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Hollywood Jesus Movie News 05/11/12
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Summer Preview
Indie Focus
Festival Roundup
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New In Theaters
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Dark Shadows Dark Shadows

 

Embracing Uniqueness

Elisabeth Leitch

While extreme, Angelique reminds us of a fact we sometimes forget-that it is irrational to desire a love that is not genuine. But what Dark Shadows also reminds us is that it is just as crazy to pretend to be someone we are not in order to receive love.

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Sequels, Remakes, and Originals 

Jacob Sahms

With a list dominated by sequels and science fiction, I've planted my flag on these twelve for summer viewing. What did I miss? What should I have left out?
Video Review
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The RavenThe Raven
 

Doesn't Shine Bright Enough 

Dice

About 20 seconds into this film, one character says, "I need some more light." It's a touchstone line for this film about Edgar Allan Poe, starring John Cusack. I kept feeling like I could use more light, too... on many levels.
Indie Focus
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Where Do We Go Now? Where Do We Go Now?

 

Women Against War 

Darrel Manson

In this village the church and mosque are next door to each other. These are people who live together perfectly well until something stirs things up. It has happened here before, but the women are determined it will not happen again.

Film Festival Roundup  

Darrel Manson

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Newport Beach Film Festival
Darrel Manson

 

Making It to the End: NBFF Day 7

By the time the last day of a festival arrives, fatigue begins to set in. I gave serious consideration to limiting myself to a couple of screenings, but in the end decided to take in another group of shorts as well. I'm glad I did

 

 

Love Free or Die
A Courageous Cleric 
Film profile of Bishop Gene Robinson

Giving that cup of water, he tells them, "is a dangerous thing to be doing-but very holy." That understanding, I think, is what the film is trying to get us to see in Robinson's life and ministry.


Gay and Christian
Interview with Macky Alston and Bishop Gene Robinson

"As soon as we make some progress on the inclusion of LGBT people," says Robinson, "God will point out some other group we've been unjustly excluding. God won't be satisfied until all of God's children are given a place at the table."


New on Home Video
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The Vow The Vow               

 

For Better or Worse

Nate Watts

Now on Blu-ray. The movie is (loosely) based on the true story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, a Christian couple who were married just ten weeks before a car crash left Krickitt with amnesia where she couldn't remember the last eighteen months of her life.


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