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Three of My Favorite Movie Fathers

Happy Father's Day! And extra Father's Day love to the two great dads in my life, my father and my husband.

These are three of my favorite movie dads.  Give the dad in your life an extra hug and ask who his favorite movie father is!

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Coming to OWN: Greenleaf, A Soapy Drama About a Mega-Church Preacher’s Family

Coming to OWN: "Greenleaf" is the story of a megachurch preacher's dysfunctional family. Estranged daughter and disillusioned preacher Grace Greenleaf (Merle Dandridge, "The Night Shift") returns home after 20 years after the death of her sister, Faith. As she reenters the world of Calvary Fellowship World Ministries, the Memphis megachurch run by her powerful parents Bishop James Greenleaf (Keith David, "Enlisted" and "Community") and Lady Mae Greenleaf (Lynn Whitfield, "The Josephine Baker...

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Trailer: Middle School – The Worst Years of My Life

James Patterson's rollicking best-seller Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, about kids who decide to break every rule in their school's oppressive Code of Conduct, is now a film starring "Gilmore Girls'" Lauren Graham. Here's the trailer:

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Free for Father’s Day: My Ebook about the Greatest Movie Dads

In honor of Father's Day, my eBook, 50 Must-See Movies: Fathers is FREE through Father's Day, June 19, 2016.

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Finding Dory

Pixar's first feature film was "Toy Story" because their then-groundbreaking computer animation technology could only create characters who were stiff and smooth. Plastic toys were ideal characters. Each film since has shown exponential technological progress -- the furry creatures of "Monsters Inc," the balloons in "Up," Merida's curly red hair in "Brave." With "Finding Dory," Pixar has created its most ambitious character yet, a seven-appendaged, camouflaging octopus named Hank, voiced by Ed...

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Central Intelligence

There's not much intelligence of any kind, central or otherwise, in this silly spy comedy, but what did you expect from a movie based on the sight gag of pairing man mountain former WWE star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with pocket-sized pepperpot comic Kevin Hart? But its good-natured script by Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, and director Rawson Marshall Thurber and the pleasure of watching the appealing stars enjoying themselves make it work.

Hart, something of a straight man for a change,...

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How Pixar Created Hank, the Seven-Appendaged Camouflaging Octopus

CNET has a great segment on Pixar's remarkable new character, "Finding Dory's" Hank, voiced by Ed O'Neill.

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Tim Tebow on Home Free

Tim Tebow takes over hosting duties on the second season of "Home Free," a reality show that invites contestants to build homes for their heroes. The season premiere is tonight, June 16, 2016, at 9:00 on Fox.

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In a roundtable interview with journalists, Tebow talked about why he loves doing the show: "Everybody walks away a winner....

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Trailer: Pete’s Dragon With Bryce Dallas Howard

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Robert Redford, Bryce Dallas Howard ("Jurassic World") and Keith Urban ("Star Trek") star in the remake of "Pete's Dragon," coming to theaters August 2016. ...

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List: Movies About Fish (and Other Marine Creatures)

This week's release of "Finding Dory" is a good reason to revisit some great movies about fish -- and other creatures who live under water, starting with the movie where we first met Dory.

1. Finding Nemo is my favorite Pixar film, an epic journey filled with adventure and discovery encompassing the grandest sweep of ocean vastness and the smallest longing of the heart. It is gorgeous to look at, funny,...

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