Meet Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling): an emotionally withdrawn, idiosyncratic, and socially awkward young man who lives in the garage owned by his older brother, Gus (Paul Schneider), and sister-in-law, Karin (Emily Mortimer). One day, a large wooden box is delivered and Lars introduces his girlfriend, Bianca, a shy, half-Brazilian/half-Danish, wheelchair-bound missionary. To Lars, Bianca is…

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…

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