameron's Avatar - Florian Jeserich (14,1)
• Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom) - Dr Mike King (9,2)
• Star Trek - Michael W. McGowan (13,1)
• Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith - Vincent A. Olea (9,2)
• Stigmata - Ron Burke (3,2)
• Strangers - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• "Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer - William L. Blizek (14,1)
• Sunshine State - Glenn Whitehouse (6,2)
• Sweet Sixteen - Jessica Frazier (6,2 )
• Sylvia - J. Sage Elwell (7,2)
• Taken - Mark Lambert (13,1)
• The Terminal - Todd A. Comer (9,1)
• Terminator Salvation - Kathryn Carrière (13,1)
• There Will Be Blood - Scott Clyburn (12,2)
• The Third Testament- William L. Blizek (15,1)
• Tibet in Song - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• To End All Wars - Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin (9,2)
• Tomb Raider - Nicola Denzey (5,2)
• Towelhead - Sundance Film Festival(12,1)
• Toy Story 3 - William Rodriguez (14,1)
• The Tribe - Sundance Film Festival (10,1)
• Tron: Legacy - Joseph Laycock (15,1)
• True Grit- Danny Fisher (15,1)
• 21 Grams - Elysee Nouvet (8,1)
• DVD Review: The Ultimate Matrix Collection - Danny Fisher (10,1)
• Unsettled - Slamdance (11,1)
• Vajra Sky Over Tibet - Shannon Foskett (11,2)
• Vanilla Sky - Jason M. Flato (6,1)
• WALL-E - Joseph Laycock (13,1)
• Waltz with Bashir - William L. Blizek (13,1)
• Watchmen - Jacob Simpson (13,1)
• Wendy and Lucy - Ryan Parker (13,1)
• What Remains: A Film About the Life and Work of Sally Mann - Sundance Film Festival(10,1)
• What the Bleep Do We Know!? - Donna Yarri (10,1)
• Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Windtalkers - Thomas E. Phillips (6,2)
• Wounded Knee - Sundance Film Festival (13,1)
• The Wrestler - Britt Hultgren (13,1)
• Yasukuni - Sundance Film Festival (12,1)
• Year One - Anthony Limbert (13,1)