From "Movie Guide" : "Jesus Revolution Screenings Move Non-Christians to Tears"

Early screenings of JESUS REVOLUTION have touched Christian and non-Christian audiences alike.

“There’s people from all walks of life in our crew…[and] all different belief systems, and it’s just really amazing to see people weep and cry and be moved as they would see footage—because the [the footage] felt very special,” co-director Brent McCorkle said. 

“It felt guided,” he added. “It felt bigger than a bunch of humans running around with cameras. It feels important. Even people at Lionsgate were moved to tears. They’re not all Christians, but they’re moved by the story.” 

JESUS REVOLUTION tells the true story of the hippie-led “Jesus Movement” revival of the 1960s and 1970s. 

The movie highlights pastor Chuck Smith, who opened his church to hippies, and also features the work of hippie evangelist Lonnie Frisbee and future pastor Greg Laurie.

“[Smith’s] choice to include these people [hippies] that were so hated at the time and not only include them but invite them into his little square church was…a sea change,” McCorkle added. “It was very powerful.”

“We live in a world today where we feel more comfortable sanitizing everything,” he told Christian Headlines. “But if you really take a hardcore look at the people in the Bible—they were flawed, very messy, broken people.”

“Our movie dives into this idea that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be flawed and still participate in something very powerful and very spiritual,” McCorkle concluded. 

THE JESUS REVOLUTION is set to release in theaters on February 24.

Movieguide® previously reported on JESUS REVOLUTION when it was first announced:

THE CHOSEN’s Jonathan Roumie, Kelsey Grammer, Joel Courtney and Anna Grace Barlow are set to star in JESUS REVOLUTION, a movie by Kingdom Story Company.

The movie follows Greg Laurie’s book, Jesus Revolution, about “the true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970’s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.”

THE KISSING BOOTH’s Courtney will portray Laurie with Barlow as his wife, Cathe. Grammer will replace Jim Gaffigan as Chuck Smith, and Movieguide® Grace Prize® Winner Roumie will take on the role of Lonnie Frisbee.

Movieguide® Award winners Jon Erwin and John Gunn will write the script, with Gunn directing.

“Pray for the cast and crew, that they will either come closer to Jesus or some might even meet him for the first time!” Laurie wrote on Instagram. “Our prayer is that this film will prompt young people (And all people for that matter) to say, ‘Do it again, Lord!’. It’s been said, ‘The fame of revival spreads the FLAME of revival.’”

“The Jesus Movement was the last great American spiritual awakening,” he added. “Some historians have said it was the greatest revival of all time. Let’s pray for another. I also appreciate prayers as this film goes into production.”

From "Den of Geeks" : "The Best Romantic Movies on Netflix Right Now"

The Kissing Booth (2018)

There’s an interesting dynamic at play in teenage romantic comedies. Oftentimes, the worse they are, the more watchable (and rewatchable) they become. The Kissing Booth is a prime example. Based on a book by the same name from Beth Reekles, this movieisn’t exactly celebrated for its realistic portrayal of American teenagers.

But thanks to charming lead performances from Joey King, Jacob Elordi, and Joel Courtney that doesn’t really matter.The Kissing Booth is all about how one girl’s first kiss turns into an emotional minefield of teen angst. That alone is enough to support 105 minutes of pure high school drama… and two sequels!  – AB

The Kissing Booth trilogy, of course!

Binge-watch all three!

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The Kissing Booth 1 (2018)

• Cast: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi

• Rating: TV-PG

Elle Evans has never been kissed—but she's about to fix that. The high schooler decides to run a kissing booth at the Spring Carnival, but then finds herself smooching her best friend's brother (and her secret crush), Noah. Lucky for her, there's an instant connection—but pursuing a relationship with him could jeopardize her friendship with Lee.

Watch The Kissing Booth 1 on Netflix

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The Kissing Booth 2 (2020)

• Cast: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi

• Rating: TV-14

In this sequel, Elle tries to manage a long-distance relationship with Noah when he heads off to Harvard—but it's not easy. Thanks to the rumors going around at school and his attractive new friends, she begins to feel insecure. Meanwhile, Elle and Lee plan to run the Kissing Booth once again for the Charity Fair.

Watch The Kissing Booth 2 on Netflix

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The Kissing Booth 3 (2021)

From Otakukart : "50 Best Movie Series Of All Time"

The Kissing Booth is based on the novel series of the same name by Beth Reekles, which surrounds the story of Elle Evans. She had been best friends with Lee Flynn since birth, and they had rules, friendship rules.

The story is about how teenage make things difficult for Elle and how she has to break all those rules to choose herself over everything else. She has also had a crush on Lee’s elder brother, which came with scandals of its own.

A Still of Taylor Zakhar Perez as Marco Pena in the movie The Kissing Booth 2 (2020).

Although the trilogy was made under the Netflix Original Series and is said to be one of the most-watched age romance movies, The Kissing Booth failed to impress the critics because of its cliché storyline. Although we are always Team Marcus, what about you?

• Years: 2018-2021

• Genre: Teenage, Rom-Com

• Directors: Vince Marcello (1), Jay Arnold & Vince Marcello (2 & 3).

• Cast: Joey King, Jacob Elordi, Joel Courtney, Stephen Jennings, Carson White, Molly Ringwald, Morne Visse, Meganne Young, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Maisie Richardson-Sellers.

• Where to Watch: Netflix

Also Read: Who does Elle Evans End up with in Kissing Booth 3?

