this is what love in action looks like
this is what love in action looks like had its premiere in june, 2011 .
i like to think that they’d have seen things differently if they’d seen this is what love in action looks like .
if this is the case then we have to answer a basic question: what does love look like? there are many adjectives we can use but love is action. love looks like action !
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the new documentary ,
this is what love in action looks like ,
follows the story of the teenage boy zach stark and the controversial
refuge
program at the former
love in action
ministry .
and there’s the story of then - lia executive director john smid. before i saw this film, i assumed the title was mostly ironic; it’s an account of what love in action is and does, but it’s also indictment of the hypocrisy: this is what love in action looks like? sure .
the new documentary this is what love in action looks like is the definitive account of one of the most shameful episodes in the 40 - year history of the ex - gay movement. it’s the story of what happened to gay teenager zach stark at love in action, a memphis, tn - based ex - gay ministry, in the summer of 2005 .
my formal apology was one of the first outward decisions to an ever morphing transition since my resignation from love in action. i attended the first premier of “this is what love in action looks like” in san francisco, ca. to read my own account of the weekend i spent surrounding the premier please :
this is what love in action looks like like was six years in the making, mainly because fox felt the film needed a good ending. after the protests, the state of tennessee briefly shut down love in action for operating as a mental health facility without a license to do so. but the program was soon up and running again .
the documentary this is what love in action looks like tells the story of 16 - year - old memphis boy zach stark. in 2005, this teenager plucked up the courage to tells his parents that he was gay only to have them send him to love in action – a camp designed to turn gays and lesbians into heterosexuals .
since then, festivals across the country have added this is what love in action looks like to their line - ups. the film has already garnered the best documentary award and an audience choice award at the birmingham shout festival .
toscano said one of love in action' s core teachings was especially damaging .
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um, it looks like mark ruffalo' s big green character has different feelings .
30. love yourself. you can’t decide to love another until you can decide to love yourself .
he went to therapy for 10 years to undo the damage of love in action .
the great thing is that jesus has already done all of this for us. he came to earth from heaven, lived amongst mankind, and invested in us by giving his very life. that is what love looks like .
that experiment failed, but it looks like the cw is planning another crack at a spin - off series .
john smid, the former director of ex - gay christian ministry love in action, is a changed man .
fox said smid seemed shocked that he wasn' t some angry protester launching into a diatribe about what was wrong with love in action .
social justice, social action committee “justice is what love looks like in public. ” —dr. cornel west unitarian universalism is a religion without spiritual walls, a community that puts love into action, and a movement to create a better world for all. unitarian universalists are diverse in our beliefs, backgrounds, and identities—and we are united in living a ministry that seeks justice. we va
but what i like about this study is how it assumes that love is an action. it assumes that what matters to my partner matters to me because we have at least three things in common, because we have close relationships with our mothers, and because he let me look at him .
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we invited college students nationwide to open their hearts and laptops and write an essay that tells the truth about what love is like for them today .
love didn’t happen to us. we’re in love because we each made the choice to be .
the making of a documentary on love in action inspired a change in a local
ex - gay
leader .
love is for better or worse. and when you choose not to love, you’ve given up and given in .
social justice, social action committee “justice is what love looks like in public. ” —dr. cornel west unitarian universalism is a religion without spiritual walls, a community that puts love into action, and a movement to create a better world for all. unitarian universalists are diverse in our beliefs, backgrounds, and identities—and we are united in living a ministry that seeks justice. we va - social action update - unitarian universalist church of the verdugo hills, la crescenta, ca
janelle treibitz and morgan jon fox helped organize protests - and earned national media attention - outside love in action in raleigh in 2005 .
another former adult residential client, also featured in fox' s film, is peterson toscano. he moved into a love in action house in 1996 and spent several years in and out of the program. toscano also remembers love in action' s rules to be especially constrictive .
smid was promoted to the role of executive director of love in action in september 1990, and in 1994, the organization moved its ministry to memphis. love in action operated here quietly until 2005, when protests over refuge sparked a national media firestorm .
but what comes through strongly in the documentary is the love of those who rallied around zach. local activist janelle treibitz says :
brandon tidwell, now an openly gay man living in orlando, florida, attended love in action' s adult live - in residential program in 2002 .
so what makes a happy life partnership? we’ll explore in part 2 of this post .
sadly, this is not what the church is known for in our culture, at least not in all parts of it. we may be known for what or who we are against, but jesus said that love should be the distinguishing mark of those that follow him (john 13: 35). my hope in writing this blog is fairly simple. i believe that we (those that follow jesus), can be an authentic picture of what love looks like to a culture that’s tired of the knock - off version .
