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The Woodcarver – Movie Review
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Release Date: March 13th, 2012
Director: Terry Ingram
Writers: Thomas Makowski, Jack Nasser
Stars: John Ratzenberger, Dakota Daulby and Woody Jeffreys
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Matthew Stevenson is a troubled kid from a broken home. When he vandalizes the local church to get back at his parents, Matthew has to repair the damage to the church to avoid criminal charges. While working at the church, he meets Ernest (John Ratzenberger), an accomplished wood-carver who created the intricate woodwork decoration that Matthew destroyed.
Ernest has become something of a hermit, but reluctantly comes out of reclusion to help repair the church. Now Ernest and Matthew must work together to preserve the church’s beautiful antiquity, and along the way, they also manage to restore their faith in God and in life.
The Woodcarver Review
This is an awesome movie and a great family story. John Ratzenberger is terrific as a wood carver named Ernest Otto who misses his wife, who recently died from cancer. However, he finds a young man to help mold and guide, Matthew Stevenson (Dakota Daulby).
Matt’s father and mother are divorcing and they become angry with each other every time they see each other. Matt’s father, Jack, takes his stress out on Matt by constantly getting on his case. His mother Rita cannot control her temper when she gets around Jack. Matt gets into trouble at the beginning of the movie, vandalizing a church, but he likes Mr. Otto and as he works with him, Mr. Otto gets him to open up about how his parent’s relationship changed when his dad stopped attending church, and how their divorce is tearing Matt up. However, when Mr. Otto gets Matt to think in terms of “What would Jesus do?” his life begins to change in amazing ways.
The Woodcarver Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SURJ4gFa_jg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SURJ4gFa_jg)
The Woodcarver is an incredible movie, filled with wonderful themes of faith and forgiveness and it promotes the idea that change is possible when people simply follow God. Don’t miss this one!
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The Mighty Macs – Movie Review
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Director: Tim Chambers
Story, Screenplay: Tim Chambers
Stars: Carla Gugino, David Boreanaz and Lauren Bittner
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The Mighty Macs is based on the incredible true story of the 1971-72 Immaculata College team that started in obscurity but became the original Cinderella story in women’s basketball. This team of pioneers went from barely making that inaugural tournament to the first dynasty in their game. And Cathy Rush (Carla Gugino, the woman who was ahead of her time, became immortalized when she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
It’s 1971. Cathy Rush is a woman ahead of her time, and she’s about to embark on an adventure for the ages. A new era is dawning in the country and in collegiate athletics, where a national champion will be crowned for the first time in women’s basketball. In the lead up to this historical season, major universities are preparing their game plans to win that first title. Meanwhile a tiny all-women’s Catholic college in Philadelphia has a more modest goal: find a coach before the season begins. Providentially, Cathy Rush is about to find Immaculata College. Recently married, Cathy is dealing with the aftermath of a truncated playing career. While cultural norms would have her staying at home, she’s willing to do the hard work necessary to help her new team reach their goals-or perhaps she’s just trying to achieve her unfulfilled dreams through them.
Directed by newcomer Tim Chambers, “The Mighty Macs” is a feel-good movie offering lessons in friendship, teamwork, trust and perseverance. For the most part, Catholicism is treated with respect, but it serves more as a colorful backdrop than a source for commentary.
The Mighty Macs Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILnDhXba2AE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILnDhXba2AE)
It is a very good family movie. Go and watch The Mighty Macs in action.
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Courageous – Movie Review
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Honor begins at home – – – This film, starring, written and directed by Alex Kendrick, is a beautifully presented as a clear call to action for men to step up and fulfill their duties as fathers and leaders of their communities and households.
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The story follows the lives of five friends, four of which are police officers, who are all fathers dealing with various issues in their personal lives. When tragedy befalls one of the five, it forces him to take a close look at the kind of father he has been to his children. Bothered by the fact that he only felt that he had been “good enough” by his own standards, he begins to seek out God’s standards and is heavily convicted by what he finds in God’s word as it relates to a father’s duties.
Driven by the desire to be a better father, he creates a resolution and presents it to his friends so that they will hold him accountable to be the man that he promises to become in his resolution. After reading the document the other men decide to join him in his pledge.
This action sets off a chain of events that tests the faith and resolve of all the men, while forcing them to deal with their personal issues of loss, abandonment, forgiveness, financial hardship, guilt and integrity.
Courageous Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9VT_NBIVfs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9VT_NBIVfs)
Courageous is a movie that is definitely worthy of Oscar attention because it is the best movie I’ve seen all year. The story’s message is one of critical importance to our society and the acting was outstanding. And to see a movie that openly proclaims God’s Word and message of salvation through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is nothing short of a blessing.
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Rust – Movie Review
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Rust, an inspirational film starring Golden Globe nominee Corbin Bernsen, was a nice surprise. A little fed up with many of the plot-poor movies of late, I found myself browsing the shelves at Blockbuster not even hoping to find anything worth watching, when I stumbled into this title.
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Rust tells the story of James Moore, a former pastor going through a midlife crisis of faith. Unable to come to terms with his doubts, he returns to his hometown seeking answers he hopes to find at the old church where he initially felt his calling as a child.
Upon his return, James finds the place quite changed, and he learns of a local family who perished in a fire apparently set by Travis, his childhood friend and local loon. James goes to visit Travis in jail, and while he is a little surprised about his friend’s implication, he can’t but accept the man’s own rendition of what happened the fatal night of the fire.
A few days later, a disturbed local youth takes his life, and the town mourns the loss while collectively shaking its head at what could have motivated the young man to go through with such an unthinkable act. James continues to visit Travis in jail, and time after time, he becomes more and more convinced of the man’s innocence, even if Travis himself accepts his fate as it is; his memorable words at some point: “My mother is fine; I am fine. It’s all according to God’s plan – He creates the plan, we only have to play our part.”
Mindless of Travis’s acceptance of whatever plan may be at play, James begins to dig deeper to find out what truly happened. Friendship and an unquenchable thirst for justice set him on a path of discovery sometimes at odds with the will of the rest of the town, only too glad to have someone to blame for the deaths. The plot continues to evolve in a crescendo of events interesting enough to stand out, yet average enough to be credible.
The film makes many excellent points. One of them is James’s growing awareness of each person being connected to everyone else.
Rust Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqwhwYqjPhE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqwhwYqjPhE)
Rust is one of those rare movies with a story so compelling that it stands out on its own, without need of explosions or foul language to capture one’s attention. Rust is heartwarming and profound; definitely a movie that can be enjoyed by the whole family, and one filled with powerful lessons that will likely stick with the viewer for a long time to come.
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Flowers of The Son – Movie Review
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Flowers of the Son is an emotionally gripping, real-life look at the struggle to stand for Jesus in Israel. Only one-tenth of one percent of Israeli Jews know Jesus – the rest don’t even know his name.
