Yet such is the power of film -- and the supportive power of this film's pounding hip-hoppish sound track -- that "Tsotsi" dispels most misgivings as its hero works his tortuous way toward redemption.

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But reflecting on these possibilities lets us appreciate in a deeper way what God's redemption actually does mean for us.

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The greatest film of all time, by the way, is "The Shawshank Redemption, " and No. 4 is "Inception" (this year's film, so perhaps premature).

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Either way, this is yet another step forward down the long road to redemption for Diablo III, a game I still enjoy despite its many shortcomings.

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In 1990, the SEC issued the Investment Company Act Release No. 17809 and ultimately paved the way for the formation of mutual funds that allowed for share creation and redemption during the day.

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Today Christians mourn the death of a man who gave up his life in a publicly humiliating and very painful way so that the rest of us might see God as a giver of redemption and grace.

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The genius of the film is that Schnabel realizes that there's a lot of pain in it, but there's also a lot of redemption in this extraordinary act of art, and Schnabel doesn't try to oversell you on that in any way.

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