: patriotism exists because people like and people like me need a higher cause. something bigger than us .
very simply, that' s what jesus' commands are: love god and love people. and i had not been very loving .
this is what love in action looks like makes its memphis premiere at the indie memphis film festival at playhouse on the square on november 4th at 6: 30 p. m. john smid and peterson toscano, who have never appeared at a public forum together, will be on - hand for the post - screening question - and - answer session .
producer jonathan menjivar tells the story of john smid, a gay man who did not want to be gay, and who tried to get other gay people to suppress their urges as well. then... john changed. john' s website is urltoken. morgan jon fox' s documentary, discussed in the story, is called this is what love in action looks like. (17 1 / 2 minutes )
does anyone know when this will be out on dvd? love to see it .
john smid left
love in action
in 2008 and he has since said that he no longer believes that people can repent from homosexuality .
what if there was someone who was on this kind of quest? however, this quest was not a vacation or involved food. what if it was a quest to discover authentic love? in the words of the 90’s classic from mary j. , they are “searching for a real love. ” what if they were tired of the cheapened version? where would they go to find authentic love ?
on its web site, love in action says its growth has
exceeded 10 percent each year for the past four consecutive years .
while fox concentrates on love in action, in doing so he provides a wider sketch of the ex - gay movement and its abuses. what we see of love in action in the documentary is not an isolated case; the denial, false hope and misguided love pervades the message and ministry of ex - gay groups across the world. that the story is told largely through interviews with those most intimately involved with the lia controversy only makes the film more compelling here .
finally, in 2007, love in action ended the refuge teen program as then - director smid began to realize he was doing more harm than good .
the classic story that reflects this truth is found in luke 10: 30 - 37, the story of the good samaritan. in this passage, jesus has just affirmed the greatest commandment to love god with everything that we have and for us to love our neighbor as yourself. in response to this, a lawyer asked, “and who is my neighbor? ” i love how jesus answers this question with a story .
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the closed captions are incorrect in a number of places, most egregiously at 1: 21: 08, when the typist says ,
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it looks like a war with france .
france and england, of course, were allies during wwi .
choosing to love isn’t always easy, but it is worth the effort. here are some ways you can choose to love on a daily basis :
and it looks like the celestials (the giant space gods first glimpsed briefly in guardians of the galaxy) may be back – at least if waititi' s snappy headgear is anything to go by .
i believe there should be one place the world can go to find this type of love…the church .
an undated copy of love in action' s study manual blames homosexuality on a child' s failure to form relationships with a same - sex parent .
love in action was the center of an investigation by the tennessee department of mental health for touting its program as therapy but not servicing the facility with licensed mental health professionals. since then love in action has changed the wording on their web site. prior to this, the program was cleared of abuse allegations by the tennessee department of children services .
you see, in this documentary, zach stark’s incarceration and abuse at the hands of the love in action camp led to swathes of support from friends and followers when his blog posts about the situation went viral .
the rev. john smid, executive director of love in action, believes people have a choice when it comes to their sexuality. he says he is
ex - gay .
this wonderful 2013 film by the creator of
love actually
is an unabashedly sentimental story about finding delight in everyday things if one is attractive, british, and financially stable .
the' planet hulk' story is being incorporated into the film, with thor and hulk forced to fight for the entertainment of the masses on sakaar. although it looks like hulk might be happier in his role than his fellow avenger is .
but then there is more. track that spark of love throughout your day. the attention and care that comes into your awareness during your practice doesn’t disappear! it reappears countless times; in your patience with a grumpy family member, in your sincere interest in your co - worker’s perspective in a shared project, in a demonstration of respect for the person who poured your coffee. the cloud is in the paper. the love looks like a million different things. the relationships we create ourselves through are the growth trajectory of that love .
love in action means investing in those hurting (vs. 35). the samaritan spent his own money to make sure the man was taken care of. for us, sometimes we are willing to act up until the point that it begins to cost us something. if our love is accompanied by genuine action, it will cost us something at times .
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mark ruffalo will also be showing up as bruce banner and his big green alter ego the hulk after – like thor himself – missing out on the captain america: civil war action this year .
the film covers a six year span, and features in depth interviews with zach, protestors, former love in action clients, as well as the organizations executive director, john smid .