Flowers of the Son movie trailer is given right below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LsVMZ7kb0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LsVMZ7kb0)
Israel is home to some seven and a half million people. But to billions others, it is a stray and distant thought—the very mention of which often evokes images of terrorism, religious conflict, and concrete rubble. But from amid the sounds of conflict, one group of missionaries hears the cry for peace and salvation.
Flowers of the Son documents the experiences of the volunteers participating in “Behold Your God,” a four week evangelistic outreach that spans twelve geographic regions of Israel. Through pamphlets, banners, skits, musical performances, phone calls, and door-to-door visits, these missionaries engage both young and old, religious and irreligious in conversation about the Messiah, Y’shua.
Directed, written, and produced by Emmy award-winners Herb and Amy Kossover, Flowers of the Son packs quite the punch in a short, 30 minute time slot. Despite its slightly cloying, Hallmark card introduction, this half hour is not filled with typical evangelistic fare—there are no heartrending accounts of injured orphans and puppies, no sickening musical number. It is the truthful, occasionally gruesome story of what these missionaries face on a daily basis.
It is made apparent that whether serving on the front lines or behind the scenes, these campaign workers have the unity of an army and the resilience of soldiers. Despite their uniform of brightly colored t-shirts, they are of different genders and nationalities with unique gifts and testimonies. But just like the campaign itself, this film is a collaboration. The voices of all types of missionaries are heard through narrative, interviews, and both live and reenacted footage.
But the cries of opposition are also heard, loud and clear. Instances of verbal abuse and physical assault permeate the film, providing a realistic picture of the spiritual war that is taking place in the streets of Israel. Fortunately, there is hope amid the horror. Serving as the dessert of this cinematic meal, two inspiring accounts of religious seekers leave a lasting taste of promise.
Whether showing moments of the ugliness of human nature or the beauty of salvation, the audience will be captured by the stunning cinematography, enjoyable soundtrack (including the sounds of New Light Ruins), and vivid storytelling. Flowers of the Son inspires those around the world to look past the crumbling cement and to see the life that is bursting up through the cracks.
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The Mysterious Islands – Movie Review
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A Testimony to God’s Hand in Creation – A recently released documentary challenges Charles Darwin on “Ground Zero” of evolution: the Galapagos Islands. Led by Vision Forum founder Doug Phillips, the expedition covers the territory and animals Darwin visited and studied nearly 200 years ago, but comes to a very different conclusion.
Majestically filmed by award-winning Jon and Andy Erwin of Erwin Brothers Motion Pictures, the 90-minute documentary is told through the eyes of 16-year old Joshua Phillips, exploring with his father the world Charles Darwin wrote about.
The Mysterious Islands feature a lavish display of exotic animals in their native habitat including 150-year-old tortoises, flightless Cormorants, Blue Footed Boobies, and an albino whale shark, all seemingly without a normal fear of man. The tour guide related that he hadn’t seen such a rich display of animal life in 25 years.
“It’s the defining issue at the defining moment,” explained producer Doug Phillips, who planned the expedition in 2009 because of two key anniversary dates that occurred during the year — the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth on February 12 and 150th anniversary of the original publication of his Origin of Species on November 24. “I said ‘we’ve got to go to ground zero.’ We’ve got to go to basically the Jerusalem of the evolutionary worldview.”
Mediated Design
Instead of evolution, the documentary posits the idea of “Mediated Design,” that animals were created with genetic potential to adapt for survival. Where Darwin believed species developed from one animal into a different type, Mediated Design says that animals were created with the genetic potential to change. A salt-spitting iguana, remarkably similar to those in South America, developed it’s salt spitting potential when there was little food on land and the lizards had to feed in the sea and eliminate the salt from their bodies.
The Mysterious Islands is told through the eyes of 16-year-old Joshua Phillips on an adventure with his father. “The ideas and the vision of one generation will help shape the next, for good, or for evil. It was true in Darwin’s day, and it will be in mine as well,” Joshua says.
His father, Doug Phillips ends with, “We need to take our children to the field. We must take them to where the battle rages. The compromises of past generations have left a painful legacy for them to overcome, but by God’s grace they will overcome.”
The Mysterious Islands – Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwyteUF43d0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwyteUF43d0)
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Faith Like Potatoes – Movie Review
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Directed by: Regardt van den Bergh
Produced by: Frans Cronje, Kirstin Barwise
Starring: Frank Rautenbach, Jeanne Neilson, Hamilton Dlamini
Release date: October 27, 2006
Running time: 116 min
A story that urges you to trust in God with full faith, even when you are in difficult times. This movie is based on a true story of a man in South Africa called Angus, he lived with his family on a farm. When they got there, they started to make friends, but this man was very worried when he heard bad news about the harvest, and other troubles that were happening there. He was tired of fighting in between but he did not want to be defeated.
One day his wife´s friend invites them to the church, where they decide to follow Jesus Christ and then they unleash the Faith as never before. For example: Angus asked God, for a rain to come, even when it was not the time to rain, but it suddenly started to rain, God answered him according to his faith.
Since then he started to believe in God entirely, and devoted himself to preaching the word of God. His first experience was that through a prayer of Faith , he resurrected a lady, and through that miracle many believed in Christ. Angus became a godly man, he loved the big challenges. He asked god for a large stadium to pray for his country, as it is written: If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14.
He perfectly understood it, and for that reason he wanted to call everyone to pray for the nation. But before carrying out this faith step, an unfortunate thing happened. While he was driving the tractor, one of the children on board fell and then died. After this Angus felt guilty for not being able to improve the situation. However, he was increasing his level of faith through these troubles.
The fact that we are Christians does not mean that everything will be good for us. God says he will be with us even in the midst of trouble and he will deliver us from all wrong. Angus was still worried, but God kept saying “Trust in me”. Meanwhile he prepared the meeting prayer and planned to harvest the potatoes, even when it was not time to harvest them. The Faith works like a charm. When all seemed to be lost, God said there is still hope. Finally both the harvest and the prayer meeting become grand success. Praise the Lord!
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Preacher’s Kid – Movie Review
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Preacher’s Kid (2010)
Director: Stan Foster
Release Date: 29 January 2010
Cast : Letoya Luckett, Kiki Sheard, Durrel Babbs, Clifton Powell, Gregalan Williams, Sharif Atkins
This story talks about Angie. She is a twenties girl, the Pastor´s daughter, who wanted to experience all the things of this world. She said ‘I am tired of being the Pastor´s daugther’ and she disobeyed her father and started to go out to nightclubs. Then she meets Devlin who is a singer. She was so delighted by the fame that he has, and he became her first love. Shortly after she preferred to go with him, than to be at the church with her real friends and her Father. Apparently Devlin loved her, but he was just taking advantage of the situation.
