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List: Movies for Your Valentine
Some of my favorite movie romances are just right for Valentine's Day. Cuddle up with your valentine and a bowl of popcorn and enjoy these movies about how love makes us crazy and immeasurably happy at the same time.
1. Moonstruck Cher won an Oscar as the bookkeeper who has given up on love unt
posted 4:08:39pm Feb. 13, 2012 |
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A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Interview with Madeleine L'Engle's Granddaughter
Madeleine L'Engle’s classic book A Wrinkle in Time celebrates its 50th anniversary this week with a sumptuous new edition. It includes photos and biographical information about L’Engle, an introduction by US Ambassador for Children’s Literature Katherine Paterson, discussion questions, pages o
posted 8:00:58am Feb. 13, 2012 |
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Celebrate Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
Celebrate the birthday of our 16th President with some of the classic movies about his life. Ahead of us this are are the Steven Spielberg epic, based on Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, with Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field, which will be out in Decem
posted 8:00:32am Feb. 12, 2012 |
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Tribute: Whitney Houston
Was there ever anyone more gifted than Whitney Houston? She had the face and voice of an angel. She had beauty, talent, and success including an unprecedented seven number one songs in a row and with Dolly Parton's song "I Will Always Love You" the biggest selling single by a female artist in hi
posted 9:22:32pm Feb. 11, 2012 |
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Trailer: Darling Companion
Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, and Richard Jenkins star in the upcoming "Darling Companion," about a lost dog, coming in April.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYYoaspzzlg[/youtube]
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posted December 4, 2007 at 11:07 am
“Lambchop’s Channukah” is a family favorite at our house, and really helped us deal with issues about sharing holidays with people of other religions because of its wonderful exchange to the effect of “You celebrate other people’s birthdays, right?”
posted December 12, 2009 at 1:05 am
I am surprised no one has done a full blown Big Screen Special effects version of the Maccabee story. What a film it would make in the rights hands! It is the only place in the Bible where there are elephants, and someone is even crushed by one!! A Frank Miller kind of treatment is waiting. As evidenced by the stories in Maccabee 3 & 4 – this can get as gruesome and powerful as the film makers wants (the story of the mother of 7 sons would challenge the special effects guy and fuel the enthusiasm for Israel and the Messiah all at once!)
Also, I am convinced it was the Maccabean uprising that gave form to the expectations of the Messiah that Jesus stepped into. It took place about 200 years before Jesus’ life and ministry, and would have been their equivalent of our Independence Day. I think Christians would understand the expectations of the “long expected Jesus” if they better understood this historical event and appreciated the hope that grew from it.
Spielberg – step up! This movie is calling for your special touch! Daniel Day Lewis is Judas M! This could challenge even DeMill’s 10 Commandments!
Shalom, ya’ll