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Cinema in Focus - X-MEN FIRST CLASS - 3 Stars

June 14th, 201111:51 PM ET

By Denny Wayman

The popularity of the X-Men series is based in part on the universal experience of not feeling accepted for who we really are. Although we may not be mutants, whatever unique abilities we do have can still isolate us. Such isolation can come from our own insecurities, other's jealousies and at times a mutual fear because of our differences. Identif...
cinema in focus - CONSPIRATOR 3 Stars

April 26th, 201101:50 AM ET

By Denny Wayman

Mary Surratt was the first woman executed by the United States government and many believe she was innocent. As the owner of the boarding house where the plot to kill President Lincoln was hatched by John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell), the military tribunal of nine northern generals found Mary guilty of joining the conspiracy. Though asking for lenie...
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 ...

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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.
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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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