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Below are some sites which could help us assess if a movie is worth watching : Mercatornet   -   http://www.mercatornet.com/quick_picks/ Gives ratings of recent and past movies; also gives suggestions on which movies are really good for viewing The Internet Movie Database   -   http://www.imdb.com/ You can search a film and its ratings. It contains a portion "Parents Guide" which lists the occurence of Nudity, Violence, Profanity Screenit -   http://www.screenit.com Similar to IMDB. Watching movies is a passtime for many people. Movies can be a source of formation or mal-formation depending on its content and message. Before watching a film, it's good to find out if it is worth watching in the first place, or if there are some portions of it which are objectionable. We actually do something similar when we buy a merchandise like a cellphone or a computer- we immediately check if it's working as it should (if it will actually help us or would just be...

I've  set up a web notebook on faith, science and reason.   I also call it Asymptotes . I collected some articles (personal and otherwise), quotations and notes on the topics mentioned above.  It's a continuous project. I intend to continue adding items as I progress in my readings. I used TiddlyWiki , an amazing tool that allows one to keep notes, organize them through tags, and retrieve them by searching- and all of that done by editing just one file! It's pretty amazing.   I'm in the process of developing a TiddlyWiki flavor customized for basic note-taking. I hope to be able to share it soon. Here's the link to my web notebook . Here's the link to TiddlyWiki's homepage .

I highly recommend  the official site of Peter Kreeft .   The site contains excellent resources for knowing the rational basis of Christian belief.    Dr.Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College. He is perhaps one of the best Christian apologists (one who defends Christianity against intellectual objections) of our time.  The site contains free downloadable  lectures in written and audio formats. I've listened to some lectures and I find them engaging,  enlightening, and entertaining   (My favorite quote so far: "If there was a Big Bang, there must be a Big Banger!").   Here is the listing of Peter Kreeft audio lectures . Kreeft is also a prolific writer.    I recommend the following books:  Handbook of Christian Apologetics — Hundreds of answers to life's most crucial questions Your Questions, God's Answers  — Solid responses for Catholic teens I've read some sections of the...