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the main reason most of the above types end up in unhappy relationships is that they’re consumed by a motivating force that doesn’t take into account the reality of what a life partnership is and what makes it a happy thing .
we see this idea described in 1 john 3. throughout this book and specifically this chapter, john goes to great lengths in distinguishing between people who are children of god and people who are not. love becomes one of the primary identifiers .
smid, who now believes love in action' s program was better suited for sexual addiction than homosexuality, said he' d rather the residential program changed focus than closed .
this event—along with the popcorn! —is free, but donations are gratefully accepted .
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on the first day, love in action staffer danny crosby came outside and offered bottled water to protesters, but a few days into the protests, staff members stopped being so friendly and called police in an attempt to remove the protesters. but the protesters were allowed by law to rally outside so long as they didn' t venture onto love in action' s property .
raised as a conservative southern baptist in texas, tidwell sought out love in action when he realized he was gay. he moved into one of the program' s homes for adult clients, which held anywhere from six to 10 men at a time. two or three men shared bedrooms with no doors, and they were subjected to love in action' s strict rules .
smid issued an apology to former love in action clients last year, and he gives fox credit for guiding him on his evolution from a leader in the ex - gay world to the more open - minded man he is today .
founded in california in 1973, love in action moved to memphis 11 years ago. it is one of 120 programs nationwide listed by exodus international, which bills itself as the largest information and referral network for the'' ex - gay'' movement .
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peterson toscano, who was at the love in action adult program between 1996 and 1998, said he felt suicidal during his attempt at transformation from a gay man to a heterosexual man .
stark, who is featured in fox' s film but no longer does interviews about his experience at love in action, had this to say about the program :
if i do come out straight, i' ll be so mentally unstable and depressed it won' t matter .
verse 17 spells this out by saying, “but whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of god abide in him? ” in other words, love is not authentic when it does not act on behalf of those who are in need. to sum it up verse 18 simply states, “ …let us not love with word or tongue, but in deed and truth. ” this sounds strikingly similar to james’ admonition about faith found in james 2: 14 - 17. not only can we can say that this is true with regards to faith, but love without works is also dead !
the second theory that has been mentioned is an alternate reality version of castiel, just like alternate bobby singer in the season 12 finale .
now, she says, jokingly, she is just looking for a tall, good - looking man who looks good in a kilt. she' s taking marriage requests, in fact .
overly romantic ronald’s downfall is believing that love is enough reason on its own to marry someone. romance can be a great part of a relationship, and love is a key ingredient in a happy marriage, but without a bunch of other important things, it’s simply not enough .
“this is jon snow, ” davos seaworth says. a pause. “he’s king in the north. ”
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i now like him but then he said, he isn' t ready yet .
love in action no longer exists today, but the problem of ignorance hasn’t gone away. the fact is that being gay or lesbian is not an illness and for an organisation (or an ad) to imply that it is by indicating that it is something that can be ‘recovered from’ is (to use the words of both boris johnston and ken livingstone) ‘offensive’ and ‘false’ .
mandy len catron teaches writing at the university of british columbia in vancouver and is working on a book about the dangers of love stories .
love in action means approaching those hurting. while others walked away, the good samaritan walked towards the person in pain. in verse 34 it says he “came to him. ” we must be willing to go where people are hurting .
by exploring the way that the organisation operated at the time via interviews with other former love in action members and staff, this film exposes the pain and heartache suffered by its victims, as well as the frightening levels of brainwashing that went on .
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other key players in the story declined to be interviewed. they include zach’s father, joe stark, who stands by his actions, and alan chambers, executive director of exodus international, the umbrella organization of which love in action is its oldest member ministry .
love in action means touching those hurting. he bandaged up his wounds. he had to be willing to not only go to this man but a willingness to roll up his sleeves and get in there and help, even if it meant he had to get a little dirty in the process .
that meeting was the beginning of an unlikely friendship that would eventually result in smid' s resignation from love in action in 2008 and his apology to former clients. but not all of smid' s former clients are ready to accept that apology .
and it feels like our lives have driven us to this moment. this is our purpose: to show the world why this character is so awesome. to bring this fictional world into the real world. it’s very personal for us. we’re going to focus our life’s journey into this game, to celebrate him with the world .