LYRICS:
This goes out to every outcast
To the just don’t quite fit in
Every wrong way runaway rebel
So ashamed of where you’ve been
This goes out to every searcher
Trying to fill that empty space
Well, you’re searching days are over now 
Everything’s about to change

Come on down to the living water
Waves of mercy washing over you
No more strangers only sons and daughters
Come down to the living water
And rise up new

Have you heard about a man named Jesus
He’s the way, the truth, the life
Stretched out his arms on a rugged cross 
And paid every sinner’s price 
So when you’re tired of all your running
You don’t have to run no more
You can leave it all behind you
Just believe and be reborn

Oh, this is your invitation 
Oh, no more lost and alone
Oh, this is your invitation
Hear your Father saying 
Welcome home

See that cross up on the steeple
Hear that sweet forgiveness song
Come and join the Jesus people
This is where your heart belongs

From "Bleeding Cool" : "Sick: Production Designer Jenny Möller on Pandemic-Themed Horror"

Production designer Jenny Möller talks to Bleeding Cool breaking down the pandemic-inspired horror Peacock film Sick, Kevin Williamson & more.

The COVID pandemic created a lot of uncertainty within the industry when it hit its peak in 2020. Still, as society slowly reacclimated itself thanks to preventative measures and the advancements in medicine, Hollywood found creative avenues to provide commentary. Director John Hyams and writers Kevin Williamson and Katelyn Crabb found such an opportunity in the Blumhouse horror film Sick for Peacock. The story follows Parker (Gideon Adlon) and her best friend Miri (Beth Million), who, due to the pandemic, decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone – or so they think. Production designer Jenny Möller spoke to Bleeding Cool about filming horror with the pandemic spin and its creative commentary.

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How 'Sick' Speaks on Public Attitudes

Bleeding Cool: What intrigued you about 'Sick?'
Möller: I liked the script. It was intelligent and funny in a lot of ways. It had that 'Kevin Williamson' vibe and read that way. I like John Hyams. We had a great FaceTime chat. He seemed incredibly decisive. He seemed to know exactly what he wanted, which is great as a designer, walking in with somebody with a clear vision. That was an easy choice for me. In our interview, John said he wanted to do it as a straight-up slasher film, which I enjoyed. I like that high-energy, on-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of thriller horror film.

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What type of things were you able to play with you wouldn't do in a more conventional horror film?
The story was pretty straightforward in what we were trying to achieve. There was that great twist at the end. Most of it was deciding how we would present this house that we had spent so much time on. How were we going to tell a story with that? In the final cut, they actually cut out a large story point; there was a little sister at one point who had died at. That's where we come into Parker's trauma as an adult and play with her intimacy and boundary issues, and get into the family side.

I don't think that made it into the final cut. When discussing how to present this house, if you notice, the house is pretty stark and has a real S cabin vibe, but it doesn't necessarily feel super homey. That was intentional. We wanted it to feel like these people have some privilege with the size of the house, to speak to Parker becoming more aware as the film continues. As a young woman of privilege, she was not aware in the beginning, and we wanted to drive that home. It was intentional you don't see family photos, that you don't see knick-knacks, that no one lives there. She says her dad comes up once a year, and that's what we wanted it to feel like, like a well-done, well-kept home, but a well-kept house, but not a home.

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Given how 'Sick' deals specifically with the pandemic, was there any planning on the commentary with the spacing?
We planned out all of the spaces, but we weren't trying to make too much of a commentary on that. There were going to be some funny moments as there are when any actor gets a hold of the material and it reads as funny in some places. Some areas were funny; I didn't expect they would be. There were areas I thought would be funnier, and they played them differently. The grocery store, in the beginning, looks post-apocalyptic. That was intentional because of how we felt at the time.
It might have been it was an exaggeration of what was actually going on, but during the beginning of the pandemic, we were all worried about running out of food, and none of us knew what was going to happen [laughs]. We took those emotions we all remembered having and heightened them visually so that they looked like what we all felt, regardless of the actual situation. I remember that as being an extensive conversation about how to make that commentary, but the rest of it was left to the actors and John about how he would portray that. It was important to him that the girls were fully formed characters, and they weren't there to be killed or terrorized.

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Was there a sequence that was the most challenging for you to lay out and plan?
This movie came together so well. It was one of those rare situations where everyone I interacted with was of the same brain. We were all of the same minds and had the same goal. There were always some challenges. The house is on a lake, and there's that deck scene where they jump into the river, into the lake. When we got there, the water was down so far that we couldn't do it there. We had to come up with another way to do it. John and Yaron [Levy], the DP, had to devise another way to shoot it. It was logistically impossible for us to do it there at the house we wanted.

It was one of those things where I wouldn't say that there were any massive problems that I can remember because anything that came up was handled, collaborated on, and worked with well. We had some good source material to work with, which is always amazing that there's not a ton of stuff that has to be reworked or had to think about. The house we found was an amazing resource for what we were doing inside. John had to block and choreograph it so that it worked in the space we found. It came together; many of our choices were intentional, but we didn't have to force it.

Sick, which also stars Dylan Sprayberry, Joel Courtney, Marc Menchaca, and Jane Adams, is available on Peacock.

Via The Bingeful: 15 Movies Like "Flipped"

12. The Kissing Booth (2018)

• Director: Vince Marcello

• Cast: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi

• IMDb Rating: 5.9/10

The next on our list of movies like Flipped is The Kissing Booth, a popular and exciting film.

Elle Evans (Joey King) and Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney) have been best friends for a long time. 

Their friendship rule includes staying away from each other’s siblings, but Elle finds out she has a massive crush on the perfect bad boy Noah (Jacob Elordi), who happens to be Lee’s older brother. 

Although Elle tries to stay away from him, it isn’t easy to do so. Noah kisses her when she signs up to run a kissing booth at the spring carnival, so what will happen next?

The Kissing Booth was directed by Vince Marcello and won the Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress.