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Featured Releases
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 The Twilight Saga:
Breaking Dawn Part 2
Brought to Life By Love Elizabeth Leitch
Even after the many ridiculous moments it has involved, I am still drawn to the Twilight story because I see it not as an actual romance between a girl and a vampire, but as more of a metaphor for a greater spiritual romance between us and God.
 Lincoln
The "Real" Abe: Shocking? Yo
During my screening for Lincoln, I couldn't help but notice just how many people from my church happened to be there. It must have been well over a dozen, including a couple pastors and the manager of the bookstore on our church's campus (yeah, it's one of those mega church places).
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Video Review
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 The Man with the Iron Fists
Fist-felt, Heartfelt Dice
What's your favorite part of martial-arts flicks... the highly-choregraphed, intense, knock-down-drag-out fight sequences, or the sensitive, heartfelt personal drama embedded in the backstory? Yeah, I thought so.
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Long-Range Preview
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 Oz The Great and Powerful
From Good to Great Steve Norton
"I don't want to be a good man. I want to be a great one." Spoken by prospective Wizard of Oz, Oscar Diggs (James Franco), that is the key dialogue in the new trailer for Disney's Oz: The Great and Powerful.
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News About What's in the Works for Film and Faith Managing Editor Greg Wright
 Bible-Based Films The spate of Hollywood involvement in biblical tale-telling continues to grab headlines around the country.
One of the most recent articles surfaced recently in the Pennsylvania TribLive, contributed by the Christian Science Monitor's Molly Driscoll. These tidbits bring some new dimensions to the planned Moses epics... and, of course, Will Smith's Cain and Abel story. A "vampire twist"????
Well, that's not news, really. As far back as July 0f 2010, Will Smith's name was attached to a project called "The Legend of Cain," and since then the project has grown, morphed, and will now apparently be directed by Smith as well. Culturally, the move to include a vampire twist to the story even makes a sort of sense...
Also from The Pipeline: Prayfit
Best-selling Author & fitness expert, Jimmy Pena announces 2nd DVD in Prayfit series.
The Waltons
The family's faith is tested as they anxiously wait for John to come home on Christmas Eve. This movie served as the pilot to one of the most beloved television series of all time, The Waltons. Stars Patricia Neal and Richard Thomas.
The American Bible Challenge
GSN is once again on a nationwide search to discover the next champions of its highest-rated original series of all time, THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. The second season of the hit series is slated to air in 2013.
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Featured Interview: Paula DuPre' Pesmen
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 Chasing Ice
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When needs arose in his community, one little boy was willing to do something about it. Little Red Wagon is about his story, and we talked with the director about the story of getting this movie made.
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Fantasy Editor Mark Sommer
Stay Tuned for More Hobbit CoverageSatire
You can tell that Oscar-nominated contenders in the movie world are making Peter Jackson nervous. A recent press release to the major network raised some serious flags as the description of the movie sounded vaguely (and variously) familiar. Here is what Peter Jackson wrote: Peter Jackson Hobbit Press Release The Hobbit is coming out in December and will complete the Lord of the Rings Saga. Join us in the beautiful Shire of Middle-earth as Bilbo goes on a treasure hunt. Alongside him is his trusty group of elves, dwarves, an American Patriot, a man of Iron, and a large green hulking beast...
Click through for more signature humor from columnist Michael P. Mordenga...In Real News
Another commercial for The Hobbit Part 1: An Unexpected Journey. Interesting conversations between Bilbo and the dwarves. Bilbo is always thinking about his home in the Shire. The dwarves want to regain their home. Interesting emphasis. Click through to watch. If you are planning to watch The Hobbit Part 1: An Unexpected Journey in a theater, you have a choice to make. The movie is being released in several formats: 2D, Real D 3D, IMAX, IMAX 3D, and HFR 3D. This is sure to cause some confusion with movie goers. A fifth television commercial for The Hobbit Part 1: An Unexpected Journey is now online. Click through to see the official YouTube video. Back in September I reported that The C. S. Lewis Minute podcast would be starting a series of interviews with Devin Brown about his new book, The Christian World of The Hobbit. The first of that series is now out, and we have it here. Click through to listen. Sales for The Hobbit Part 1: An Unexpected Journey on the Fandango website accounted for one-third of tickets purchased through the website Wednesday. November 7 marked the first day tickets were available for the movie, well over a month before opening day in North America.
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Indie Focus
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 The Flight of the Butterflies
A Wing and a Prayer... for Hope Jenn Wright
The Monarchs' vivid colors, their perfectly shaped satin wings, their humble, unavoidable flaunting of transformation-from an egg to a worm to a time of solitude and silence as the transformation prepares them for new beginnings and unspeakable elegance-are all miraculous.
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New on Home Video
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 Brave
Pristine Yo
Now on Blu-ray. As far as feelings about Brave after it released, a friend put it best: "It's like having a child that gets straight As all the time, and one day they come home with a B+. It's not a bad grade, but it's just not what you're used to seeing."
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- Home Video Roundup: Ancient Aliens, Astonishing X-Men, Muppets Christmas Carol, Pixar, Vamps
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