She continued with Devlin, thinking that she would get success : fame, luxury, money, in short, all the ephemeral things that the world has to offer. She changed her way of dressing, habits and many things just to be a famous person. (This world can offer you a lot of money, jewelry, trips, but what good will it be for a man even if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Matthew 16:26, do not be distracted or do not compare those things with the unconditional love of God. If you believe in God, He will give you all that you need).
Finally when she realized the kind of person that Devlin was, she just wanted to go home, but thought that her father would not forgive her. So she continued to suffer the ill-treatment of Devlin, but he always tried to justify his actions.
Until the day she left him. And got back home like the prodigal son in Bible. There we see the great forgiving love of her father who receives her with open arms. As the bible says: “But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found” – Luke 15:32
However it is not necessary that we all should pass through these type of cases, to realize our Heavenly Father’s abundant love for us. If you are on the right way to God, go ahead and do not stop for anything or anyone. You should accept that He guides your life because the enemy will say, “Enjoy the things of this world for now, and about the consequences we will talk later” and our lovely God says, “Believe in me and you will have eternal life”.
You choose! A short lived pleasure on earth OR eternal life with God?
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New Jesus Movie : Jesus… No Greater Love
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Jesus… No Greater Love is a non-profit outreach ministry, being produced in the same way as any ministry – believers like you and me joining in support to bring the love of Jesus to precious souls. United in giving with Christians from every nation, culture and denomination, we will form a body of producers, 4.5 million strong, each giving only $10, to bring Jesus to the screen in a world class film. This is the vision of Jesus… No Greater Love. “Everyone who was willing and whose heart stirred in him, came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work…” Exodus 35:21.
Download the Jesus movie poster here : New Jesus Movie Poster
Why another Jesus film?
Many great Jesus films have been produced over the years, and God has used them all for His glory. There are several focuses that make Jesus… No Greater Love unique and vital. To list only a few, our vision is to bring the Gospel story to film afresh using the latest cutting edge, big screen technology – to truly create a Jesus movie for a new generation of highly sophisticated film-goers.
Also, where Jesus films generally focus on the gospel events, Jesus… No Greater Love focuses on a revelation of “The Man” – his heart and person, impassioned, joyous, relevant, brimming with kingdom authority, driven “on a mission of redemptive love” – the Jesus of Scripture.
Who will be the Producer and Director?
Bruce Marchiano is our current writer/producer. Once funding is underway we will begin interviewing prospective directors as well as co-producer(s) to solidify the team.
Our Vision
Our vision, quite simply, is to bring Jesus – His love, His compassion, His deity and promise of salvation – to masses both nationally and internationally in a film that is Word-for-word the Gospel. In other words, “the power of God unto salvation” (Romans 1:16) presented in the power of the film medium.
We are not making a “Christian movie” per se, but a state-of-the-art film that will pack theaters with the unsaved. To that end, Jesus… No Greater Love will be shot using the most cutting-edge film technology and techniques, so that it will stand as world class cinema, truly a Jesus movie “for a new generation.”
Our vision beyond theaters is to dub the film into the languages of the world, make it easily available to ministries, missionaries, churches… in all nations. It will be a cutting edge “tool” to introduce Jesus to hungry souls from all walks of life – and at the same time, to capture the hearts of our young, “seen-it-all” generation.
Imagine Jesus coming to theater screens all across America, Canada, UK. Imagine Jesus coming to the theater screens of New Dehli, Saudi Arabia – Israel! Imagine Jesus coming via Internet, TV broadcast, hand-held devices… This is the vision of Jesus… No Greater Love – a “movement” in which we all unite to take Jesus to souls that need him!
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The Moses Code – Movie Review
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The Moses Code
Release Date: April 7, 2008
Run Time: 90 minutes
Drew Heriot presents this documentary movie The Moses Code. It is one of the most controversial films. It shows how to use the Law of Attraction to attract more wealth in your life, goodness in the world. It is based on the Moses Code book by James Twyman that explores a special gift that God gave to Moses.
Several renowned spiritual teachers of the world are together in this short movie and offer tools that help us to apply the Moses Code to our lives, helping us to try the Law of Attraction. And it keeps focus on the power of manifestation of the soul, bringing out our innate spiritual ability to produce miracles everywhere we go.
Those authors refer specifically to:
God said to Moses, “I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ Exodus 3-14
The Moses Code means adding a comma, “I am, who I am”. When you understand the power of this phrase “I am, who I am” everything that I see, everything was created by God, so we are surrounded by God’s presence.
If we understand the power inside of us, we will change the world by God´s power.
As the law of attraction says, if we are wishing bad things to other people, keep in mind that it will be back, so better think positive and act careful.
How to remember the three keys of Moses Code?
GOD – (G)iving, (O)neness, (D)estine
Simply because giving is better than to receive, but how can I give something that I do not have? That is when we notice the importance of believing in “I am” who will give or “I am” who will help others.
God chose Moses to liberate the Israelites. Moses was a common man with fears, but he understood his purpose in this life, and God provided him the skills and power to carry out his mission.
All through crossing the desert, Moses was there 40 years. Many times we don’t want to be there till the very end, that is why we do not learn how to help others, we just think of ourselves. Without doubt the desert is the best place to learn. God wants to teach you there, then it is not something you can do by yourself.
This message “I am, that I am” reduced 30% of violence in Israel.
If you believe with all your heart, you can make a difference, God will surely help you.
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To Save A Life – Movie Review
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Director: Brian Baugh
Release Date : 22 January 2010
The Plot
Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he’s the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend, whom Jake used to be friends with, commits suicide. Jake begins to think. He wonders what he could’ve done to save his friend’s life. A youth minister tells him that Jake needs God. So Jake becomes a Christian. However, things begin to spin out of control. His dad is cheating on his mom, his girlfriend is pregnant, and his former friends ridicule and mock him. During all this, Jake is going to realize just what it means to be a Christian and how, to save a life.
Review
Jake Taylor (Randy Wayne), a high school senior, has a basketball scholarship, a sexy girlfriend, Amy Briggs (Deja Kreutzberg), and popularity at school. Before his teenage days, he used to be good friends with Roger Dawson (Robert Bailey Jr.) who’s now a lonely, alienated student unable to fit into the in-crowd.
Jake struggles to cope after Roger brings a gun to school one day and commits suicide. After attending Roger’s funeral, he goes through a crisis of conscience as he wonders what he could have done differently that might have saved Roger’s life. A youth group leader, Chris Vaughn (Joshua Weigel), guides him along throughout his spiritual journey, a kind of awakening, self-discovery and embracing of kindness, compassion and understanding that everyone ought to go through at some point in their life. Jake has a second chance to save the life of an outsider when he meets Jonny Garcia (Sean Michael), another alienated student.
