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TODAY'S DIALOGUE - August 16, 2002
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Part 2 of 2: Film Forum: Family-Friendly Fare from Fancied Fathers of Filth - Christianity Today
Disney isn't the only cultural bogeyman turning to more family-friendly films. Richard Rodriguez, who made a name for himself with hyperviolent action movies like El Mariachi and Desperado and monster movies like The Faculty and From Dusk Till Dawn, has become an unlikely champion of family filmmaking with the success of last year's Spy Kids. Religious media critics are pleased with the return of siblings Carmen and Juni Cortez in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, but a few voice disappointments.

• The second part of this article talks about movies and what the critics are saying. This is what DinnerDialogue.com will focus on today.
  
  
• What is the criteria in determining whether or not you will see a movie? How do you use the information you get from film critics? What is the best movie you saw this summer? What movie did you really want to see but didn't? Why did you really want to see it? What is your favorite all time movie?
  
  
• What does it take for you to walk out of a movie? When was the last time you walked out of a movie? Did you talk to a manager? What did you tell them?
  
  
• How have you used movies to share the Gospel or some spiritual issue with your friends and/or neighbors?
  
  
• Check out our Movie Reviews from HollywoodJesus.com and see if you came to the same conclusions they do.
  

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SIDE ORDERS - other news from today

Burning bin Laden - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Hence, they developed an elaborate memorial celebration that will begin with a traditional military-style memorial ceremony and culminate with a "payback" where a figure of Osama Bin Laden will go up in flames.

PETA Launches Attack on Sport Fishing - Fox News
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says fishing is a violent and cruel sport that victimizes the innocent inhabitants of the nation's waterways. They've initiated a campaign demanding states ban the time-honored sport.

Girls Link Their Use of Family Planning Clinics to Keeping Parents in the Dark - New York Times (free registration required)
Among the 950 sexually active girls ages 12 to 17 who were surveyed at Planned Parenthood clinics in Wisconsin in 1999, 47 percent said they would stop using the clinic entirely and 12 percent more said they would stop or postpone testing for pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including H.I.V.

Lingerie Shop Sued on Church Pledge - Associated Press
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Victoria's Secret on Tuesday alleging that one of its lingerie shops didn't honor a promise to give a devout Baptist saleswoman most Sundays off to go to church.

Group sues to lift park ban on child molesters - AZ Central
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against the town of Michigan City, challenging a city rule making public parks off-limits for life to anyone convicted of child molesting.

LEFTOVERS - previous dialogues

Thursday - August 15, 2002

Part 1 of 2: Film Forum: Family-Friendly Fare from Fancied Fathers of Filth

Wednesday - August 14, 2002

Honesty trumps $5,000 in cash: Kirkland man finds stash in new home, returns it

Tuesday - August 13, 2002

Minnesota's close encounter of another kind

Monday - August 12, 2002

Armed police guard church as Christians defy bombers

Friday - August 9, 2002

Why are Christians losing America?

Thursday - August 8, 2002

God dwells in 'The Simpsons', authors say

Wednesday - August 7, 2002

School's out

Tuesday - August 6, 2002

Fear of death gives sense of urgency to life

Monday - August 5, 2002

Welcome to the pity party at the University of California

Friday - August 2, 2002

Flunking Out of School? Get a Lawyer

Thursday - August 1, 2002

Old Boys Club Gets a Facelift

Wednesday - July 31, 2002

Man Tried for Friend's Drunkenness

Tuesday - July 30, 2002

Bush to Create Formal Office To Shape U.S. Image Abroad

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