Post tagged with redemption

  • 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...

  • Telling Half the Story in THE INFORMANT!

    September 20th, 200912:19 AM ET
    By Marc Newman
    Hollywood likes to traffic in the seedy. Redemption stories only seem to appear when "redemption" means pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps. Studios have had a couple of great chances to talk about real redemption through biographies lately, but they are unwilling to rise to the occasion. In Walk the Line, the filmmakers focus on Johnny Cash as ...

  • Cinema in Focus: FOREVER STRONG - 4 Stars

    July 08th, 200902:21 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin "Forever Strong" isn't just another story about how a sports team builds character and makes men out of boys, but it does follow the same life-affirming pattern. This true story gives a strong pitch for fathers to step up to the plate and love their sons into adulthood. Rick Penning (Sean Faris) is the star high...
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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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