Decent Films Guide by Steven D. Greydanus

In my lifetime, there once was a Catholic Film Index and it was one of the "go to" sites in the weekly Catholic newspaper for parents. Films were rated and the ratings were prominently posted for all parents to see. And, the Index rating conveyed the "moral Authority" of the Church. Now, we rely mostly on the film industry to tell what the film rating is with regard to "nudity, violence, adult situations" and so on.

Decent Films Guide is a nice website of Steven D. Greydanus. The films are both reviewed AND rated and this allows parents to make the total judgment call on whether a film is decent or not. It is a "bookmark site" for certain.

Here is link to the review of the recent film, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (2007). Note the right margin of the website. The film is rated for Overall Recommendability, Artistic Entertainment Value, Moral/Spiritual Value (going from a +4 to -4 rating), Age Appropriateness, the MPAA rating and the USCCB-OFB rating.

I highly recommend this site. It has some great reviews and I enjoy checking Greydanus' take on a film that I may have seen. He is an astute film reviewer as well as one who can see spiritual pitfalls and subliminal subtexts we might not appreciate instantly. His mail is great, by the way. He often ties loose threads together for you from multiple films.

Steve is a Roman Catholic convert and occasionally blogs for JimmyAkin.org on Jimmy's apologetic site. You can catch his thoughts there too.