Children of the John Hughes generation know Mare Winningham as the earnest-faced innocent from St. Elmo’s Fire (cue David Foster’s evocative love theme); or as Meredith Grey’s doomed stepmother on Grey’s Anatomy. (Oops, I guess that was a spoiler. Sorry. My bad.) But there are three other things you need to know about Winningham these…

Sean Astin and Rachael Leigh Cook star in this inspirational movie about a baseball coach and his small-time, highly successful high-school team, which must learn to cope with major changes and still find a way to win. Opening Friday, watch an exclusive clip here: Click to Launch Video To read Beliefnet’s new interview with Sean…

With an onslaught of documentaries and dramas trying to dissect the war in Iraq, my vote for an excellent movie that explores the downfall of political and religious ideology is the recently released 2006 Cannes Film Festival winner, “The Wind That Shakes The Barley.” I’ve always been fascinated by Ireland’s long, bloody history – mainly…

Never one to shy away from films dealing with the complexity of family life, Wes Anderson explores the oddity of sibling relationships in his latest film “The Darjeeling Limited.” The movie follows three brothers Francis (Owen Wilson), Jack (Jason Schwartzman) and Peter (Adrien Brody), as they take a train across India to connect with their…

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