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The Patriot (2000)
Mel Gibson portrays a pacifist in the Revolutionary War period who is opposed to going to war with England, but is swept into the conflict when British troops kill his son in "The Patriot." Director Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day" 1996) put together a high quality film and a [..]
Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)
"Steve McQueen: American Icon" is a biographical documentary on the life of actor Steve McQueen, focusing on his later years and Christian faith. Director Jon Erwin and host-writer Greg Laurie interviewed several people in his life including widow Barbara Minty McQueen, stuntman Stan Barrett, McQueen biographer Marshall [..]
History of the World, Part I (1981)
"History of the World, Part I" is an anthology comedy film spoofing human history through a series of irreverent vignettes, covering the Stone Age, the Bible, Ancient Rome, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution. The fingerprints of director-screenwriter Mel Brooks ("Young Frankenstein" 1974) are [..]
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
The fascinating life of movie star Hedy Lamarr is the subject of the documentary film "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story." Director-screenwriter Alexandra Dean put together this comprehensive look at her life including her birth in 1914 and childhood in Vienna, Austria, to Jewish parents; her motion picture career, [..]
The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017)
"The Tribes of Palos Verdes" is a coming-of-age drama film about a couple who move from Michigan to affluent Palos Verdes in coastal Los Angeles with their two teenagers. The usual teenage drama is well handled by directors Emmet Malloy and Brendan Malloy and producer-screenwriter Karen Croner, [..]
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Retired hitman John Wick is forced back into the criminal underworld to fulfill a blood oath for a mob boss in "John Wick: Chapter 2." Director Chad Stahelski ("John Wick" 2014) and screenwriter Derek Kolstad put together a sequel which is able to stand alone as [..]
The Shape of Water (2017)
The Best Picture of 2017 is....."The Shape of Water." This story is set in a 1962 Cold War laboratory where a mute cleaning woman falls in love with a captured amphibious creature and conspires to release him before the military people can perform experiments on [..]
All the Money in the World (2017)
The kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in 1973 is the subject of "All the Money in the World" from producer-director Ridley Scott ("Alien" 1979). The project ran into big problems when, one month from its scheduled release in November, 2017, Scott fired star Kevin Spacey [..]
The Abyss (1989)
Science fiction goes under the deep blue sea in "The Abyss." James Cameron directed and wrote the screenplay about the story of a SEAL team sent to rescue a U. S. nuclear submarine that sank in the Cayman Trough. The 140 minute movie goes by [..]
Without Reservations (1946)
"Without Reservations" is a comedy film about a famous author on a train from New York to Los Angeles who gets acquainted with two Marines. Unaware of her celebrity status, they criticize her new book, and she falls in love with one of them anyway. [..]