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but despite all this, i’ve begun to think love is a more pliable thing than we make it out to be. arthur aron’s study taught me that it’s possible — simple, even — to generate trust and intimacy, the feelings love needs to thrive .
they would say,' you like classical music or broadway showtunes. that' s gay. you can' t like it anymore. you have to like sports. you need to be able to throw a baseball or fix a car ,
tidwell said .
give your son room for his wings. in that he’ll stay closer to his roots on his own. i appreciate that you love and care for him so much. but he can teach you and the community around you what’s what. and that’s as it should be .
after love no stranger to stories of domestic horror like “our children” (2013), the belgian filmmaker joachim lafosse directs this fraught scenario about a couple (cédric kahn and bérénice bejo) who separate but continue living in the same apartment with their kids .
we taught very heavily [ at love in action ] that any homosexual choices were against god' s will, and they were sinful and wrong. we were very straightforward about that ,
smid said .
“this is marvel’s new york”, rosemann says of the game’s setting. “this is a marvel game. it’s not in a bubble. it is the new york that you want spider - man in. so yeah, uh, if you’re a marvel fan coming to play this game you’ll see familiar names and logos and locations and we’re lucky that you’ll see, oh, that is the sanctum sanctorum? ! it’s not going to be a focus but you’ll be able to swing by it. you’ll feel like, this isn’t just any new york city, i’m in the marvel universe. this is marvel’s new york. there will be a lot of elements that will make you feel like it’s part of a larger story. ”
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i wondered what would come of our interaction. if nothing else, i thought it would make a good story. but i see now that the story isn’t about us; it’s about what it means to bother to know someone, which is really a story about what it means to be known .
on april 13, 2012 a follow up based on the events in the documentary was featured in a story on this american life titled own worst enemy. in the podcast the film' s director, morgan jon fox and love in action' s now former director, john smid talk about meeting as enemies, and becoming friends over time .
the first spider - man ps4 trailer shows a very acrobatic spidey, not only swinging through the streets but also performing some very springy indoor stunt - work. the combat also seems to take advantage of both webs and agility. throw in the action under the truck and the rooftop battling, and this looks like a world just waiting to be beaten to a pulp with webs. it' s all in - game too, so further proof that this is going to be one hell of an eye meltingly beautiful world to explore .
as smid works on his personal development, love in action continues to counsel people. the residential program closed abruptly in september due to budget constraints, but executive director tommy corman said they still hold four - day intensive workshops and hourly counseling .
and most of all, this is what i’ve tried to impart to the anti gays most of all. that when i was very young, and embraced my gay friends unconditionally and invited them to teach me about their needs and wants and dreams…what i got back was soul lifting gold. the smallest kindness of listening, and bearing no distrust or fear, gave me back so much love and trust…i’d rather die than break that trust. from somewhere, i get the words, the courage, the strength to do what has to be done. you will too when you love like that. you get more back a thousandfold. believe .
chris has already filmed scenes for his reality tv show with love island champ kem cetinay .
when his friends and other equality advocates got word of his parents' plan to enroll him in refuge, they went into action. on june 6, 2005, the first day stark attended refuge, 30 or so protesters gathered outside love in action' s facility with signs reading
it' s okay to be gay
and
we support you .
what’s clear is that the titles seem to have the ’80s theme firmly in mind, from the direct reference to the film franchise mad max to more oblique references to horror tropes found in slasher movies and films like evil dead — cabins in the woods, characters coming back from the dead, and scary things lurking in fields and fog .
we also … came out with, like, a consensus about how we would conduct ourselves in these protests, how we would conduct ourselves to people, to staff members, and … our approach was one of love .
i' m realizing that people have the freedom in christ to choose to live in a gay relationship. that' s not for me to judge on their behalf ,
said smid, who resigned as executive director of love in action in 2008 .
i realize i was what the gay community often said i was: i was judgmental. i was critical. i was somewhat homophobic .
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thinking about how overwhelmingly important it is to pick the right life partner is like thinking about how huge the universe really is or how terrifying death really is—it’s too intense to internalize the reality of it, so we just don’t think about it that hard and remain in slight denial about the magnitude of the situation .
of particular note, episode 3 looks like it will introduce patience – a key character in spin - off wayward sisters (loretta devine aka patience' s grandmother missouri moseley will also appear here) – while episode 7 might prominently feature the post - apocalyptic alternate reality world .
loving another person isn’t easy, and it can’t be based on feelings or emotions that fluctuate like the weather. choose actions that show your love, and make the decision to do it every day .
no one cares what prince or king thor may have been in another world. also, his strength is pretty easily matched with those he finds himself amongst .
particularly inspiring in light of changes in the law that happened after this film was made, this is a documentary about smug (sexual minorities uganda), a group of radical lgbt activists who risk their lives in order to push for queer rights .
