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‘Salmon Fishing’ is a great date movie
Movie: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Starring: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked and Kristin Scott Thomas Director: Lasse Hallstrom Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama Rating: PG-13 With all the hoopla over the excitement of “The Hun...
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‘October Baby’ is a surprise hit
By now you’ve probably heard that Lionsgate film, “The Hunger Games” not only came in first place for top movie sales for the week of March 25, but that it won by a landslide. “The Hunger Games” made $155 million over the weeke...
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Holy Rollers movie will mess with your head
Movie: Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians Director: Bryan Storkel Genre: Documentary Rating: None Life is so much easier if you only see things in black and white. Take gambling for instance. Many Christia...
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October Baby is the Teen Angst Film You Want Your Kids to See
Movie: October Baby Starring: Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, John Schneider and Jasmine Guy Directors: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin Genre: Drama Rating: PG-13 You wouldn’t expect “October Baby,” a film that deals with the subject of ...
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home shows a twisted story of faith
Movie: Jeff, Who Lives at Home Starring: Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer and Rae Dawn Chong Directors: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass Genre: Comedy Rating: R Jeff (Jason Segel) is stuck. He is 30 years old, unem...
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What was Hollywood thinking with ‘Project X’?
The following is going to make me sound like an old man, but I think the questions I have are still valid. Why did Warner Bros., the same studio who entertains our children with The Cartoon Network, think that green-lighting th...
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One of the Best Movies That You Didn’t See Last Year
Movie: The Mighty Macs Starring: Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, Ellen Burstyn and David Boreanaz Director: Tim Chambers Genre: Sports/Drama Rating: G DVD Release Date: February 21, 2012 Last fall, one little movie quietly made i...
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The Gospel According to Beauty and the Beast
The Disney Company found another goldmine in the release of the 3D version of The Lion King. So great was that goldmine, that the company decided to do it again with 1991’s Beauty and the Beast. The 3D effects are quite nice. I...
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Joyful Noise is a delightful mess
Almost everyone know someone who isn’t all quite together, but you love them anyway because deep inside they are a wonderful person. That is much like Joyful Noise, the new Queen Latifah/Dolly Parton flick about dueling choir d...
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Mark Burnett and Roma Downey kick off free new Bible app
Just this week a new “Bible” has been launched with the help of some big names. TV Producer, Mark Burnett and his wife Roma Downey (of Touched By An Angel fame) along with Zondervan and Glo Bible has announced the release of a ...