🎥🌟 The 30th Annual Movieguide Awards Gala with Candace Cameron Bure, Lori Loughlin, Bill Abbott, Terry Crews, Chrissy Metz, Donna Mills, Pat Boone, Haylie Duff, Rob Mayes, and more! 🎥🌟 SEE HERE:

* Movieguide Awards 2023 *

The 30th Annual Movieguide Awards Gala was held on Friday, February 10th, 2023, at the Avalon Theater in LA, California. These awards honor inspirational, family-friendly, and spiritual programming across various platforms, such as: television, streaming, theater, etc...

Many celebrities were in attendance, including Candace Cameron Bure, Lori Loughlin, Great American Media's CEO Bill Abbott, Natasha Bure, Donna Mills, Pat Boone, Haylie Duff, Rob Mayes, Terry Crews, Kathy Ireland, Kate Flannery, Bruce Davison, Logan Shroyer, Callaway Corrick, Marcelle LeBlanc, Christian Finlayson, Chrissy Metz and more...

The Movieguide Awards will be televised on February 26, 2023 on UPtv, which was one of the main sponsors for the event and has become well-known for their uplifting television entertainment and streaming service UP Faith & Family.

Some of the winners from the Movieguide Awards have been revealed on social media, but I won't spoil the results for those of you who want to be surprised; I'll just give a slight hint and say it was an excellent night for Great American Family and Candace Cameron Bure!

Here are some images from the event...

Lori Loughlin, Bill Abbott, and Candace Cameron Bure
image via: Great American Family

Host of the 30th Annual Movieguide Awards,
Terry Crews - screen grab via: Movieguide

Actor Rob Mayes - screen grab via: Movieguide

Actor Rob Mayes was a presenter for the Movieguide Awards, and his Pureflix movie "5000 Blankets" was one of the nominees. Rob has another movie coming out titled "Sweet on You," with actress Haylie Duff (pictured below), that will premiere on UPtv the same night as the Movieguide Awards, on February 26th!

Actress Haylie Duff - screen grab via: Movieguide

Actresses Candace Cameron Bure and Lori Loughlin
Cast of A Waltons' Thanksgiving (2022):
Logan Shroyer, Callaway Corrick,
Marcelle LeBlanc, Christian Finlayson
screen grab via: Movieguide

Young actor Carson Minnier from the Pureflix movie
5000 Blankets
screen grab via: @tyronetannofficial

Actress and singer Chrissy Metz - 
screen grab via: Movieguide

Actress Donna Mills - screen grab via: Movieguide

Legendary actor and singer, Pat Boone
screen grab via: Movieguide

Actress Lori Loughlin with Ted Baehr, Founder of Movieguide 
screen grab via: Movieguide

Here are some red-carpet videos via MaximoTV...

I hope you enjoyed this special look at the Movieguide Awards Gala. The program will be televised on February 26th at 9pm/8c. on UPtv. Be sure to stay tuned for more details!

Blessings to you all, Net

*Where will You stand?* Jesse Metcalfe and Melissa Joan Hart star in "God's Not Dead 2"!

Coming to a Theater near YOU - 

April 1st, 2016, the All New Theater Movie Release...

God's Not Dead 2!

Storyline via official web-site:
"From the college classroom of GOD’S NOT DEAD to the public square in GOD’S NOT DEAD 2, the name of Jesus is welcomed less and less with each passing day. If Christians don’t take a stand today, will we even have a choice tomorrow?

Welcome back to Hope Springs … home not only of Hadleigh University, but also Martin Luther King Jr. High School, where beloved teacher Grace Wesley helps students understand and enjoy history. Her love of teaching, her love for her students, and her love of life all come from the same place: her love of Christ.

So when Brooke, a hurting student grieving the loss of her brother, reaches out to Grace, their coffee-shop conversation naturally leads to Grace sharing the hope she finds in Christ.

When Brooke later asks an honest question about Jesus in the classroom, Grace’s reasoned response lands her in big trouble—almost before she even finishes giving her answer.

With the principal and superintendent joining forces with a zealous civil liberties group, Grace faces an epic court case that could cost her the career she loves and expel God from the classroom—and the public square—once and for all!

GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the beloved Pure Flix movie from 2014 and features an all-star cast. Coming to theaters beginning April 1, 2016, GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 will have audiences standing proudly for what they believe … while they still can. Where will you stand?"

I first saw an extended trailer of the movie, "God's Not Dead 2", with my family when we attended the KLOVE Christmas Concert in December, 2015 and I knew I just had to share it with all of you!

