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Latest DVD Releases
LOVE
A Christmas Tale - A dysfunctional French family learning that it is never too late to bring love, peace and healing into a divisive and unforgiving household.
LOVE
Four Christmases - A hilarious comedy about the stress, the embarrassments, the squabbling, and the lessons learned on visits to our families during the holidays.
LOVE
Is Anybody There? - A quirky coming-of-age drama that will draw you in with its spiritual undertow and delight.
LOVE
My One and Only - A drama revolving around a cross-country journey and a boy's quest to understand and appreciate his mother.
LOVE
My Sister's Keeper - A compelling family drama that draws out all our emotions and touches our hearts.
PEACE
Pray the Devil Back to Hell - The stirring and hopeful account of Liberian women who as creative and nonviolent activists brought peace to their country in 2003.
SHADOW
Angels & Demons - A thinking person's thriller with fascinating twists and turns, a tour of Rome's art and cathedrals, insights into Vatican history and politics, and questions about the relationship of religion and science.
TRANSFORMATION
Funny People - A mixed bag comedy about a celebrity who seeks meaning in his life after finding out that he has a terminal illness.
YOU
Humpday - Explores the dynamics of male camaraderie, sexual politics, and competitiveness. Recent Releases
BEING PRESENT
Up - Another triumph for Pixar - a 3-D animated feature about a memorable cross-generation friendship that is also a probe on the true meaning of adventure.
COMPASSION
Lemon Tree - An important movie about the healing power of empathy in the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
JUSTICE
Il Divo - An operatic drama about a power-hungry Italian politician and his nefarious cronies.
LOVE
The Dead - Celebrates the beauty of the English language, the challenges of marital love, and the intimations of mortality which can bring us back to an exaltation of life.
LOVE
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - A lively, lightly humorous, and appealing 3-D animated feature about an extended family of animal friends who bond even closer to each other on a rousing adventure.
LOVE
Medicine for Melancholy - Two African-Americans together in San Francisco for a weekend trying to take a one-night stand to a more intimate level.
LOVE
Nothing Like the Holidays - Vividly conveys the happiness and the heartbreak of a Puerto Rican family gathered together to celebrate Christmas.
MEANING
Perestroika - A cerebral Russian film in English about a middle-aged scientist's trip home to Moscow after spending 17 years in the United States.
QUESTING
The Answer Man - An uplifting spiritual drama about the value of wonder, the trouble with answers, the constrictions of fear, and the liberation of sharing and caring for others.
QUESTING
Unmistaken Child - A compelling, enlightening, and emotionally absorbing documentary about the quest for a reincarnated Tibetan master.
SHADOW
Food, Inc. - A bracing and disturbing documentary about the industrialization of farming, the dangers of genetically modified foods, and the growing power of the unregulated food industry.
TRANSFORMATION
Enlighten Up!: A Skeptic's Journey into the World of Yoga - A thought-provoking documentary that provides an up-close and personal look at the quest for spiritual meaning in yoga. Best bets of the latest DVD and Videos |
Movies can be catalysts for personal storytelling, soulmaking, and spiritual formation. We've got resources for your "group," whether it's you and your partner or a small group meeting regularly to talk about films. • Starting a Values & Visions Circle • Types of Circles • Things to Consider • Program Planning • A Soulmaking Process • Tips for Using Movies for Soulmaking • Going It Alone Use these brief guides to enrich your experiences of films, DVDs, and books. More guides will be online soon. See also the movies covered in Mary Ann's New Morning segments, as there are V&V Guides to many of them. • In America • The Terminal • Lost in Translation • Antonia's Line • Dead Man Walking • See an Index of all Values & Visions Guides online
Mary Ann Brussat is a regular guest on New Morning, weekdays from 7 - 8 am ET on the Hallmark Channel. She discusses movies available on DVD that illustrate the show's theme of the day. Watch her segments and clips from the movies: Friday Trouble viewing the clips? Get the free download: |