Learning to Breathe by Switchfoot
Switchfoot's 2000 album, the warm pre-fame record where their best-loved early songs first took shape.
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Trevayne by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling political thriller, Trevayne, Andrew Trevayne, a wealthy and principled businessman, is chosen to lead a secret government subcommittee investigating corruption in the U.S. defense industry.
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Five Score and Seven Years Ago by Relient K
Relient K's 2007 album balances polished pop-punk fun with their most heartfelt songs of grace and devotion.
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The Matlock Paper by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling novel, The Matlock Paper, English professor James Matlock gets roped into a dangerous mission by the U.S. Justice Department. He’s tasked with infiltrating a notorious drug trafficking ring operating from fancy New England colleges.
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Portable Sounds by TobyMac
TobyMac's 2007 album mixes rap, rock, and pop into a bright, generous record about love and not losing your soul.
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The Osterman Weekend by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Osterman Weekend, a gripping psychological thriller, TV executive John Tanner gets entangled in a dangerous conspiracy when CIA agent Laurence Fassett recruits him to uncover a Soviet plot called “Omega”.
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The Scarlatti Inheritance by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s first novel, The Scarlatti Inheritance, a wild adventure of espionage and betrayal takes place during the tense pre-World War II era.
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Oh! Gravity. by Switchfoot
Switchfoot loosen up on this scrappy, restless 2006 album, kicking against everything that drags the spirit down.
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Comatose by Skillet
Skillet's 2006 breakthrough pairs huge hooks with strings and faith, the album that made them arena-sized.
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See the Morning by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin's 2006 album adds more worship standards, including a stirring new take on Amazing Grace.
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The Healing of Harms by Fireflight
Fireflight's 2006 debut pairs hard guitars with Dawn Michele's soaring voice in songs about courage and choice.
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Cars
Cars (2006), directed by John Lasseter, tells the story of Lightning McQueen, a race car who learns about life. Owen Wilson voices McQueen with speed and pride. He gets lost in a town called Radiator Springs.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), directed by Gore Verbinski, follows Jack Sparrow as he runs from a debt owed to Davy Jones, the captain of the Flying Dutchman. Johnny Depp plays Jack, whose past is catching up with him at last.
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code thrusts Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon into a thrilling quest after a curator’s murder in the Louvre reveals a trail of clues tied to the Holy Grail.
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Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), directed by Carlos Saldanha, follows Manny, Sid, and Diego as the ice begins to melt and a massive flood threatens to destroy their valley. Ray Romano voices Manny, who believes he is the last mammoth alive until he meets Ellie.
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Hearts of the Innocent by Kutless
Kutless return to harder rock on this 2006 album, balancing big riffs with the tender Promise of a Lifetime.
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Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons follows Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon as he races to stop an ancient secret society, the Illuminati, from destroying Vatican City with a stolen antimatter device.
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Not to Us by Chris Tomlin
A late find: Chris Tomlin's 2002 album Not to Us is early, singable worship about giving God the glory.
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Nothing Is Sound by Switchfoot
Switchfoot's restless 2005 album wrestles with doubt and discontent, heavier and darker than its breakthrough.
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Lifesong by Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns' 2005 album turns daily life into worship, with the storm-tested anthem Praise You in This Storm.
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Three Days of the Condor
Three Days of the Condor (1975), directed by Sydney Pollack, is a taut political thriller that keeps you on edge. Robert Redford delivers a stellar performance as Joe Turner, a CIA researcher thrust into a deadly conspiracy after his team is murdered.
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Lethal Weapon 4
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), directed by Richard Donner, sends Riggs and Murtaugh against a Chinese crime lord who smuggles families into the country and uses them as slave labour. Mel Gibson plays Riggs, now facing fatherhood. Danny Glover plays Murtaugh, still too old for this.
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Madagascar
Madagascar (2005), directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, is an animated film about four zoo animals who escape from New York and wash up on the island of Madagascar. Ben Stiller voices Alex the lion, a pampered star of the Central Park Zoo who has never seen the wild.
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Kingdom of Heaven
Jason Bourne (2016), directed by Paul Greengrass, brings back the lost agent. Matt Damon plays Bourne with hard eyes and quick fists. He fights in crowds and dark streets.
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Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), directed by Richard Donner, follows Riggs and Murtaugh as they chase a former police officer who steals confiscated weapons and sells them on the streets. Mel Gibson plays Riggs, who meets his match in a tough internal affairs sergeant.
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