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Faith Like Potatoes

Reviewed on Jun 13 2011

A true story of an account of a South African farmer, Angus Buchan, who has a faith-based experience with Jesus Christ and becomes an evangelist and builds an orphanage on his land in South Africa and works with the Zulus, where he brings together white and black South Africans. It is a story of faith and manifestation. This is not a typical, mediocre Christian production but (although not a high-budget film) is better directed and acted. By Affirm Films; Frank Rautenbach, Jeanne Neilson.

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Made in Dagenham

Reviewed on May 09 2011

This takes place in 1968 at a Ford plant in England during a time when women worked for lower wages than men and a brave group of women stood up against the corporation's power as well as, at the time, others who did not agree with the women fighting for their rights. They formed a union, against all odds. Their victory to get equal pay forced the Ford Motor Company, as well as the Prime Minister of England, to make concessions that changed women's pay in many countries. Sally Hawkins, Bob ...
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Water For Elephants

Reviewed on May 02 2011

A retired veterinarian, who worked in the circus all of his life, recalls his past in the early 1930s when the circus was going from town to town by train during the Depression and hard times. The circus owner (Christoph Waltz) was a man of strong character who would have bouts of violence in which he would not only hurt animals but humans. The owner was married to a beautiful young woman (Reese Witherspoon) who falls in love with the now-older storyteller (Hal Holbrook), which leads to ...
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The Yellow Handkerchief

Reviewed on Apr 25 2011

This film is a sleeper film that is excellent for its story. It is the story of a man, Brett, with a troubled past who finally meets a beautiful woman who has the kind of qualities that attract him to her, like handling a fishing boat, and being quite independent driving a truck, and being a straight shooter. She likes his beautiful heart, as she has a sense of knowing good character, plus the fact that she says, "I love your face because it's a face of kindness." They recognize in each ...
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Adam Resurrected

Reviewed on Apr 21 2011

This is the best film---if not the best job of acting---Jeff Goldblum has ever done. He plays a Second War World Jewish magician and comedian (Adam Stein) who becomes famous in Germany. When the Nazis take over, he is arrested and put in a concentration camp where a Nazi officer, who previously had seen Stein perform, now treats him like an animal and makes him act like a dog and stay on all fours for years in the concentration camp. The movie has some very heavy scenes of degradation and ...
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Rust

Reviewed on Mar 16 2011

Canadian drama

A Canadian minister's faith is challenged, and he asks God many questions that we all ask, as he tries to unravel the burning down of a house and killing of a family by someone he knows from childhood who he believes is innocent and would never do this, even though his friend confessed to the crime. Worth watching for its many spiritual questions and answers; Corbin Bernsen.

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Skin

Reviewed on Mar 16 2011

This is a true story during apartheid about a white South African couple who birth a black baby daughter due to genetic heritage in the family. Even though she is black, her father (with influence) has the government designate her as white. She has problems identifying with the white race and eventually marries a black man, but her struggle of living in two worlds is what the story is about; Sophie Okonedo.

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