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i see too many couples take their relationships for granted. they forget why they fell in love. they forget the dreams they had and the plans they made. they forget their promises and commitments. the “healthy” of their relationships is based on personal happiness, rather than doing what is best for the both of them .
“the thing that nobody knows about our perfect family is that my husband is a monster. ”
killing ground in a thriller from australia, a camping couple encounter an empty tent and a child wandering without his parents. from the trailer, it looks as if they stumbled onto a crime in progress .
hawkins lab has finally been shut down: we saw its furious staff being forced to leave in the final episode of stranger things 2. dr owens (paul reiser) still seems to be in town, though – we saw him give eleven’s falsified birth certificate to chief hopper. it looks like he’ll still be in the picture for season 3, but what will happen to the lab building itself, underneath which the gate to the upside down had grown to a gargantuan size? and what will become of the projects the lab was working on ?
1 john 3: 16 - 18 says, “we know love by this, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. but whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of god abide in him? little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. ”
this new spin - off is getting its own backdoor pilot halfway into season 13 – provisionally episode 10, in fact (you can see a list of episode titles at the bottom of this article) .
in fact, the alternate reality is a great way to see familiar faces again, and the producers have pretty much confirmed that that' s what' s going to happen .
also in the episode, dean and sam hold a hunter' s funeral for castiel and kelly, while in the alternate reality, mary is being kept alive by lucifer – but it is unclear at this stage why .
i guess a lot of this is james cameron. but he’s brilliant. and i think one of the reasons his sequels are as successful as they are is he makes them feel very different without losing what we loved about the original. so i think we kinda looked to him and what he does and tried to capture a little bit of the magic of his work .
what was euron’s wonderful promised gift for cersei? if you guessed vengeance, good on you. ellaria sand, who, as you might recall, gave cersei and jaime’s daughter myrcella the kiss of death a while back—you know, kissing a nice teen - age girl on the lips, but you have secretly poisoned lips—is brought into the throne room with one of her own daughters. euron says, “i bring you what no other man could give: justice. ” cersei has a look on her face that seems to say, i like where this is going, but convince me. ellaria spits again, for good measure. cersei names euron “a true friend of the crown” and says, “you shall have what your heart desires”—jaime looks up—“when the war is won. ” oh, snap! euron has a look on his face like, what? if only he could show her a replay of last week’s fighting sequence—the viper gangplank and the corpses swinging from the bowsprit. she would definitely want to sleep with him then .
most of us think about love as something that happens to us. we fall. we get crushed .
love is in the air for some of stranger things’ adult characters — but not everyone is happy about it. harbour also said during the fan2sea panel that astin’s new character bob newby will be joyce’s new boyfriend. but according to harbour, chief hopper is none too happy about that .
but their unlikely friendship didn' t start off so smoothly. smid first encountered fox during a two - week protest outside love in action' s raleigh facility in 2005. fox and a group of local gay rights advocates gathered outside the church at 4780 yale road where love in action ran
refuge ,
its now - defunct teen ex - gay ministry, to rally for their friend zach stark, a 16 - year - old gay kid whose parents forced him into
straight camp ,
as protesters often dubbed the two - week program .
the wayward sisters backdoor pilot is episode 10, and the scooby - doo crossover is episode 16 .
the closing of love in action' s residential program occurred after fox wrapped up work on his film. but despite not having that ending documented, the film has been widely successful since it' s june 18th premiere at san francisco' s frameline film festival .
in 2009 lia sold their campus, and multiple buildings, moving to a smaller location in an undisclosed area of memphis. in september 2011 it was announced that lia shut down their residential program. an attempt to interview staff, and clients past or present who would tell their testimonies and offer more insight into the benefits of love in action were unsuccessful .
