Category: Film & TV

‘Three Loves Has Nancy’: A Short but Sweet 1930s Romance

Commentary How short is too short to be a great movie? In the 1930s, Hollywood had the formula of telling a complete story in just over an hour perfected to an art. Films from the early 1930s were very fast-paced because the technology of the early talking films didn’t allow for much movement of the…


Traveling Light Ep5

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. Most of us like to travel. What we hate is the baggage we’re carrying around. But what if you could travel through life with no bags at all? In this 18-part teaching series, bestselling author and speaker Max Lucado invites you to…


The Candyman | The Dark Web Ep1 | Documentary

This film is only available in North America and the UK because of territorial licensing. It was one of 640 million closed groups on Facebook. Hiding behind anonymity, the creator of child pornography group Loli Candy and its 7,000 members hid their activities on Facebook and Whatsapp—the dissemination of horrifying images of abuse. …


Film Review: ‘Your Place or Mine’: How About Neither?

PG-13 | 1h 49min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 10 February 2023 (USA) There are three things you can expect from Hollywood year-in and year-out: Overblown action flicks in the summer; pensive, often depressing, awards-seeking dramas in the fall; and fluffy, lightweight, romantic productions on Valentine’s Day. This year, there are three: “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” “Somebody I Used to Know,” and…


Golden Era Films: ‘The Little Princess’: Shirley Temple’s Final Hit as a Child Star

U | 1 h 33 min | Drama | 1939 Walter Lang’s family drama, bordering on a fairy tale, is set in 1899 England, when senior military officers were considered part of the aristocracy, just shy of royalty. When widower Capt. Crewe (Ian Hunter) is called to duty in the Second Boer War, he is…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Sounder’: Hope Amid Despair

G | 1 h 45 min | Drama, Comedy | 1972 Set in Depression-hit Louisiana, director Martin Ritt’s film is about an impoverished black family, the Morgans: Nathan (Paul Winfield); Rebecca (Cicely Tyson); their eldest son who goes to school, David (Kevin Hooks in his debut); their younger children, Earl and Josie, and their beloved…


Traveling Light Ep1

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. Most of us like to travel. What we don’t like is the baggage we’re carrying around. But what if you could travel through life with no bags at all? In this 18-part teaching series, bestselling author and speaker Max Lucado invites you…


Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘The Secret of Santa Vittoria’

1969 | PG-13 | 2h 19m | Comedy, Drama, War World War II had reached a feverish pitch in 1943 as Axis forces continued to lose ground to the Allies. By the summer, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini had been deposed and much of Italy celebrated the removal of “Il Duce.” However serious these global events…


Inner Mongolia to Xinjiang Province | Tough Rides Season 1 Ep2

Ryan and Colin Pyle bike to Inner Mongolia, bunking down for a night in a yurt village before visiting one of China’s largest wind farms. Then, heading away from the idyllic grassland and rolling green hills, they strike the world’s largest traffic jam. …


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Holiday Inn’ From 1942: Celebrating U.S. Presidents Through Song

Are you looking for a New Year’s movie? How about a Christmas film? Perhaps a story with a Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving, or Independence Day scene? There’s probably only one movie which fits all these criteria, and it’s “Holiday Inn” from 1942. This holiday classic stars Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire in their first of two…