Let me tell you... the crowd at the concert, which had been extremely loud, talkative, and boisterous, in between a break of waiting for the next music artist to come out, became in a moment absolutely silent, completely absorbed in this powerful story the moment it hit the big screen in front of us. It was evident by everyone's reaction, we were all in awe of this amazing account, based on a real life event, and how it impacts our life today... how we must as Christians and Americans continue to fight for our way of life and religious freedom, before it's too late.


Movie Trailer - "God's Not Dead 2"::



Actor Jesse Metcalfe, who all of us TV movie watchers know from the Hallmark Channel movie "A Country Wedding" and the much anticipated upcoming Hallmark Summer Series "Chesapeake Shores", stars in this new film "God's Not Dead 2", alongside an all star cast with...

Melissa Joan Hart ("Sabrina", "The Santa Con", "Melissa and Joey"),
David A.R. White (from the original "God's Not Dead", "Faith of our Fathers"),
the late Senator Fred Thompson ("Law &Order", "Secretariat"),
Pat Boone ("April Love", "State Fair"),
Robin Givens ("Head of the Class", "A Christmas to Remember"),
Sadie Robertson ("Duck Dynasty"),
Ray Wise ("Mad Men", "Agent Carter"),
Ernie Hudson ("Miss Congeniality", "Dear Secret Santa"),
Hayley Orrantia ("The Goldbergs"), and many more!!!

Here's a Video Clip of Melissa Joan Hart - behind the scenes of "God's Not Dead 2"::




Interview with Melissa Joan Hart and Jesse Metcalfe on "God's Not Dead 2"::



The first movie in this series, "God's Not Dead" was a box office hit starring Kevin Sorbo (by the way, another Hallmark star with movie credits: "Avenging Angel", "Shadow on the Mesa", and "The Santa Suit"), Shane Harper (of Disney Channel's "Good Luck, Charlie"), and Dean Cain (Yet another Hallmark alum, "Operation Cupcake",  "The Case for Christmas", etc...). It is an impactful film of faith that takes you through the course of events through many people's lives that don't connect until the end of the story. The first "God's Not Dead" movie is available on DVD.


God's Not Dead 2: The Heart of the Story:


I
 sincerely hope this new movie in the God's Not Dead film series - "God's Not Dead 2", will surpass all of Hollywood's expectations and be even greater than the one before!

Please check the official web-site here - to see when  "God's Not Dead 2" is playing in a theater near you!

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Movieguide Awards 2015 honors the Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment!

The 23rd Annual Movieguide Awards
honors Family Films and TV from 2014 -

Saturday February 21, 2015 
at 7 P.M. Eastern 4 P.M. Pacific  

on REELZ-Channel.

The 23rd Annual Movieguide Awards are Hosted by Comedian Bill Engvall

 

Actress Candace Cameron Bure of "Full House" and Hallmark Channel Movies,
"Let it Snow", "Puppy Love", "Christmas Under Wraps", etc...
and the upcoming Mystery Series, "Aurora Teagarden",
along with her daughter Natasha Bure, are presenters at the Movieguide Awards

Awards details via Movieguide.com:
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Epiphany Prize for Inspiring Movie Nominees:

• The Giver
• God's Not Dead
• Heaven Is For Real
• Little Hope Was Arson
• Son of God
• Unbroken

Epiphany Prize for Inspiring TV - Nominees:

• Duck Dynasty : Home for the Holidays
• The Gabby Douglas Story
• The Last Ship: Phase Six
• Louis Zamparini: Captured by Grace 
• Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio
• When Calls the Heart: Lost and Found

(The Epiphany Prize for Inspiring Movies & TV, supported through a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, is awarded to popular, entertaining movies and television programs that are wholesome, spiritually uplifting, inspirational, redemptive and moral. The two $100,000 Epiphany Prizes for Inspiring Movies & TV are awarded annually to the key men and women, including top studio executives, who are responsible for the best wholesome, uplifting and inspiring movies and television programs.)

Legendary singer Pat Boone, of film and television 

"Duck Dynasty" star Kori Robertson
and Hallmark Channel's Home and Family host Mark Steines

Grace Award TV Nominations:

• Regina King - The Gabby Douglas Story
• Imani Hakim - The Gabby Douglas Story
• Sydney Mikayla - The Gabby Douglas Story
• Kelly McGillis - Love Finds You in Sugarcreek
• Eric Dane - The Last Ship: Phase Six
• Phil Robertson - Duck Dynasty: Home for the Holidays

Grace Award Movie Nominations:

• Jeff Bridges - The Giver
• Brenton Thwaites - The Giver
• Shane Harper - God's Not Dead
• Cory Oliver - God's Not Dead
• Kevin Sorbo - God's Not Dead
• David A.R. White - God's Not Dead
• Greg Kinnear - Heaven Is For Real
• Connor Corum - Heaven Is For Real
• Diogo Morgado - Son Of God

(The Grace Award for Movies and Television is awarded annually to an actor or actress in a motion picture or television program who exemplifies God’s grace and mercy toward us as human beings through their outstanding performances.)