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“there is always a web anchor point, ” stevenson confirmed at e3. “it’s completely momentum and physics - based. we focussed a lot on traversal, wall running, leaping off of things, swinging. ” this sounds a lot like spider - man 2 on ps2 with added realism which looks and sounds perfect. hopefully we' ll get a hands on soon to try it out for ourselves .
i’m grateful to those who are making this film – especially peterson toscano, who has given so much of his time and energy retelling what he experienced inside the walls at lia .
but marvel studios hasn' t forgotten the odinson, and it' s bringing us a third helping of hammer - twirling, asgardian - punching comic book action – this time in the form of a veritable twilight of the gods .
contrary to what is said in this interview, the bible most certainly says that homosexuality is a sin! this is not just for the “leviticus” times as one person said. the bible clearly describes homosexuality as sin in the new testament (meaning, after jesus died for our sins !) in jude 1: 7, 1 cor 6: 9, 1 th 4: 3, 2 peter 2: 6 and also describes the homosexual lifestyle as “filthy” (2 peter 2: 7) .
when i first saw this film earlier this year i thought about how awful it must be to grow up in a place like tennessee where some people are ignorant enough to believe that you can become un - gay. in fact, i thought about how lucky i am living in london – one of the most tolerant cities in the world – and not the us bible belt .
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this is probably one of the best stories about the subject i' ve ever seen on television. congratulations to soledad o' brien and the entire starting point staff for producing this enlightening segment .
[ love in action ] realized we weren' t going away and towards the end of the first week, they called a press conference. they were getting a huge response from media around the country ,
fox said .
we weren' t allowed in, but we snuck someone in with a fake press pass .
love island couple chris hughes and olivia attwood are in talks to front their own reality tv show, the sun’s bizarre column can exclusively reveal .
our only frame of reference for how true love is expressed comes from a close look at how jesus christ laid down his life for our sake. i am so glad jesus’ love went beyond a feeling and into action. he gave his life for our sake by coming to earth and living a sinless life, ultimately dying on a roman cross. this act of love was necessary for us to be forgiven of our sins and for an opportunity to develop a relationship with god. as his followers, we are called to imitate jesus’ example and lay our lives down for one another as well .
yesterday we shared a list of the 10 new romantic comedy movies on dramafever, but if romance isn' t really your thing, we have you covered! we also have 8 new thriller and action movies for those who like their movie experience to be a bit more intense. from psychological revenge thrillers to action - packed spy stories, there' s something for everyone! take a look .
dr brenner – or ‘papa’ as eleven calls him – was attacked by the demagorgon in the final episode of stranger things ‘ first season and hasn’t been since, except in one of kali’s illusions. though this was a trick, kali suggested to eleven that he is still alive, and eleven hasn’t yet tried to look for him in the ‘void’ in the same way that she did with kali, her mother, and mike. if he is alive – what is he planning ?
24. christian explains to ana, “i’m not a dominant. the correct word is a sadist. i get off on punishing women that look like you, that look like—” ana interrupts him: “your mother. ” later, christian asks ana to marry him. there is no sign that she considers the former admission any serious obstacle to the latter proposition .
30. but danger still looms for next year’s upcoming sequel, fifty shades freed. watching the fireworks from a nearby hill is ana’s old boss, jack. now you might think that an unemployed former book editor does not really make for the most terrifying of villains. but he’s smoking a cigarette. and it looks like he hasn’t shaved for days …
more than 20 years ago, the psychologist arthur aron succeeded in making two strangers fall in love in his laboratory. last summer, i applied his technique in my own life, which is how i found myself standing on a bridge at midnight, staring into a man’s eyes for exactly four minutes .
the point in this story is that the priest and levite did not love their neighbor and the samaritan was the stellar example for us to follow. the ironic part of the story is that since the priest and levite were clearly more religious, the expectation would’ve been that they should be the example of obedience to god’s command. i believe our culture often finds itself disillusioned when those of us who claim to follow christ fail to accurately reflect his love .
santoalla some time after a dutch couple moved to an isolated village in spain, they came into a conflict with a neighboring family. one of the pair disappeared. this documentary from andrew becker and daniel mehrer investigates what happened .
so how does castiel return if he' s dead? this is where we delve a little into some fan theories ...
hearing is believing the star of this documentary is rachel flowers, who was born prematurely and went blind, but learned to play music and grew into a vibrant performer. the film follows two years in her family’s life .
it can also happen the opposite way, where everyone in someone’s life is thrilled with his relationship because it looks great from the outside, and even though it’s not actually that great from the inside, ed listens to others over his own gut and ties the knot .
