| Updated: February 23rd, 2013 |
 On one level, The Avengers is an entertaining, action-packed superhero film, but it also weaves a gripping story with strong character development for all its major stars: a virtuous, “old-fashioned” hero from the past (Chris Evans as Captain America) trying to navigate a more jaded world, a brillia... |
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 Two British track stars, one Jewish, one Christian, compete for Olympic glory in a test of faith, strength, and perseverance set in and around the 1924 Summer Olympic Games. Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) strives to be the best track star on the British team, but realizing he lacks the pure talent of f... |
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Chris Evans stars as Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, in this gripping tale of a physically sli...
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This 1961 Disney adaptation of the German novel Das doppelte Lottchen (The Double Lottie) stars Hayl...
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This third entry in the Narnia film series takes Edmund and Lucy Pevensie and their dour cousin Eust...
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Charlton Heston stars as Judah Ben-Hur in this epic tale of a Jewish prince’s ill-fated friendship w...
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Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck star in this beautiful film about a young European princess who snea...
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Joey King stars as the precocious and charming eight-year-old Ramona Quimby in this delightful adapt...
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Sandra Bullock headlines the inspirational true story of a mild-mannered, kind-hearted, big-bodied black adolescent who, through a series of tragic life events, finds himself practically destitute unt...
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Building on its reputation for story, Pixar sends us Up, a tender love story between a man, his wife, and the spirit of adventure. Mourning the loss of his wife, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen lives a s...
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In this second installment of the Narnia series, Prince Caspian, the rightful heir to the Narnian throne, uses an ancient magical horn to call for help as he struggles to survive his uncle’s attempts ...
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Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven star in this faith-renewing tale of a bishop who has lost sight of his divine calling and the angel sent to help him rediscover it. Bishop Henry Brougham (Ni...
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A father’s fervent love for his children drives this true story of Desmond Doyle, an unemployed Irishman whose wife walks out on him and their three children and travels halfway around the world with ...
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Jimmy Stewart stars as George Bailey, a small-town man with grand ambitions who, through a series of tough but correct decisions in life, finds himself head of his deceased father’s small building and...
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Amy Adams stars as an unflaggingly optimistic young woman from the animated world of Andalasia who, on her wedding day, finds herself banished by an evil queen to the real-life world of
New York Ci...
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Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye star in this heartwarming story of two song and dance men who help their old wartime commanding officer drum up business for his failing
Vermont inn over the holidays by ...
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John Hurt, Joaquin Phoenix, and Bryce Dallas Howard star in this fable by M. Night Shyamalan about a group of people who have formed a separatist community in the backwoods of
Pennsylvania
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Screenwriter Rafael Yglesias pares Victor Hugo’s classic, voluminous tale of grace and redemption into a sharp and exceptionally poignant film. Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson) finds himself paroled after s...
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