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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INNovember, 2011
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Cinema in Focus - DESCENDANTS - 3 Stars
November 30th, 201111:49 AM ETBy Denny WaymanThe destructive ripples of an extra-marital affair go far beyond the adultery. There is not only the betrayal of trust within the marriages, but the loss of innocence within the hearts and lives of the children. This multigenerational impact on the descendants is the moral message of Alexander Payne's "Descendants." Using the same cinematic eye de... -
Cinema in Focus - THE WAY - 4 Stars
November 15th, 201109:09 PM ETBy Denny WaymanFather-son relationships are difficult. God-human relationships are even more difficult. Yet when these relationships are navigated successfully, they give meaning to our lives individually and collectively. That is why the Christian faith was simply called "The Way" in the early church because people quickly realized that following Jesus Christ is... -
Cinema in Focus - J. EDGAR HOOVER - 3 Stars
November 15th, 201109:07 PM ETBy Denny WaymanThe multilayered depiction of J. Edgar Hoover by director Clint Eastwood is invaluable. To understand how one man could create such a powerful institution as the FBI while often illegally intruding into the lives of over two hundred thousand Americans requires more than a superficial explanation. Such a man must have had a singular compulsion that ... -
Cinema in Focus - ANONYMOUS - 3 Stars
November 10th, 201101:33 AM ETBy Denny WaymanSimilar to Forman's alternative history of Mozart in "Amadeus", Roland Emmerich presents a possible history of the author of William Shakespeare's works. Basing his view on a popular theory that the actual author of the plays and poems was the Earl of Oxford (Rhys Ifans, Jamie Campbell Bower and Luke Thomas Taylor), John Orloff wrote the screenplay...
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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.
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