The sensitive screenplay by Jim Britts combines the comic-of-age drama with just the right touch of suspense and comic relief to keep you fully engaged. What makes Jake such an interesting character is that he’s quite relatable, complex and more mature than your average popular teenager. You can sense that he has the potential inside him to be not only a good Christian, but a good human being who’s not selfish or mean-spirited like those in his social circle who are, essentially, dragging him down.
Perhaps later in life Jake’s girlfriend and popular friends will realize the importance of kindness and compassion, but throughout Jake’s journey, they’re still naive. Fortunately, the moments of during which Jake experiences his epiphanies never veer toward preachiness or corniness, so it’s easy to feel immersed in his journey without rolling your eyes or getting hit over the head with messages. Director Brian Baugh includes a terrific, lively soundtrack and moves the pace briskly enough so that there’s never a scene that overstays its welcome. At a running time of 2 hours, To Save a Life manages to be inspirational, genuinely heartfelt and captivating. It’s a profound, tender and uplifting journey toward enlightenment and compassion.
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Jesus Christ Superstar : 1973 Movie
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Director : Norman Jewison
Release Date : 15 August 1973
Cast : Ted Neeley as Jesus Christ, Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene, Carl Anderson as Judas Iscariot
Jesus Christ Superstar movie released in 1973 is based on the world famous musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the theatrical performance highlighting struggles between Jesus and Judas Iscariot. The performance is only on the last week of Jesus’ life, starting with Jesus arrival in Jerusalem and ending in Crucfixion.
After the huge success of the drama and the subsequent long-running broadway performance, it was made into a movie in 1973 by director Norman Jewison. Jesus Christ Superstar movie is all about the final six days in Jesus’ life, viewed through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. The movie is such a visual treat for anyone, who love to see all of these as a drama.
Actor Ted Neeley looks the apt choice for taking Jesus role in the movie. One may get the feeling that Jesus is a bit more stylish with his mustache and all. But as its a movie, I hope we can excuse that. Judas Iscariot has a major role in this Jesus Christ Superstar film as we see the film through his eyes and its well taken care of by Carl Anderson. Yvonne Elliman is electrifying as Mary Magdalene, and Carl Anderson couldn’t have been better as Judas; but Ted Neeley as Jesus is more whiny than heroic.
Jewison, a director of large talent, who made the movie Jesus Christ Superstar a reality, has taken a piece of commercial shock and turned it into a Biblical movie with dignity. I am highly recommending this movie to all you friends. Yes, you may find some slight differences from The Bible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfTqTsKz5RA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfTqTsKz5RA)
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Gifted Hands – Movie Review
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Gifted Hands
Release Date: 7 February 2009
Director : Thomas Carte
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr. as Benjamin “Bennie” Carson, Kimberly Elise as Sonya Carson, Bennie´s mother, Candy Carson as Aunnjanue Ellis, Bennie´s girlfriend/wife
It is a movie based on the life story of a neurosurgeon called Ben Carson. This story starts with a boy , unknown and unpopular in his school. He grow up with his brother and mother. His Mother taught them to lead a good christian life, to be polite and educated them. One day Bennie tells his mother ‘I want to be a Doctor’. And she always told him that he can do the same as others but should do better than them.
Then for some reason she became sad, maybe because she was afraid about their future, she said: “I do not know how to read, I am a single mother”. But her encouragement was more than what was needed. She learned to read, and she was always very proud of her sons. Bennie had been working hard to pursue his dream (becoming a Doctor). He was the best student, he was an example of patience, He did overcome his fears. When he got to work in a hospital, he found many problems, maybe impossible to resolve for even his partners.
But he knew very clearly that for God nothing is impossible. So he was keeping on operating many people succesfuly, although in between he lost his own babies. He keeps in focus, praying every day. When he meets the siamese babies, he decides to operate them, and he started to find the right solution for them and praying hard for them. He did not want to leave the opportunity to glorify Jesus’s name. And he succeeds in the operation. All his life shows that if you trust in God, He will never fail you. Amen.
Believe in God – not in this world and what they say about you. Trust in Him. He expects you to trust Him with all your heart. Work hard. And then just wait in prayer to reap your harvest. God bless you all. Go see the movie.
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Escape From Hell – Movie Review
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Released in 2000
Directed By: Danny R. Carrales
In case you have relatives, neighbors, classmates, partners or you know someone who is not saved, please recommend this evangelistic movie that will open their eyes and they will know what will happen after death.
It talks about Dr. Eric Robinson and Dr. Marissa Holloway. Eric is a doctor who is always angry with his father who left him, but he is a christian now. However he does not want to forgive him. So Eric stays with his Mother, She is a God´s women. And Erick works with Marissa at the hospital. She analyzes the specific time when someone is between life and death and takes videos about it. And then she shows it to Erick.
Every case was different, a christian women said I saw the heaven, and the others who were grave sinners saw the hell. But Erick is a skeptical men. He does not believe that heaven and hell do exist.
When his father passed away, he decided to know by himself what is that experience, and he prepared for death in a few days. In that time, He saw the heaven and the hell. His experience in the hell was bad, he saw some apparently good people on Earth there, whom he never imagined to see in hell.
He saw a precious place yes that was the heaven. But an angelical voice told him that he is not ready to come there. And gave him a new chance to live truly in Jesus Christ.
Sometimes we do not worry about our future, and we do not prepare our soul for death. This is time to think what i am doing with my life right now. You decide, do you want to pass the eternity in heaven or hell?
Escape from Hell – Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStX-VDPxZg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStX-VDPxZg)
Highly recommended for those who still don’t believe in Heaven or Hell. Watch it.
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A Walk To Remember – Movie Review
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Release date: May 21, 2002
A beautiful romance story, starring Mandy Moore and Shane West , directed by Adam Shankman.
This movie talks about Jamie and Landon. Jaime could be the last girl you would think that Landon will fall in love. She was serious and conservative. Daughter of Baptist minister of the village, Jamie did not mind what other people think about her because her faith was the most important in her life, even if that meant losing some friends. Landon was a temperamental guy, who excelled at the school on looks and his character. His friends were amused when they criticized the clothing and behavior of Jamie.
Landon had no plans for the future and his faith. One night he ends at the hospital by a prank, as a punishment he is forced to take classes on weekends, and takes part in the representation of Dramatic Club spring.
These activities make them closer. She was already working as a volunteer tutor and had an important role in the work. Soon, against his personal expectations and from the scorn of his friends, Landon falls in love with this girl.
Above all, they will test the power of love and faith to transform life into something worth living. Even after the bad circumstances in their lives, finally he understands that “Love is like the wind you cannot see it, but you can feel it”.
A Walk To Remember – Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V96uhfQ0x9A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V96uhfQ0x9A)
Landon visits Jamie’s father four years later and tells that he is sorry he could not grant Jamie’s wish to witness “a miracle” before she died. Her father says “She did. It was you”.