much of dr. aron’s research focuses on creating interpersonal closeness. in particular, several studies investigate the ways we incorporate others into our sense of self. it’s easy to see how the questions encourage what they call “self - expansion. ” saying things like, “i like your voice, your taste in beer, the way all your friends seem to admire you, ” makes certain positive qualities belonging to one person explicitly valuable to the other .
it’s astounding, really, to hear what someone admires in you. i don’t know why we don’t go around thoughtfully complimenting one another all the time .
love in action was oppression in this concentrated form, so i was very depressed afterwards and suicidal for a time ,
said toscano, who wrote the play doin' time in the homo no mo halfway house as a way to cope with the damage .
i was really confused, and there was lots of self - hatred and shame. there was lots of bad training about sexuality. nobody was trained to teach anything .
i first read about the study when i was in the midst of a breakup. each time i thought of leaving, my heart overruled my brain. i felt stuck. so, like a good academic, i turned to science, hoping there was a way to love smarter .
joshua: teenager vs. superpower joshua is joshua wong, who at 13 became an activist to protest beijing’s encroaching influence in hong kong. this documentary tells his story .
shallow sharon is more concerned with the on - paper description of her life partner than the inner personality beneath it. there are a bunch of boxes that she needs to have checked—things like his height, job prestige, wealth - level, accomplishments, or maybe a novelty item like being foreign or having a specific talent .
] the brazilian gave me this to give to you. he said percy told him you would understand. i have trained myself to be impartial to evidence, but surely... surely this is a sign .
3a. this is a good moment to note that virtually all the men in this movie are gross (even when they’re not presented as such) and treat ana as an object. josé is a perfect example. in theory, he’s supposed to be a good guy. yet he fills his show with pictures of ana without her knowledge or permission and then sells them for his own considerable profit. who knows what kind of pervy stalker might be buying those prints ?
in this corner of the world based on a manga trilogy by fumiyo kouno, this anime centers on a woman who moves to a port city in hiroshima prefecture one year before the dropping of the bomb. sunao katabuchi directs .
i was very frustrated by this stonewalling. and lack of depth or individuality in ex gays. the libel that gay people indoctrinate youth, while christian influence occurs while a person is still a child, is the height of hypocrisy .
studies have shown people to be generally bad, when single, at predicting what later turn out to be their actual relationship preferences. one study found that speed daters questioned about their relationship preferences usually prove themselves wrong just minutes later with what they show to prefer in the actual event .
i would be the first to support someone’s conversion. i really would. if, if it were done without a world of suspicion and threat to coerce it. what truth is there in someone’s change of mind on pain of torture? what trust is there in one’s identity, obtained in a time of punishment, loss and lifelong isolation? there is no choice to be gay, nor one to be hetero either. a choice between a rock and a hard place isn’t a choice to be touted by the ex gay industry .
i don’t especially like to generalize. but little is differentiated by any of you and i’ve been looking for the truth for years and years. that is in fact, how i found xgw and the folks here have proven themselves to be very honest and generous with telling me about themselves and their experiences. or when sharing it on this site. straight folks like me deserve to know. we deserve the truth and deserve to not be confused with denial, phony compassion or the dishonesty of passing for what one is not. we deserve it, if not as much as the gay community who deserves it the most, and deserves to be able to be the ones to tell it .
so, some may ask why many “christians” continue to do corrupt things if the bible says differently. it is because most people would rather indulge their ego and selfish pleasures than stand firm in their faith. this is exactly why jesus said that the path to destruction is broad, but the path to life is narrow (matt 7: 13) .
it looks like insomniac' s sony exclusive is taking more than a few notes from rocksteady' s batman arkham series. along with the expected high - flying (er, swinging) antics you' d expect from marvel' s most famous hero, the new gameplay demo shows spidey stalking goons from high atop the rafters, silently picking them off and webbing them up one by one.
this is what love in action looks like is an american documentary film directed by morgan jon fox about a memphis teenager who was sent to a controversial christian program after telling his parents that he was gay . the film was released in 2012 , and is distributed by tla releasing . 
this is what love in action looks like is an american documentary film directed by morgan jon fox about a memphis teenager who was sent to a controversial christian program after telling his parents that he was gay. the film was released in 2012, and is distributed by tla releasing.
this is what love in action looks like is an american documentary film directed by morgan jon fox about a memphis teenager who was sent to a controversial christian program after telling his parents that he was gay. the film was released in 2012, and is distributed by tla releasing.