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  • Cinema in Focus - CRAZY HEART - 3 Stars

    January 25th, 201001:53 AM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin The devastating effects of the disease of alcohol addiction are well known and yet many choose to risk the disease to indulge in the substance. The reasons why they choose to do so vary from individual to individual. For some, it is a family disease that usually infers a genetic predisposition, while for others, ...

  • 15th BIRTHDAY of CINEMA IN FOCUS

    January 24th, 201009:33 AM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin 2010 marks the 15th year that the movie commentary Cinema in Focus has been published. Invited to write a column by the editor of the Santa Barbara News Press, a NY Times newspaper at the time, Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin began writing a new type of movie review. Wanting the column to speak to the values present...

  • Get Connected In 20 Minutes A Week – The Worry-Hurry Connection

    January 22nd, 201011:20 AM ET
    By Family Values Cinema
    The Parents Coach - column By Timothy Smith | www.ParentsCoach.orgBlog: ParentsCoach.Wordpress.com Sponsored by www.FamilyValuesCinema.com/TS "Get Connected In 20 Minutes A Week"A weekly family activity adapted from: 52 Family Time Ideas by Timothy Smith ©2006 Draw Closer To Your Kids as You Draw Your Kids Closer to GodBethany House Publis...

  • Cinema in Focus - THE BOOK OF ELI - 3 Stars

    January 20th, 201002:39 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin If taken as a video game, "The Book of Eli" doesn't have to make sense in the real world. But to say that gamer and screenwriter Gary Whitta has only written a film-length video game, or that director Albert Hughes' (The Dead Presidents) penchant for violence makes him a perfect partner in creating this film, is ...

  • Get Connected In 20 Minutes A Week – Family Is Still A Good Idea

    January 19th, 201009:34 AM ET
    By Family Values Cinema
    The Parents Coach - column By Timothy Smith | www.ParentsCoach.orgBlog: ParentsCoach.Wordpress.com Sponsored by www.FamilyValuesCinema.com/TS A weekly family activity adapted from: 52 Family Time Ideas by Timothy Smith ©2006 Draw Closer To Your Kids as You Draw Your Kids Closer to GodBethany House Publishers 1. Main Point: The family is Go...

  • MovieMinistry’s Films to Look For in 2010

    January 15th, 201002:24 AM ET
    By Marc Newman
    Once again, MovieMinistry rejects the backward-looking top ten lists. (Do you really need someone else's opinion to determine which ten films you thought were best?) Instead, we look ahead, to try to help you to identify the upcoming films that appear to have some ministry potential. So if you use film for outreach, or if you are trying to find som...

  • Cinema in Focus - UP IN THE AIR - 3 Stars

    January 11th, 201006:38 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin Detaching ourselves from others is one way to avoid having to carry the weight and responsibilities of life. The difficulty with this solution is that when we avoid any relationship that requires the weight of commitment and the responsibilities of caring for another, we end up isolated and alone. This truth is i...

  • Get Connected In 20 Minutes A Week – Love Doesn’t Quit

    January 08th, 201003:44 PM ET
    By Family Values Cinema
    The Parents Coach - column By Timothy Smith | www.ParentsCoach.orgBlog: ParentsCoach.Wordpress.com Sponsored by www.FamilyValuesCinema.com/TS "Get Connected In 20 Minutes A Week"A weekly family activity adapted from: 52 Family Time Ideas by Timothy Smith ©2006 Draw Closer To Your Kids as You Draw Your Kids Closer to GodBethany House Publishe...

  • Cinema in Focus - SHERLOCK HOLMES - 2 Stars

    January 06th, 201011:53 AM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin Though all of us realize that even the greatest human beings are flawed, director Guy Ritchie's presentation of the famed detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) depicts him as a lonely and isolated alcoholic. Troubled in love and bored by life, Holmes' renowned skills at observation and logical deductions...

  • Get Connected In 20 Minutes A Week – New Years

    January 04th, 201008:50 AM ET
    By Family Values Cinema
    The Parents Coach - column By Timothy Smith | www.ParentsCoach.orgBlog: ParentsCoach.Wordpress.com Sponsored by www.FamilyValuesCinema.com/TS "Get Connected In 20 Minutes A Week"A weekly family activity adapted from: 52 Family Time Ideas by Timothy Smith ©2006 Draw Closer To Your Kids as You Draw Your Kids Closer to GodBethany House Publisher...

  • Cinema in Focus - IT'S COMPLICATED - 2 Stars

    January 02nd, 201003:50 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin While attorney Jake (Alex Baldwin) lives in a world where people are asked to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," the fact is that Jake couldn't tell the truth if his life depended on it. Jake leads a well-financed lifestyle in Santa Barbara, California, has a trophy wife 20 years his youn...
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Reviews, discussions, articles, and opinions on films and faith.
Contributors
  • Cinema In Focus is a social and spiritual movie commentary. Hal Conklin is former mayor of Santa Barbara and Denny Wayman leads the Santa Barbara Free Methodist Church.
  • Dr. Marc T. Newman, president of MovieMinistry.com, helps Christians use film to reach others with the Gospel. He also teaches in the School of Communication and the Arts at Regent University.