A wonderful touching love story – Watch it when you have time.
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End of the Spear – Movie Review
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Release Date: January 20, 2006
This is a christian movie inspired by a true story. Starring Loute Leonardo, Chad Allen, Chase Ellison, Christina Souza and Jack Guzman. Directed by Jim Hanon.
It all started in 1956 when a group of missionaries decided to travel to the Jungles of Amazon, with the unique goal of preaching the gospel to the tribe Waodani. It was a hard task because they did not have the same language, ideas, manners, thoughts, that could limit the purpose but they overcame it somehow.
This group always listened to God´s voice. And they endured all kinds of violence by the tribe Waodani. The christian group stayed on course with faith even though five missionaries were murdered. The families of the murdered missionaries decided to travel to that place and stay there to complete the original purpose.
A miracle happened in the tribe and slowly the tribe Waodani realized little by little the real goal of this missionary group. They were touched finally by God´s power. People like Mincaye, one of the murderers Auca, became a Christian after relatives of the martyred missionaries came to live in their tribe.
The most amazing thing of this story is that it does not end here. They are fighting together right now for the development and welfare of these people in real life.
End of the Spear – Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeEF_3J0ZY0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeEF_3J0ZY0)
A wonderful movie, that makes you cry, think and urges you to take part in The Mission.
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Letters to God – Movie and Soundtracks
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A heartfelt tale of inspiration, hope and redemption, Letters to God is the story of what happens when one boy’s walk of faith crosses paths with one man’s search for meaning—the resulting transformational journey touches the lives of everyone around them. The movie will be released on 9th April 2010 worldwide. The soundtrack to Letters to God compliments the film’s inspirational and uplifting message.
Tyler Doherty (TANNER MAGUIRE) is an extraordinary eight-year-old boy. Surrounded by a loving family and community, and armed with the courage of his faith, he faces his daily battle against cancer with bravery and grace. To Tyler, God is a friend, a teacher and the ultimate pen pal—Tyler’s prayers take the form of letters, which he composes and mails on a daily basis.
The letters find their way into the hands of Brady McDaniels (JEFFREY S.S. JOHNSON), a beleaguered postman standing at a crossroads in his life. At first, he is confused and conflicted over what to do with the letters. Overtime he begins to form a friendship with the Doherty family – getting to know not just Tyler but his tough, tender yet overwhelmed mom (ROBYN LIVELY), stalwart grandmother (MAREE CHATHAM) and teen brother Ben (MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BOLTEN) — who are each trying to stand strong against the doubts that come with the chaotic turn their lives have taken.
Moved by Tyler’s courage, Brady realizes what he must do with the letters, a surprise decision that will transform his heart and uplift his newfound friends and community –in an exhilarating act of testament to the contagious effect of one boy’s unwavering faith against the odds.
Inspired by a true story, Letters to God is an intimate, moving and often funny story about the galvanizing effect one child’s belief can have on his family, friends and community.
Music of Letters to God
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Letters to God is a 2 disc collection of works consisting of original songs and score, much of which is featured in the heart-felt film. Included in the soundtrack are melodic pop-rock favorites Jeremy Camp, Between The Trees, and Dishwalla singer J.R. Richards. Singer-songwriters Aaron Barnhart, Ann Marie Boskovich, and Matthew West, all contribute beautiful tracks. Country fans also have something to be happy about with the inclusion of artists like Warren Brothers and Due West.
Letters to God: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack track listing
Disc 1:
1. Letters to God – Main Title (Original Score) Colin O’Malley
2. Dear Mr. God – Warren Brothers
3. A Beautiful End – J.R. Richards
4. Tyler’s Letters – (Original Score) Colin O’Malley
5. Have You Met Jesus – ReGeneration
6. Everything is Beautiful – Anne Marie Boskovich
7. You Give Me Hope (acoustic) – Ryan Kirkland
8. Hope Now – Addison Road
9. Letters on the Altar – (Original Score) Colin O’Malley
10. Throw Me A Line – Michael Gleason
11. The Water’s Edge – Aaron Barnhart
12. The Great Daduska – (Original Score) Colin O’Malley
Disc 2:
1. Hold Out Your Hands – (Original Score) Colin O’Malley
2. We Can Try – Between The Trees
3. Bracelet – (Original Score) Colin O’Malley
4. Amazing Grace – Wintley Phipps
5. You Are Everything – Matthew West
6. Take A Little Time – Jeremy Camp
7. Come Around – Stars Go Dim
8. He Is Alive – Paul Colman
9. You Give Me Hope – Between The Trees
10. We Need Each Other – Sanctus Real
11. Everything Is Beautiful – Due West
Letters to God: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack hits stores on March 30th
The film opens on April 9ththrough Vivendi Entertainment.
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MOST (The Bridge) – Download Movie
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A simple but beautiful and profound story, MOST quietly stuns audiences everywhere it plays. Rich with meaning and symbolism, some viewers have said its better than many feature films they have screened. Indeed, this 2003, 33-minute short earned an Academy award nomination for best short film and went on to win top prizes at three other film festival competitions Dances with Films, Heartland Film Festival and Palm Springs International Short Film festival.
The Plot of MOST the movie:-
A father and son love each other very much. Stargazing or enjoying tea together, the two are nearly inseparable. One day, Lada, the son, asks his father if he can join him at the bridge. The bridge is where the father works as an operator, raising a drawbridge when a boat must pass and lowering it when the train arrives. On the one day that Lada joins his father at work, a train arrives early. Lada tries to alert his father that the train is early, but his father cannot hear him. Father is away, inspecting some machinery. So, the boy rushes to throw the switch manually, enabling the drawbridge to drop and let the train safely pass. But, by the time the father discovers the problem, Lado has accidentally fallen into the drawbridge wheel and pulley mechanisms. The father must make a choice. Save his son and let the train wreck. Or, lower the bridge, save the train and sacrifice his son to the crushing wheels.
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MOST goes the extra mile in packing the story with strong symbolic images. Many of these symbols are left unexplained, but the discerning viewer will understand them. MOST lets the viewer see some of the sin and depravity of some of the train passengers. And, it also depicts new life and new hope to one of the train’s most desperate passengers. MOST is not a frontal assault, blatant in its storytelling. It creeps up on your and enters your spirit through the backdoor.
The Salvation of all required the Sacrifice of the one most dear.
Yes, GOD sacrificed His only son for us.
MOST the Movie Trailer :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZN8HQ8vKNE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZN8HQ8vKNE)
MOST stands up there with PASSION OF THE CHRIST and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA as a re-definition quality Christian film making. Download movie Most from the torrentz.com website by entering ‘MOST THE MOVIE’ in the search box there.
