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October 30, 2016
Interview: Joel Edgerton on “Loving”
Joel Edgerton stars in "Loving," the true story of the couple whose 1967 Supreme Court case successfully challenged laws prohibiting marriage between people of different races. In an interview, the Australian actor spoke about playing the quiet man from a small town in Virginia who just wanted the Court to know, "I love my wife."
He said, "I kept seeing the words Loving v. Virginia. I saw those words together and I thought it was a very...
He said, "I kept seeing the words Loving v. Virginia. I saw those words together and I thought it was a very...
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October 27, 2016
New Life
"New Life" is a bland but sweet, touching story about an attractive couple, kind-hearted, good people who are very much in love, and learn that happily ever after does not always mean what you think.
Ben and Ava meet as children. As they get older (played by Jonathan Patrick Moore and co-screenwriter Erin Bethea), their friendship is tested, and then deepens. They face frustrations and challenges, both external and internal, as they try to pursue their careers but keep their relationship...
Ben and Ava meet as children. As they get older (played by Jonathan Patrick Moore and co-screenwriter Erin Bethea), their friendship is tested, and then deepens. They face frustrations and challenges, both external and internal, as they try to pursue their careers but keep their relationship...
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Moonlight
A man tells a young boy a story, and, as with many stories adults tell children, especially in movies, it is a story with a purpose. Juan (Mahershala Ali) tells the boy derisively known as "Little" (Alex Hibbert) that when he was young, a woman saw him at night and told him that the silvery moonlight made his dark skin looked blue. She said he should be called Blue from then on. But, he tells Little, he wasn't. "At some point you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody...
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Inferno
Dashing, globe-trotting symbology professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) doesn't work any harder at trying to prevent a global pandemic than Hanks and director Ron Howard work at trying to make the Dan Brown book into a movie. You can guess how Langdon's effort works out. I'm here to tell you that the movie does not. Not even close.
Langdon wakes up, disoriented and with a gash on his head, thinking he is still at Harvard but seeing Florence out the...
Langdon wakes up, disoriented and with a gash on his head, thinking he is still at Harvard but seeing Florence out the...
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Favorite Movie Witches
For Halloween, some of my favorite movie witches:
Kim Novak is a sexy witch who will lose her powers if she falls in love in "Bell Book and Candle." The outstanding cast includes Jimmy Stewart, Jack Lemmon, and Elsa Lanchester.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TesR...
Angelica Huston is a very scary witch who can turn humans into mice in Roald Dahl's "The Witches."
Meryl Streep was a singing witch in Stephen...
Kim Novak is a sexy witch who will lose her powers if she falls in love in "Bell Book and Candle." The outstanding cast includes Jimmy Stewart, Jack Lemmon, and Elsa Lanchester.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TesR...
Angelica Huston is a very scary witch who can turn humans into mice in Roald Dahl's "The Witches."
Meryl Streep was a singing witch in Stephen...
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October 26, 2016
Enjoy Some Fun & Spooky Movies for Halloween!
Halloween gives kids a thrilling opportunity to act out their dreams and pretend to be characters with great power. But it can also be scary and even overwhelming for the littlest trick-or-treaters. An introduction...
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October 25, 2016
David A.R. White on His New Memoir, Between Heaven & Hollywood
David A.R. White is one of the most recognizable actors and producers of faith-based films, best known for his starring role in the "God’s Not Dead" film series.
In his two-decade career, David has starred in more than 25 films and produced over 40 films, and is a founding partner of Pure Flix Entertainment, the largest indie-faith film studio in the...
In his two-decade career, David has starred in more than 25 films and produced over 40 films, and is a founding partner of Pure Flix Entertainment, the largest indie-faith film studio in the...
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Lynda Carter Joins “Supergirl”
There's something fitting, in this 75th anniversary year for Wonder Woman, that the character's iconic portrayer, Lynda Carter, has returned to television as the President of the United States in the "Supergirl" series. Spoiler Alert: Cinemablend discusses the twist that reveals something provocative and unexpected about the character, information that raises some...
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Middleburg Film Festival: La La Land Director and Star
The best film I saw at the Middleburg Film Festival was the lusciously romantic "La La Land," a musical from writer/director Damien Chazelle, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Chazelle and Stone appeared after the film, interviewed by Middleburg Film Festival Advisory Board member John Horn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDMf9...
Chazelle wrote this film before his acclaimed "Whiplash," which won an Oscar for J.K. Simmons. But it was not until the critical and box office...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDMf9...
Chazelle wrote this film before his acclaimed "Whiplash," which won an Oscar for J.K. Simmons. But it was not until the critical and box office...
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