List: The Greatest Acts of Kindness on Film
Posted on November 18, 2014 at 8:00 am
I love this list of the most touching and inspiring moments of kindness in movies from BFI, including my favorite:
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Trailer — Hannah: Buddhism’s Untold Journey
Posted on November 17, 2014 at 8:00 am
Hannah Nydahl was dedicated to introducing Buddhism to the western hemisphere. This is her story. Co Director/Producer Marta György Kessler spent 15 years traveling with Hannah Nydahl and some of the most renowned Buddhist Lamas, before her directorial debut with this film. “In creating this film we wanted to make something that was like no other …
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Exclusive Clip: The Three Dogateers
Posted on November 17, 2014 at 8:00 am
“The Three Dogateers” from vRLJE/Image Entertainment is available starting tomorrow, November 18, 2014 only at Walmart. “Lois and Clark’s” Dean Cain and “Office Space’s” Richard Riehle star in this story about three little white fur balls who get their paws into a world of trouble when they are left alone a few days before Christmas. …
Rosewater
Posted on November 16, 2014 at 11:04 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language including some crude references, and violent content |
| Profanity: | Strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Crude references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Riots and brutal attacks on rioters and rebels, torture |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | November 14, 2014 |
First-time writer/director Jon Stewart has made a remarkably assured film about the imprisonment and torture of Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari It is an absorbing drama that is at the same time the story of a very specific individual and a thoughtful consideration of contemporary geopolitics that avoids stereotypes or jingoism. This not only makes it …
MVPs of the Month: Scientists and Nerds
Posted on November 16, 2014 at 3:23 pm
November 2014 may just be the greatest month in film history for the portrayal of heroes and heroines whose achievements are not about athletics or fights but about equations and science. Last week we had two blockbuster hits featuring fictional scientists. In Disney’s animated “Big Hero 6,” a group of young robotics whizzes (and one …