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Jesus movement , Birmingham
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pveugelaers
There is a very high faith-based quotient in this true story, 2015’s Woodlawn. The Jesus movement Woodlawn depicts the Jesus movement in Birmingham, Alabama, circa the 1970’s. People were converting to Jesus. In Woodlawn, the movement’s scale seems amazing. In Birmingham and at Woodlawn High School there are race problems and segregation issues. The school chaplain Hank…
Big Friendly Giant is a journey
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pveugelaers
The BFG (Big Friendly Giant; 2016, out now on DVD) comes with questions, but it is a journey. It’s the journey there that keeps the audience glued because we want to know the answers to the questions that we implicitly ask while watching The BFG. The first question is why Sophie is taken away by a…
Mother and son
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pveugelaers
The mother and son who spend time together grow together. The Guilt Trip (2012) shows us so. The Guilt Trip came out four years ago to the month. But it would be a good Mother’s Day film. Mothers and sons get together and enjoy the true observations of this comedy. Adult son, helping mother The…
Florence Foster Jenkins: being herself
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pveugelaers
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016, UK), out on DVD December 13 2016 (in North America). Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) has the advantages of being a wealthy socialite or celebrity, New York, 1944. Being wealthy gives her the ability to throw money at her passion: singing. This is the story of a socialite who is in the opportunity…
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