I'm pleased to announce that the consciouscreation.com web site has added my books, Get the Picture?!: Conscious Creation Goes to the Movies and Consciously Created Cinema: The Movie Lover's Guide to the Law of Attraction, to the list of titles available through its online bookstore! On the bookstore page menu, click on the option "Various Authors/Titles" and then scroll to page 4 of the listings. For more, click here. And, while you're at it, check out all the resources this wonderful web site (and its Facebook page) have to offer!Photo covers by Paul L. Clark, Inspirtainment

Keep up with the latest about my books, Get the Picture?!: Conscious Creation Goes to the Movies and Consciously Created Cinema: The Movie Lover's Guide to the Law of Attraction, on Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest, as well as on their own web sites.Follow Get the Picture?! on Facebook by clicking here, on Google+ by clicking here and on Pinterest by clicking here. Visit the book's web site by clicking here.Follow Consciously Created Cinema on Facebook by clicking here, on Google+ by clicking here and on Pinterest by clicking here. Visit the book's web site by clicking here.And keep up with me on Twitter @Brent_Marchant.Cover designs by Paul L. Clark, Inspirtainment

“Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine” (2014 production, 2015 release). Interview Footage: Michele Josue, Judy Shepard, Dennis Shepard, Tim Galles, Walt Boulden, Zeina Barkawi, Cynthia Whisenant, Nikki Pearson, Julie Anderson, Rich Mack, Kate Chill, Romaine Patterson, Jason Marsden, Jim Osborne, Matt Galloway, Dave O’Malley, Rob Debree, Reggie Fluty, Rulon Stacy, Father Roger Schmit. Archive Footage: Matt Shepard, Logan Shepard, Aaron McKinney, Russell Henderson, Ellen DeGeneres, President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama. Director: Michele Josue. Screenplay: Michele Josue. Movie web site. Television web site. Trailer.It’s easy to forget how those who are the inspiration for very public events are also individuals, flesh and blood people with their own personalities, traits and sensibilities. We often look past those qualities, not realizing [...]

“Irrational Man” (2015). Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Jamie Blackley, Betsy Aidem, Ethan Phillips, Sophie von Haselberg, Tom Kemp, Robert Petkoff, Kate McGonigle, Susan Pourfar, Paula Plum, Nancy Giles. Director: Woody Allen. Screenplay: Woody Allen. Web site. Trailer.Have you ever heard someone utter something that seems totally inappropriate or ludicrous, only to find out that the statement in question is one the speaker’s most cherished beliefs? Hard to fathom, isn’t it? Yet such instances are commonplace, since beliefs are highly personal, heartfelt sentiments, notions that everyone holds onto zealously (and that are generally unshakable except under the most coercive circumstances). That seemingly strange though routine proposition gets put under the microscope in the latest offering from director Woody [...]

Pour yourself a cup of fun! Tune in to the latest edition of The CoffeeCast podcast, where I'll speak with host Tom Cheevers about conscious creation and the movies. Join us for an often-insightful, sometimes-irreverent, occasionally explicit conversation about a colorful, entertaining and enlightening topic. Tune in on Stitcher by clicking here or iTunes by clicking here.

Check out my latest radio show appearance on the Radio Out There podcast, available by clicking here. Join host Barry Eaton and me when we discuss conscious creation and the movies, as well as the recently released new edition of my first book, Get the Picture?!: Conscious Creation Goes to the Movies.Cover design by Paul L. Clark, Inspirtainment

“The Power of the Heart” (2014). Cast: Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, Eckhart Tolle, Paulo Coelho, Marci Shimoff, Gary Zukav, Marianne Williamson, Mark Nepo, Isabel Allende, Michael Beckwith, John Gray, Jane Goodall, Rollin McCraty, Immaculée Ilibagiza, Jamie Ann Burke. Director: Drew Heriot. Screenplay: Drew Heriot and Baptist de Pape. Book: Baptist de Pape, The Power of the Heart: Finding Your True Purpose in Life. Web site. Trailer.When we speak of something having “heart” or of the need to “follow our heart,” what exactly does that mean? For many of us, such expressions seem warm and inviting but are, nevertheless, understandably vague. However, in the recently released DVD and companion book “The Power of the Heart,” director Drew Heriot [...]

Holy Glowing Endorsement, Batman! My Twitter Tweets about my "Batkid Begins" review have been retweeted/favorited by director Dana Nachman, Bay Area Make-a-Wish Foundation Chapter director Patricia Wilson, the movie's official Twitter feed and Batkid himself! Thanks for the recognition and kind words, everyone!

When we speak of something having “heart” or of the need to “follow our heart,” what exactly does that mean? Find out more by reading my review of the new DVD, "The Power of the Heart," available on the New Consciousness Review web site by clicking here.

“Batkid Begins” (2015). Cast: Miles Scott, Natalie Scott, Nick Scott, Patricia Wilson, Eric Johnston, Mike Jutan, Phillip Watt, Sue Graham Johnston, Ed Lee, Greg Suhr, Hans Zimmer, Stefania Pomponi. Director: Dana Nachman. Screenplay: Kurt Kuenne and Dana Nachman. Web site. Trailer.It’s truly inspiring to witness the outpouring of generosity, compassion and support for someone in need. That’s particularly true when these efforts are writ large, thanks to the energy, enthusiasm and empathy of the collective. And now an excellent example of such traits is on display in the heartwarming new documentary, “Batkid Begins.”A cancer diagnosis is devastating news for anyone, but it can be especially heartbreaking when the patient is a child. When young Miles Scott was diagnosed with leukemia, [...]