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June 28, 2016
Beliefnet’s Top Movie “Miracles”
Want to see some movie miracles? Check out this list of Beliefnet-recommended movies with inspiring stories of divine interventions. Watch for a glimpse of the angel's wings in this delightful dance number from John Travolta's "Michael."
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June 27, 2016
Interview: Gary Ross on “Free State of Jones”
Gary Ross, best known for the first "Hunger Games" movie, spent years researching the real-life story behind his new film, "Free State of Jones," about a group of deserters from the Confederate Army and runaway slaves who declared their independence from the legal and economic oppression of the Confederacy. You can see more about the story in the "Free State of Jones" website. His commitment to authenticity included filming in the actual locations...
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Roald Dahl — Movies and Television
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Roald Dahl was a prolific author whose books included wildly popular children's stories like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the creepy short stories that inspired some of the best-remembered episodes of "The Alfred Hitchcock Show," including "Lamb to the Slaughter," with one of the great murder weapons in the...
Roald Dahl was a prolific author whose books included wildly popular children's stories like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the creepy short stories that inspired some of the best-remembered episodes of "The Alfred Hitchcock Show," including "Lamb to the Slaughter," with one of the great murder weapons in the...
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June 26, 2016
Aaron Sorkin Wants to Hear Your Bad Ideas
Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing," "Moneyball," "The Social Network") is teaching an online master class in screenwriting. Whether you dream of writing great films or television series or just want to learn how to communicate more effectively, this is an extraordinary...
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New on the Disney Channel: Adventures in Babysitting
The Disney Channel has a new -- and family-friendly-- remake of the Elisabeth Shue classic Adventures in Babysitting. Here's a sneak peek.
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Werner Herzog and “Lo and Behold”
Werner Herzog is not only one of the most brilliant directors in the history of world cinema; he is also unique in the span of his films, equally impressive in narrative features and documentaries. After a decade of pleading from the AFI Docs festival for the chance to recognize his work at their Charles Guggenheim Symposium, the busy director finally agreed to attend and permit a tribute to his work that included an interview on stage and a screening of his new film about the internet, "Lo And...
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June 24, 2016
Clip: Treat Williams in “The Congressman”
I live and have worked in Washington DC, and more often than not we find our city badly misrepresented in movies. But this one is different because "The Congressman" was written and directed by someone who knows Washington and politics from the inside,former Long Island Congressman Robert J. Mrazek. It stars Treat Williams, George Hamilton, Elizabeth Marvel and Ryan Merriman. It is available on VOD and is showing in select cinemas.
Here Treat Williams as Congressman Charlie Winship...
Here Treat Williams as Congressman Charlie Winship...
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Independence Day: Resurgence
Twenty years ago, Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith flew into an alien mothership and uploaded a computer virus in a movie that is still one of the definitive summer blockbusters, Independence Day. Two decades later, moviemaking technology has made a lot of progress, and it has some striking visuals, but it is missing a lot of the brio of the first, especially Will Smith. This is one of those movies with a story that involves billions of people around the world...
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Clip: Bryan Cranston in “The Infiltrator”
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Bryan Cranston plays federal agent Bob Mazur in this fact-based story. He goes deep undercover in 1986 to infiltrate Pablo Escobar’s drug trafficking operation. John Leguizamo plays his impulsive colleague and Diane Kruger plays a rookie agent posing as his fiancée. The movie will be in theaters next month.
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Bryan Cranston plays federal agent Bob Mazur in this fact-based story. He goes deep undercover in 1986 to infiltrate Pablo Escobar’s drug trafficking operation. John Leguizamo plays his impulsive colleague and Diane Kruger plays a rookie agent posing as his fiancée. The movie will be in theaters next month.
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June 23, 2016
Free State of Jones
The timing is not great. "Free State of Jones" is a Civil War drama based on the true story of a community of Confederate deserters and runaway enslaved people who banded together to fight for their own vision of freedom. It was filmed once before as "Tap Roots," with Van Heflin,...The post Free State of Jones appeared first on Movie Mom.
