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 Les Miserables
A Work of Art Paula Parker
It is not often that you see a movie that is a work of art. Les Mis is visually stunning with an epic feel from the opening scene. After Anne Hathaway sang, "I Dreamed a Dream" the audience at my screening erupted into spontaneous applause. There were several other moments of applause throughout the film, as if the audience had to find a way to release their emotion.
A Moving, Powerful Experiment That Works Yo
The success of this endeavor rests squarely on the talents of the performers, and fortunately the entire cast is more than equal to the task. First of all, as far as I'm concerned, you can just give the Oscar to Anne Hathaway. She gives such a raw, emotional, heart-breaking performance that it just takes your breath away, and when she sings her powerful, wrenching version of "I Dreamed A Dream", it shows just what an excellent choice it was to mix singing with acting performances.
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 The Hobbit:
An Unexpected Journey
Jacob Sahms
I went, rather reluctantly, to see Peter Jackson's return to Middle Earth. I'm not prone to go for the hype, and splitting my least favorite J.R.R. Tolkien novel into separate moves didn't seem like a good idea. But I came out of the experience with some diamonds, er, gold, in the rough.
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Should I see it in the high frame rate? Should I skip that? Should I see it again in the high frame rate, or see the standard version? Does it even make any difference? Well friends, I have made the sacrifice and have gone out to see the film both ways to provide a little insight into all of this for you. No, no, don't thank me, just think of it as an early Christmas gift.
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Special Coverage of The Hobbit from Editor Mark Sommer
Stay Tuned for More  The Desolation of Smaug Mark Sommer
As An Unexpected Journey continues its first week's run, Warner Bros. has released a first glimpse of The Hobbit Part 2: The Desolation of Smaug in the form of a screencap of Bilbo on top of Smaug's hoard. Click through to see the picture.
Satire Michael P.
Hey true believers! I am trying a new technology that will review the Hobbit movie and also make sure that no spoilers are accidentally leaked into the review. This will insure that you will be seeing this as fresh. In The News
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you know that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opened last Friday in America. Critics have been mixed on their judgment of the film, including our own writing staff here at Hollywood Jesus. This weekend, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey set box office records for a December weekend while not quite meeting expectations. As reported by BoxOfficeMojo.com, total box office sales were $84,775,000. As North America goes frantic over the opening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson uploads his latest insider video. This time he shares a few behind-the-scenes moments from the world premiere in Wellington, New Zealand. Click through to view. |
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Featured Interview: Andy Fickman
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 Parental Guidance
Darrel Manson
Nearly all of your films carry PG ratings. Is that by design or just a niche you've fallen into?
Certainly not by design. It's so funny because Reefer Madness is so not that movie. After that kind of launched my career, I was offered every possible indie cocaine fiend, heroin, you name it, that's what I was offered. And I chose She's the Man. (I really responded to the Twelfth Night aspect of the story.) So I chose this teen girl comedy and then when that worked so well people were not giving me the Reefer Madness scripts; they were just giving me a lot of the family stuff.
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 Playing for Keeps
Most Wonderful Time of the Year? Dice
When it comes to the holidays, we all know that the movies people will really be paying attention to are the blockbusters. But the studios always like to slip us "little" movies, too, to keep the, uh, adults occupied while the "kiddies" go ape. Here's a little rom, a little com. A little.
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News About What's in the Works for Film and Faith Managing Editor Greg Wright
 A Talk with Jonathan Bock At its core, the story of Les Misérables is the battle between justice and mercy. Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) believes in a world where you get what you deserve. Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) believes in a world where you don't get what you deserve. Instead you get grace. The entire film is a love story to our faith. The final line of the film is "to love another person is to see the face of God." If Christians can't get behind that, we are idiots!
Read More... Also from The Pipeline: Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage CounselorTrailer"It's about a woman who starts to get restless in her relationship and her choice to be with another man has a huge effect on the rest of her life," explains screenwriter/producer/director Tyler Perry. "She goes on a journey - in her career and in her marriage - and she ends up in a very different place than she expected." In a departure from his previous dramas, this explosive film finds Perry exploring the nature of desire - and just how powerful and dangerous a taste of the forbidden can be.
The Lost Medallion Family Fun Coming in MarchIn order for Billy to save Allie's life, he must give up the lost medallion to Cobra, who rules the island and its people. In order to retrieve the medallion and save the island people from slavery, Billie and Allie must work together with a young arrogant king. Illustrated Bible
The interactive Illustrated Bible: Story by Story comes to life with almost 1,000 high-res images of famous artwork inspired by Biblical stories over the course of millennia, as well as interactive maps, photos, links, a powerful search function, and more.
The Bible (TV)
A new 10-episode series, The Bible, will appear on History Channel beginning Sunday, March 3, 2013, from 8:00 - 10:00 pm and continue for five consecutive Sundays. The following music video utilizes footage from the program.
Angus Buchan's Ordinary People
As a follow-up to Faith Like Potatoes, Sony is distributing the 2012 South African film Angus Buchan's Ordinary People for home video release in early 2013. Watch for more news about the film, and check out the trailer.
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Indie Focus
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 On the Road
Kerouac's Search Darrel Manson
On the Road is a kind of pilgrimage to self. Such pilgrimages characterize mid-20th Century America. The Beats, and later other counter-cultural groups, sought a new kind of freedom-freedom from convention.
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New on Home Video
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 Undaunted
A Conversation with Cris Krusen Steve Norton
Now on DVD Krusen hopes that young people will respond favorably to the film's honesty. Overall, he hopes that people will catch a glimmer of God's great love for them. As he says, "No one is beyond the pale; no one is removed from the grace of God." Plus...
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