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Download Movie : BenHur (1959)
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Ben-Hur (or Benhur) is a 1959 movie directed by William Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew Wallace’s novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). It premiered at Loews Theater in New York City on November 18, 1959. The film went on to win a record of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, a feat equaled only by Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
Director – William Wyler
Writers – Lew Wallace, Karl Tunberg
Release – 10 December 1959
Genre – Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Tagline – A Tale of the Christ
Awards – Won 11 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 5 nominations
Cast:
Charlton Heston …….. Judah Ben-Hur
Jack Hawkins ………… Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet ……….. Esther
Stephen Boyd ………… Messala
Hugh Griffith ………… Sheik Ilderim
Martha Scott …………. Miriam
Cathy O’Donnell ……. Tirzah
Sam Jaffe ……………… Simonides
Finlay Currie ………… Balthasar
Frank Thring ………… Pontius Pilate
Terence Longdon …… Drusus
George Relph ………… Tiberius Caesar
André Morell ………… Sextus
Plot:
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. When Prince Judah Ben-Hur hears that his childhood friend Messala has been named to command the Roman garrison of Jerusalem, he is thrilled. He soon finds however that his friend has changed and has become an arrogant conqueror, full of the grandeur of Rome.At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them.
During the welcome parade a brick falls down from Judah’s house and barely misses the governor. Although Messala knows that they are not guilty he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. When Judah refuses to divulge the names of Jews who oppose Roman rule, Messala decides to make an example of him and sends him off as a galley slave. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge. Through fate and good fortune, Judah survives the galleys and manages to return to Jerusalem in the hopes of finding his mother and sister, who were also imprisoned, and to seek revenge against his one-time friend.
The chariot race sequence in the Circus Maximus (an amazing replica of the one in Rome) is one of the most thrilling and famous in film history. The site of the race, the Circus Maximus in Jerusalem (Judea), was constructed on over 18 acres of backlot space at Cinecitta Studios outside Rome, and the filming of the sequence took about five weeks. Except for two of the most spectacular stunts, both Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd did all their own chariot driving in the carefully-choreographed sequence.
Movie Trailer of Ben-Hur :
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Movie : The Bible – In the Beginning (1966 film)
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Director – John Huston
Writers – Vittorio Bonicelli, Christopher Fry
Release Date – 28 September 1966
Genre – Drama
Tagline – In the Beginning…
Cast:-
Michael Parks ……………… Adam
Ulla Bergryd ……………….. Eve
Richard Harris ……………. Cain
John Huston ………………. Noah / Voices of God, The Serpent / Offscreen Narrator
Stephen Boyd …………….. Nimrod
George C. Scott ………….. Abraham
Ava Gardner ………………. Sarah
Peter O’Toole …………….. The Three Angels
Zoe Sallis ………………….. Hagar
Gabriele Ferzetti………….. Lot
Eleonora Rossi Drago…… Lot’s wife
Franco Nero ………………. Abel
Pupella Maggio ………….. Noah’s wife
Robert Rietty ……………… Abraham’s steward
Peter Heinze ………………. Shem
Plot:-
Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. (Covers Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood and Abraham and Isaac). An elaborate Hollywood retelling of the Bible stories narrated by the film’s director John Huston. We open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve (Michael Parks and Ulla Bergryd) and continue on to Cain (Richard Harris) and the murder of Abel (Franco Nero). Next, we visit Noah (John Huston) and his ark with its spectacular flood sequence.
Then we come to the story of Nimrod, King of Babel (Stephen Boyd), the emergence of man’s vanity and the heights to which it could aspire if unchecked. Finally we cover Abraham (George C. Scott), a mystic who spoke personally with God, a leader of men, a builder of nations, a pioneer and a warrior and Sarah (Ava Gardner). At the time she conceived her first child, the event being forecast by an Angel of the Lord. Three such Heavenly Messengers (all portrayed by Peter O’Toole) appeared in the course of events which befell Abraham and Sarah.
Movie Clip of the film – The Bible
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Movie : The Ten Commandments (1956)
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The Ten Commandments is a 1956 motion picture that dramatized the Biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince-turned deliverer of the Hebrew slaves. It was released by Paramount Pictures in VistaVision on October 5, 1956. It was directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Charlton Heston in the lead role. Co-stars included Yul Brynner as his adoptive brother, Pharaoh Ramesses II, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, John Derek as Joshua, Edward G. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Cedric Hardwicke as Pharaoh Seti I, Vincent Price as Baka, and John Carradine as Aaron.
The Ten Commandments is partially a remake of DeMille’s 1923 silent film. Some of the cast and crew of the 1956 version worked on the original. It has since been remade again as a television miniseries broadcast in April 2006.
Adjusted for inflation, it is the fifth-highest grossing movie of all time domestically, with collections of $838,400,000. In non-adjusted dollars, it held the record as the highest-grossing film with a religious theme until the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. In 1999, The Ten Commandments was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. In June 2008, AFI revealed its “Ten top Ten”-the best ten films in ten “epics” American film genres-after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. The Ten Commandments was acknowledged as the tenth best film in the epic genre.
The most spectacular scene in the movie is the parting of the RED SEA. Remember, it was shot in 1956 when today’s animation techniques were not known to man. Its still a mystery how the scene was created. See the video clip below to see the parting of red sea scene and a general story outline.
Movie Clip:
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Movie : The Nativity Story (2007)
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The Nativity Story
Available to buy on DVD March 20, 2007
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac and Shohreh Aghdashloo
MPAA Rating: PG for some violent content
Total Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Order Date: February 13, 2007
“THE NATIVITY STORY is beautifully told while humanizing this journey in a way that is inspiring and wonderful for families.”
Journey back to the most momentous event in history as the greatest story ever told is brought to life in the epic drama, The Nativity Story, arriving on DVD on March 20, 2007, from New Line Home Entertainment. Hitting stores just in time for Easter, The Nativity Story is an inspirational tale of extraordinary faith and love that chronicles the arduous journey of Mary and Joseph, a divine pregnancy and the miraculous birth of Jesus. As the only film ever to premiere at the Vatican, The Nativity Story captures the emotional resonance and spirituality of this epic time period with the recreation of the sights and sounds of the Holy Land captured through breathtaking cinematography and a score inspired by traditional Christmas songs. Destined to become a holiday classic, The Nativity Story is directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown) and stars Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) and Oscar Isaac (the upcoming Guerrilla) as Mary and Joseph as well as Academy Award®-nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog) as Elizabeth. Available at a $28.98 SRP, the DVD has an order due date of February 13, 2007.
Storyline of The Nativity Story
In Nazareth, a town oppressed by the devastating taxation practices of King Herod, a teenage girl, Mary, is told by her parents that they have arranged for her to marry Joseph. Distraught by the idea of marrying a man she hardly knows, Mary takes refuge in a grove to collect her thoughts. There, she is visited by an angel, who tells her that she has been chosen by God to bear his son. Despite the public scorn from an unwed pregnancy, together, Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem for a census mandated by the King. It is here, with a great celestial event revealing his prophecy, in a history-defining event, that Jesus is born.
