Anthem Of A Teenage Prophet - DVD

A fascination with both religion and showmanship drove Minnesota teen Tammy Faye La Valley (Jessica Chastain) to marriage with minister Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield) and into religious broadcasting, where their InchPTL ClubInch became a televangelism staple of the '70s and '80s. She'd face a daunting task to rebuild life and reputation after Jim's infidelities and financial fraud thereafter came to light. Michael Showalter's earnest biopic co-stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Cherry Jones. 126 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

In this breathtaking film, Spike Lee captures the highly-acclaimed eponymous Broadway musical show written by singer/songwriter Stew (with music co written by his creative partner, Heidi Rodewald). Passing Strange The Movie tells the semi-autobiographical story of a young black man who leaves behind his middle-class, church-ruled upbringing in mid-1970s Los Angeles to travel to Europe in search of his artistic and personal identity, or what he calls Inchthe real.Inch Picaresque misadventures with S*x, drugs, politics, and art await him in far-out Amsterdam and hyper-militant Berlin. His eyes are opened ever wider, even revealing what he left behind. An absolutely superb cast, ably supported by sparing (but pitch-perfect) costumes, design, and stagecraft, bring to life the emotionally charged story with it's astounding original music, narrated and overseen by Stew himself. Lee's multi-camera coverage of the event (including backstage scenes) involves the audience in not only the text but the electricity of the ensemble's onstage adventure. Passing Strange The Movie is a tour-de-force of creative collaboration and inspiration.

As a Washington psychiatrist (Kidman) unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.