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Writing Romance, Tragedy, and Responding to the Gifting of God: An Interview with Nicholas Sparks

March 31st, 201001:20 AM ET

By Marc Newman

Romantic tragedy continues to be a strong draw at the bookstore and the box office. Nicholas Sparks, author of numerous best-sellers, including The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Dear John, and his latest The Last Song, is one of the top writers in this genre. On a sunny afternoon in Santa Monica, Sparks and I sat down to talk about his first...
Amish Grace – Sunday, March 28th on Lifetime Movie Network

March 25th, 201011:42 AM ET

By Marc Newman

If a murderer walked into an elementary school and slaughtered five local girls and wounded five others, how would you respond? How do you forgive the unforgivable? <i>Amish Grace</i>, premiering Sunday, March 28th on the Lifetime Movie Network, dramatizes the true story of the unthinkable murders at an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mine...
Cinema in Focus - THE GHOST WRITER - 3 Stars

March 22nd, 201001:19 AM ET

By Denny Wayman

Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" is a study in cinematic technique. Filmed in a stormy world with stark forms you almost feel as though the film is in black and white, though it is not. The characters are as colorless as the setting with rugged beauty and empty morals, creating a mystery of international propo...
Cinema in Focus - ALICE IN WONDERLAND - 2 Stars

March 15th, 201011:50 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin The classic tales of Lewis Carroll are the inspiration for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland." Unlike the "literary nonsense genre" that Carroll used to write "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and the sequel "Through the Looking Glass," this film only uses his fantasy characters to create a straightforward story...
War and Redemption Reign at the Academy Awards

March 08th, 201010:29 AM ET

By Marc Newman

James Cameron will have to console himself with the over $2.5 billion in worldwide box office receipts that his film, Avatar, has raked in over the past few months (and more coming in daily). When it came time to hand out the Oscars at the end of the seemingly-eternal Academy Awards ceremony, Cameron's neo-pagan/environmental vision was trounced in...
Cinema in Focus - THE LAST STATION - 3 Stars

March 01st, 201012:59 AM ET

By Denny Wayman

Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin Increasingly committed to the radical teachings of Jesus Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) ended his life excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church and estranged from his wife, Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren). This dramatic ending of his remarkable life has been written and ...