Reviews of "Brigsby Bear," "Normal Is Over" and "Queen of Katwe," as well as a radio show preview, are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.            

Looking for some good new thought-provoking movies and books? Then check out this quarter's installment of New Consciousness Review radio's Reviewers Roundtable, available by clicking here, here or here. Join me and fellow reviewers Miriam Knight and Cynthia Sue Larson for a look at some great new material!

You can now follow the latest about my soon-to-be-released new book, Third Real: Conscious Creation Goes Back to the Movies, on social media! Follow Third Real on Facebook by clicking here and on Pinterest by clicking here. The new addition to the Brent Marchant family of books will be available this fall in print and ebook formats from all major online retailers. Social media banner and cover designs by Paul L. Clark, Inspirtainment

In a totalitarian state like North Korea, virtually every aspect of life of virtually every citizen is rigidly controlled. So how does one preserve one's sense of self? Find out by reading "'Under the Sun' chronicles the challenges of self-preservation," my latest film review post on the web site of Smart Women's Empowerment, available by clicking here.

Tune in for the premiere edition of The Cinema Scribe segment on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, Wednesday August 2 at 12:30 pm ET, available by clicking here.

Reviews of "Detroit" and "Remember" and details about a new social media page are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.

Join host Frankie Picasso and me today, Thursday July 27, at 1 pm ET for the next Movies with Meaning segment on Frankiesense & More radio. We’ll talk about several current film releases and other movie news. Tune in live or listen to the on-demand podcast by clicking here.

“Dunkirk” (2017). Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden, Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Barry Keoghan, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jochum ten Haaf. Web site. Trailers.The horror of war is difficult to fathom by anyone who hasn’t lived through it, though movies have made earnest attempts to capture it, documenting what is, arguably, mankind at its worst. But imagine what it might be like if a film set during wartime were to take on the challenge of depicting humanity at its best under those same conditions. If you can envision that, then you have an idea of what transpires in director Christopher Nolan’s new World War II epic, “Dunkirk.”In an attempt to stave off an aggressive German [...]

Reviews of "Dunkirk," "Under the Sun" and "Snowden," as well as a radio show preview, are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.

“A Ghost Story” (2017). Cast: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Sonia Acevedo, Carlos Bermudez, Yasmina Gutierrez, Will Oldham, Liz Cardenas Franke, Kenneisha Thompson, Rob Zabrecky, Sara Tomerlin, Margot Tomerlin, Sylvie Tomerlin, Savanna Walsh. Director: David Lowery. Screenplay: David Lowery. Web site. Trailer.What happens after we die? Some might say that’s the ultimate mystery. There has been much speculation on the subject, and, because of increased attention to such phenomena as near death experiences and after-death communications, a variety of views have emerged. Some see the afterlife traditionally, while others view it as a different state of existence that operates according to a different set of rules. In light of that, then, perhaps a more appropriate inquiry than what happens might be [...]