Posted on March 19, 2017 at 3:02 pm
Sebastian Barry’s acclaimed novel The Secret Scripture is coming to the big screen, starring Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Reynor (“Sing Street”), and Theo James (the Divergent series). It is the story of a woman who has spent most of her life in a mental hospital, where she kept a secret record of her life.
Posted on March 15, 2017 at 9:40 am
Coming this fall from Disney-Pixar, “Coco” is the story of a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who sets off a chain of events relating to a century-old mystery, leading to an extraordinary family reunion. The voices include Benjamin Bratt and Gael Garcia Bernal.
Posted on March 14, 2017 at 8:00 am
The wonderful Bel Powley (“Diary of a Teenage Girl,” “A Royal Night Out”) plays a girl with a high IQ but not much by way of practical or social skills in “Carrie Pilby,” co-starring Gabriel Byrne and Nathan Lane.
Posted on March 11, 2017 at 11:15 pm
In “Time Toys,” a group of middle school kids stumble upon a chest full of amazing toys from the future. The discovery takes them on an adventure using the toys to save their neighborhood and ultimately the world. It has won top honors at three major family film festivals: The International Christian Film Festival, The International Family Film Festival, and the Fam Film Festival. We are delighted to present an exclusive clip.
“Time Toys” is now available on VOD and iTunes.
Posted on March 7, 2017 at 8:00 am
Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne star in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” based on the best-selling book by Rebecca Skloot. Lacks was a poor black woman who died at age 31 of cancer. Some cells taken without her knowledge in 1951 became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. For reasons no one understands, her cancer cells were remarkably vibrant, reproducing robustly and staying alive basically indefinitely. Some of the most significant advances of medical science in the next fifty years began with her cells. Her family knew nothing about it, and of course they were never paid for the use of the cells or the products developed with them.
There is now a school named after her: Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School