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Movie : The Ultimate Gift (2007)
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The Ultimate Gift movie is based on Jim Stovall’s book by the same name. Without a major publisher or marketing plan, The Ultimate Gift book has sold more than three million copies. The author, though blind since age 29, had the insight to inspire readers to see the “bigger picture” of life. The film comes to theaters courtesy of the new FoxFaith distribution label designed to bring high-quality entertainment to faith-based audiences. With its aim toward inspirational and spiritual entertainment, this film hits the ultimate target.
Synopsis of movie : The Ultimate Gift
• Genre: Drama
• DVD Release: August 21, 2007
• Film Release: March 9, 2007
• Distributed by: FoxFaith Movies and The Bigger Picture
• Director: Michael O. Sajbel
• Cast: Drew Fuller (Jason Stevens), James Garner (Red Stevens), Ali Hillis (Alexia), Abigail Breslin (Emily), Bill Cobbs (Ted Hamilton), Lee Meriwether (Miss Hastings), Brian Dennehy (Gus), Mircea Monroe (Caitlin)
• Writers: Cheryl McKay; Based on Jim Stovall’s novel, The Ultimate Gift
• Producers: Rick Eldridge and John Shepherd
Story of The Ultimate Gift
An extremely wise and wealthy grandfather gives his shallow, spoiled grandson the ultimate inheritance. In The Ultimate Gift, Jason Stevens, played by Drew Fuller, learns there’s more to life than money. Instead of the expected cash windfall, “Red” Stevens (James Garner) has prepared twelve gifts to be given after his death to his grandson. The series of gifts, leading up to the ultimate gift, take Jason on a challenging journey of personal growth and self-discovery.
Valuable Elements:
It’s no wonder Jason has turned out to be such a self-centered, lazy young man. He’s surrounded by rich, greedy, dysfunctional, just-in-it-for-themselves relatives. But Jason’s grandfather looks past the exterior and sees something of value hidden in Jason’s character. In his Last Will and Testament he offers Jason a series of “gift challenges” that are wisely designed to bring those rare character qualities to the surface through the refining fire of 12 difficult life-lessons.
Jason learns the gift of work, friends, the value of money, the gift of family, laughter, dreams, learning through pain, the gift of giving, gratitude, forgiveness, love and the gift of a perfect day. Ultimately he transforms into a person of depth and moral strength, receiving the “gifts” that his grandfather knew were far more precious than money. With these gifts, Jason can now make the world a better place.
Abigail Breslin is refreshing, charismatic and heart-capturing in her role as young Emily. While she and Jason discuss heaven she asks him, “Did you know God paints every color in a butterfly with his finger?” While gazing at the open arms of a Christ statue, Jason explains, “I don’t know much about God or Jesus, but I can promise you, those arms are meant for you.” Christian audiences will be pleased to hear the name of their Savior mentioned in a movie theater in this rare, respectful tone.
Gifts offered in The Ultimate Gift:
• If you love your work it’s not a labor.
• Money is simply a tool, not a goal.
• True wealth is measured by one’s friendships.
• We learn through life’s trials, we grow through pain.
• Life’s problems teach us how to use good judgment, which in turn teaches us how to avoid life’s problems.
• Every family, no matter how dysfunctional, has value.
• Laughter is the soul’s medicine.
• Faith can make our dreams realities.
• We gain most when we give ourselves in service to others.
• Gratitude comes from recognizing what we have, not dwelling on the things we lack.
• Living in the present and taking time for the people we cherish, is the formula for a perfect day.
• Love is the greatest treasure. We gain it by giving it away.
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Movie : Ray (released in 2004)
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The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles. – A man who fought harder and went farther than anyone thought possible.
The Story:-
Ray is the never-before-told, musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles. Featuring a remarkable performance from Jamie Foxx in the central role, Ray follows the inspiring story of a one-of-a-kind genius.
Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother’s accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered incorporating gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style. As he revolutionized the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him and championed artists’ rights within the corporate music business. Ray provides an unflinching portrait of Charles’ musical genius as he overcomes drug addiction while transforming into one of this country’s most beloved performers.
Ray is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman); screenplay by James L. White, from a story by Hackford and White; and produced by Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin and Karen Baldwin.
Watch Ray Movie Trailer:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5umBDIpbw8A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5umBDIpbw8A)
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The Secret (2006 film) – The Law of Attraction
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The Secret, a film produced by Prime Time Productions, consists of a series of interviews and dramatizations related to “The Law of Attraction”. Distributed through DVD, and online (through streaming media), the film and the subsequent publication of a book by the same name and of the same topic as the film, has attracted interest from media figures such as Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, and Larry King as well as criticism from the mainstream press. The film is largely influenced by Wallace D. Wattles’ 1910 book The Science of Getting Rich.
Synopsis:-
The Secret, described as a self-help film, uses a documentary format to present the Law of Attraction. This law is the “secret” that, according to the tagline, “has traveled through centuries to reach you.” The film features the short dramatized experiences and interviews of a team called personal transformation specialists, spiritual messengers, feng shui masters, and other experts. As described in the film, the “Law of Attraction” principle posits that feelings and thoughts can attract events, from the workings of the cosmos to interactions among individuals in their physical, emotional, and professional affairs. The film also suggests that there has been a strong tendency by those in positions of power to keep this central principle hidden from the public. The previews or “clues” to the film, show men who “uncovered the Secret…”.
Teachers of the Law of Attraction:-
The film includes interviews of individuals described as professionals and authors in the fields of quantum physics, psychology, metaphysics, coaching, theology, philosophy, finance, feng shui, medicine, and personal development, who are referred to as “secret teachers”. Some of these individuals, at their Web sites, promote the film and their connection to it. A few of the individuals with only brief appearances do not specifically speak of the “Law of Attraction” in their interviews, so their support of the concepts is based on viewer assumption.
Individuals who focus on the “Law of Attraction”, are interviewed in the film, and have later been featured on prominent American TV shows, are: Rusty G. Parrish, John Assaraf, Dr. Rev. Michael Beckwith, Dr. John Demartini, Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, James Arthur Ray, “Dr.” Joe Vitale, Lisa Nichols, Marie Diamond, and Dr. John Gray. Other people involved in the film, who have spoken of their strong belief in the Law of Attraction include Esther Hicks and Jerry Hicks (original edition only), Mike Dooley, Bob Doyle, David Schirmer, and Marci Shimoff. Others interviewed in the film, and who voice very similar views without actually using the phrase “Law of Attraction” include: Lee Brower, Hale Dwoskin, Cathy Goodman, Morris E. Goodman, Dr. John Hagelin, Bill Harris, Dr. Ben Johnson, Loral Langemeier, Dr. Denis Waitley, Neale Donald Walsch, and Dr. Fred Alan Wolf.
