The production design by Dante Ferretti and costume design by Sandy Powell (both multiple Oscar winners) are stunning. The CGI transformation of pumpkins and mice into carriage and horses is magical. Lily James is a beautiful Ella (“Cinder Ella” is the nickname she gets from her stepfamily), but Cate Blanchett steals the show as the [...]
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Movie: McFarland USA is a great two hours of comfort food.
"As many youth leaders know, one of the best ways to get teens to look at the world with the eyes of Christ is to take the group on a mission trip to work with folks of a different culture," says movie reviewer, Rev.Bruce Batchelor-Glader. "You go out to serve others and return home realizing that [...]
Ida is a beautiful gem of a film with a five halo rating.
It is 1962 in Poland and Anna (Trzebuchowsha), a young novitiate nun, is preparing to receive her vows for full time service. She is called into the mother superior’s office and informed that it would be a good idea for Anna to travel by train to meet her aunt before making her decision as a [...]