Actress Madison Pettis of "The Game Plan" and "Do You Believe"
and Karan Brar of Disney Channel's "Jessie"

"Duck Dynasty" star Sadie Robertson and Actor, Writer Corbin Bernsen

of "Christian Mingle", "Rust", and "3 Day Christmas"

 

Faith & Freedom Awards for Movies - Nominees:

• Belle
• Captain America : Winter Soldier
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• The Giver
• Penguins of Madagascar
• Selma

Faith & Freedom Awards for Television - Nominees:

• Coffee Shop
• The Gabby Douglas Story
• The Last Ship: Phase Six
• Love Finds You in Sugarcreek
• When Calls the Heart: Lost and Found

(The Faith & Freedom Awards for Promoting Positive American Values are awarded for entertainment value, for craftsmanship, and for creating programming that is uplifting, moral, insightful, compassionate, and that shows America and its people in a positive light. The Faith and Freedom Awards are given to the one movie and/or one TV program that do the most to improve cultural understanding between Americans and people of other countries by showing a positive or more balanced view of America and Americans, including presenting the best of American values such as liberty, religious freedom, freedom of speech, the right to vote, property rights, proper compassion for others, protection of the innocent, the right to due process, the right to life and to pursue happiness, the rule of the law, democracy, capitalism, personal responsibility, the right to bear firearms, and a believe in limited and responsible government, equal justice under the law, and government by the consent of the governed.)

"God's Not Dead" stars Cory Oliver and Shane Harper

Actress Andrea Logan White of "Mom's Night Out" and "Do You Believe?"
and her husband, Actor David A.R. White of "God's Not Dead"

 

MOVIEGUIDE’s founder and publisher, Dr. Ted Baehr,

 

 

*There may be even more Nominees and Shows honored in the Movieguide Awards Program... so be sure to tune into the awards show Saturday, February 21st on Reelz-Channel at 7 P.M. Eastern 4 P.M. Pacific!


My take on the Nominees:

I was happy to see... nominations for "When Calls the Heart," from the Hallmark Channel, "Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio" and "Coffee Shop" from UP-tv.

However, I was surprised not to see... nominations for the actors of "When Calls the Heart", nor the TV Movie "The Redemption of Henry Myers", and "Paper Angels".

More than anything else, I was shocked not to see... the inspirational series "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", from the creator of "Touched by an Angel" Martha Williamson, not nominated in any of the categories. I personally think this was a terrible over-sight, of a most deserving series filled with everyday spiritual issues, divine providence, and a deep, abiding faith in their calling.

Now, What do you think of the Nominees? Which ones did you like? Which Movie or TV series, would you have nominated? Please share in the comments below...


*All Images and Award details via Movieguide.com

April TV Movies ~ The theme is "April Love!"

Wednesday, March 30, 2011-

April is right around the corner...

One of my favorite movies is a 1957 Musical, April Love, starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones. It's a beautiful story about finding redemption, promise, and love... when a young man, (Pat Boone) gets in trouble with the law and is sent on probation to his Aunt and Uncle's Kentucky horse farm, where he meets a sweet local girl (Shirley Jones).

This is a great movie the entire family can watch together. Unfortunately, it is not available to be purchased on DVD, but can be seen on TV (see listings below!). Please, request here for DVD.

One of the best things about this movie is the music, which is available on a Soundtrack CD. Includes the beautiful theme song, April Love, and much more!

"April Love" on TV:

March 30, 2011 - Wednesday
April Love ... Fox Movie Channel ... 2 PM

April 4, 2011 - Monday:
April Love ... Fox Movie Channel ... 9 AM

April 17, 2011 - Sunday:
April Love ... Fox Movie Channel ... 8 AM

Besides, April Love, there will be plenty of other "Love Movies" coming in April...

PLEASE NOTE: I have not seen the Movies listed below as *New. Please check ratings before watching them- as they may or may not be suitable for family viewing!

A Walton Easter
The Note II : Taking a Chance on Love
My Future Boyfriend (*New on ABC Family)
Upstairs Downstairs (*New on PBS)
Love Comes Softly
Love's Enduring Promise 
Love's Long Journey
Love's Unending Legacy
Love's Unfolding Dream
Love Takes Wing
Love Finds a Home
Truth be Told (*New on FOX)
The Shunning (*New on Hallmark Channel)
William and Kate (*New on Lifetime)
Doris Day Movie Marathon
Easter Parade

Beyond the Blackboard (*New Hallmark Hall of Fame, airs on CBS)


*Visit the FAMILY TV SCHEDULE for more Movies, Specials, Air dates, and times.