The film also includes quotes by historical figures, described by producer Rhonda Byrne in the voiceover as “past secret teachers.” Byrne states in the voiceover, “I can’t believe all the people who knew this; they were the greatest people in history.” The people identified include: Hermes Trismegistus, Buddha, Aristotle, W. Clement Stone, Plato, Isaac Newton, Martin Luther King Jr., Carl Jung, Victor Hugo, Henry Ford, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Robert Collier, Winston Churchill, Andrew Carnegie, Joseph Campbell, Alexander Graham Bell, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Movie : The Mission (released in 1986)
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The Mission is a 1986 British film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in eighteenth century South America. The film was written by Robert Bolt and directed by Roland Joffe.
It stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi and Liam Neeson. It won the Palme d’Or and the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.the Church Times Top 50 Religious Films list. The music, scored by Italian composer Ennio Morricone, was listed at #23 on AFI’s 100 Years of Film Scores. In April 2007, it was elected number one on
The Plot:-
Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert DeNiro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portugese aggressors.
Father Gabriel ascends the mountains of Brazil to bring christianity to the natives. He is successful and brings about a golden age among them. Mendoza, a slaver, kills his brother in a fit of rage, and only Fr. Gabriel’s guidance prevents his suicide. Gabriel brings Mendoza to work at his mission with the natives, and Mendoza finds peace and asks to become a priest. The church , under pressure, cedes the land to the Portuguese which will allow slavers in again. Mendoza breaks his vows and organizes the natives to resist while Gabriel warns him to help them as a priest.
Watch the trailer:-
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Movie : BELLA – One Moment Can Change Your Life Forever
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“Bella” is a story with a pro-life theme that won the People’s Choice Award at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival and was released in theaters last fall.
Synopsis:-
An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multi-million dollar contract when a series of events unfold that bring his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she’s unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down… until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day to an unforgettable experience.
Starring: Eduardo Verastegui, Tammy Blanchard, Manny Perez, and Ali Landry.
Bella is a romantic drama full of heart, soul and beautiful messages- hope, love, grace, and second chances. The film deals with abortion and adoption, and shows this difficult decision in a very different way, through love and patience and understanding.
Little did the filmakers know the profound difference their first film – Bella – would have beyond the theater, specifically in the lives of at least 15 women and their children. To date, they are aware of 15 cases where women considering abortion have decided for life after seeing the movie.
Saving lives is the greatest mission of Bella.
Addtionally, pregnancy centers have fallen in love with Bella- www.BellaBogo.com (http://www.BellaBogo.com) is designed to accept charitable donations in order to purchase copies of the film and donate them to crisis pregnancy centers across the country.
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Movie : BILLY – The Early Years
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Most of us know Billy Graham as the self-assured and charismatic preacher who became one of the most important figures of 20th Century Christianity. Now, with the release of Billy: The Early Years, we meet Billy as the earnest and promising young man at the crossroads of faith and doubt, ultimately facing the moment of decision that launched one of history’s most powerful evangelistic careers.
Most compellingly, Billy: The Early Years paints its portrait of Graham against the backdrop of his relationship with Charles Templeton, another gifted young preacher who’s faith could not withstand the onslaught of scientific skepticism. He and Graham parted ways and in the film, Templeton comes to personify the rising tide of disbelief into which Graham launched his crusades.
Billy The Early Years – Movie Trailer
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Filmed in Tennessee, Billy: The Early Years captures the feel of the Depression-era tent revival where Graham heeded the altar call, and follows him through the doubt and resolution of the next decade. The film was directed by the versatile actor/director Robby Benson – the voice of The Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. The movie’s power lays in its honest portrayal of Billy’s struggle with the ideas represented in Templeton’s eventual unbelief and shows how Billy’s faith, so dramatically portrayed in the film, goes on to change the face of modern evangelism.
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Movie : FIREPROOF – Never Leave Your Partner Behind
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FIREPROOF, a new film starring Kirk Cameron. FIREPROOF is the third feature film from Sherwood Pictures-the creators of FACING THE GIANTS and FLYWHEEL.
An action-packed love story, FIREPROOF will have audiences laughing, crying, and inching toward the edge of their seats as they are drawn into the world of a firefighter, his wife and a marriage worth rescuing.
FIREPROOF will open in select theaters September 26th, 2008.
Synopsis:-
After a decade of marriage, Caleb and Catherine Holt have drifted so far apart that they are ready to move on without each other. Yet as they prepare to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb’s dad asks his son to try an experiment: The Love Dare.
While hoping The Love Dare has nothing to do with his parents’ newfound faith, Caleb commits to the challenge. But can he attempt to love his wife while avoiding God’s love for him? Will he be able to demonstrate love over and over again to a person that’s no longer receptive to his love? Or is this just another marriage destined to go up in smoke?
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Passion of Christ Music Video
What do you get when you combine, Nicole Nordeman voice and Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of The Christ’? A master piece for the Master. A music video perfect for Easter Reflection….CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO…
It shows the main scenes from the movie Passion of Christ , with a nice song from Nicole Nordeman. Hey guys, can you ever think of commiting a sin, if you see His sufferings for us???
Watch Passion of Christ music video WHY by Nicole Nordeman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtQC6Pq-6E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtQC6Pq-6E)
About the movie Passion of Christ:
The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 film co-written, co-produced and directed by Mel Gibson. It is based primarily on biblical accounts of the arrest, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, events commonly known as “The Passion”. The film’s dialogue is in Aramaic, Latin, and Hebrew, with subtitles. It was filmed in Italy, exactly in Matera and Craco (Basilicata) and Cinecittà Studios, Rome.
Movie Plot:-
Jesus is tempted in the garden by a personified Satan, who appears as an androgynous albino. Mary, mother of Jesus, awakes from a dream with feelings of foreboding and quotes from the Passover Seder, Why is this night different than other nights, and Mary Magdalene replies with a traditional response: Because once we were slaves and we are slaves no longer. When questioned by Caiaphas, Jesus pronounces the ineffable Name of God in his response, which justifies Caiaphas’ subsequent charge of blasphemy before witnesses. Herod Antipas is depicted as an effeminate pederast. The people in the crowd that demand the freedom of Barabbas rather than Jesus have been paid to do so by Caiaphas. What follows is HIS sufferings on the road to Kalveri, soldiers lashing him all the way, blood splashing everywhere. On reaching the mountain, Jesus is nailed and crucified, seeing which will make any man on Earth cry bitterly.
The movie ends with Jesus’ resurrection and exit from the tomb, the holes in his hands from the nails visible as he walks. Please watch the above music video on Passion of Christ. To see pictures from the movie, goto Passion of Christ pictures.