Hanna
Hanna (2011), directed by Joe Wright, follows a young girl trained to kill. Saoirse Ronan plays Hanna with cold skill and wide eyes. She lives in snow with her father.
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Posts related to America and American culture.
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Awakening: Live from Chicago by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's 2011 double live album captures a loud, hungry worship night, raw and long and full of fire.
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This Is Your Time by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 1999 release, bright, well-built pop songs. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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Lie to Me
Lie to Me is an American crime drama series. It aired on Fox from 21 January 2009 to 31 January 2011. Samuel Baum created it. Tim Roth plays Dr Cal Lightman, an expert in reading facial expressions and body language to spot when people are lying.
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And If Our God Is for Us... by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin's 2010 worship record, a confident set of modern hymns about a God who is for us.
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Here Is Love by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's first live album from 2010, spontaneous and unguarded worship recorded among the congregation.
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The A-Team
The A-Team (2010), directed by Joe Carnahan, is an action film based on the 1980s television series. Liam Neeson plays Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, the leader of a four-man Special Forces unit framed for a crime they did not commit and forced to clear their names while on the run.
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Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 (2010), directed by Lee Unkrich, shows Andy grown and toys left behind. Tom Hanks voices Woody, the leader who holds hope. Tim Allen acts as Buzz Lightyear, the friend who glitches to Spanish mode.
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Live the Life by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 1998 release, melodic songs with a strong hook. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 (2010), directed by Jon Favreau, follows Tony Stark as the world demands he hand over the Iron Man suit while a new enemy with a personal grudge builds weapons to destroy him. Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark, now famous and under pressure from every side.
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The Arctic Event by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Arctic Event, co-authored with James H. Cobb, Covert-One's Jon Smith leads a team to a crashed Soviet bomber in the Arctic that holds a deadly biological cargo.
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Come Away by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's 2010 live worship album, long unhurried songs recorded in a room full of young voices.
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For Those Who Wait by Fireflight
Fireflight's 2010 album, ten tracks of melodic Christian rock about holding on through the hard stretch.
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Tonight by TobyMac
TobyMac's 2010 record, a bright mix of hip hop and pop rock with hope wired into every beat.
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Up
Up (2009), directed by Pete Docter, tells the tale of Carl Fredricksen, an old man who ties balloons to his house. Ed Asner voices Carl with gruff heart. He lost his wife Ellie. Christopher Plummer acts as Charles Muntz, the explorer gone wrong.
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Until the Whole World Hears by Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns' 2009 album is earnest pop rock about telling and showing grace, anchored by Glorious Day.
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Memento Mori by Flyleaf
Flyleaf's 2009 second album is heavier and more ambitious, a loud meditation on death, dreams, and grace.
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Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot
Switchfoot's 2009 record is a lean rock album about holding firm in the storm, fierce in sound and steady in hope.
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The Moscow Vector by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Moscow Vector, co-authored with Patrick Larkin, Covert-One's Jon Smith hunts a deadly virus killing Russian leaders before a hardliner can seize the Kremlin.
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It Is Well by Kutless
Kutless trade their rock edge for a warm 2009 worship album of hymns and modern songs about faith holding firm.
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The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol follows Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon as he races through Washington, D.C. to save his mentor from a mysterious attacker seeking a Masonic secret.
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Forget and Not Slow Down by Relient K
Relient K's 2009 album is bright, bittersweet pop punk about moving on after a break-up without letting it stop you.
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The Lazarus Vendetta by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Lazarus Vendetta, co-authored with Patrick Larkin, Covert-One's Jon Smith investigates a deadly attack on a nanotech laboratory linked to the shadowy Lazarus Movement.
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Awake by Skillet
Skillet's 2009 breakthrough is loud, anthemic hard rock about fighting through the dark and waking up alive.
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The Altman Code by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Altman Code, co-authored with Gayle Lynds, Covert-One's Jon Smith tracks a Chinese cargo ship suspected of carrying chemical weapons material before a major treaty signing.
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