Movie Group Archives - Awakening Together

Introducing This Month’s Movie: August Rush

February 4, 2020 By Jay McCormick

Join us on Sunday, February 23, 2020 from 8 -9 pm ET/6-7 pm MT for a discussion of this musical drama that involves an 11-year-old musical prodigy living in an orphanage who runs away to New York City. He begins to unravel the mystery of who he is, all while his mother is searching for him and his father is searching for her. The many different sounds and rhythms he hears throughout his journey culminate in a major instrumental composition which concludes the film.

This month’s movie discussion group will be facilitated by Ron Raitz.

The Play sheet for the movie can be found HERE.

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1/26/2020 ~ Movie Watchers Discussion Group: The Nines

January 26, 2020 By Dawn Fernandez

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The Nines unfolds in three parts, featuring the same actors in different (and in some ways overlapping) incarnations. Together, the three stories form a single narrative that explores the relationships between author and character, actor and role, creator and creation. Alternately funny and unsettling, The Nines is like a riddle where the answer may just lead to another question. This movie stars Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, Hope Davis, and Elle Fanning.

This movie discussion group was facilitated by Rev. Jay McCormick.

Introducing This Month’s Movie: The Nines

January 7, 2020 By Jay McCormick

Come join us on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 8 pm ET/6 pm MT in the Awakening Together Sanctuary for a discussion of this month’s movie, The Nines.

This movie stars Ryan Reynolds who plays three different characters, Gary, Hope, and Gavin. With each of these 3 different characters there are different roles and lots of drama that lead to a shocking discovery that is in alignment with a deep truth that we are learning here in Awakening Together. Get ready to be incredibly surprised by the Truth that is discovered and what is the meaning of the Nines, this truth that cannot be escaped and will not be entirely forgotten.

This month’s movie discussion group will be facilitated by Rev. Jay McCormick.

The Play sheet for the movie can be found HERE.

*You can watch the movie for free on onewhowakes.org. This is John Mark Stroud’s website.

12/22/2019 ~ Movie Watchers Discussion Group: The Sixth Sense

December 23, 2019 By Dawn Fernandez

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This month’s movie discussion group was facilitated by George Maddox.

This movie is a mystical thriller starring Bruce Willis as Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist in Philadelphia, who works with a young boy named Cole. Cole confides his secret that he sees dead people to Malcolm – the ghosts are walking around like the living, unaware that they are dead. Learning to live with the ghosts he sees, Cole begins a journey to help Malcom discover a surprising truth as the cliffhanger movie ends with a surprise twist.

Introducing This Month’s Movie: The Sixth Sense – 12/22/2019

November 26, 2019 By Jay McCormick

Come join us on December 22nd at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT in the Awakening Together Sanctuary for a discussion of this month’s movie, The Sixth Sense.

This month’s movie discussion group will be facilitated by George Maddox.

Join us on Sunday for a discussion of this mystical thriller starring Bruce Willis as Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist in Philadelphia, who works with a young boy named Cole. Cole confides his secret that he sees dead people to Malcolm – the ghosts are walking around like the living, unaware that they are dead. Learning to live with the ghosts he sees, Cole begins a journey to help Malcom discover a surprising truth as the cliffhanger movie ends with a surprise twist.

Release date: 1997, Running time: 1hr 47 minutes

The Play sheet for the movie can be found HERE

11/24/2019 ~ Movie Watchers Discussion Group: Shallow Hal

November 24, 2019 By Dawn Fernandez

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This month’s movie discussion group was facilitated by Ron Raitz.

This movie starring Jack Black as Hal Larsen, a shallow man rapidly approaching middle age whose superficiality can be attributed to his father’s deathbed admonition to only date young, beautiful women. Hal and his best friend, Mauricio (Jason Alexander), have taken the advice to heart, but Hal finds all of his physically impressive girlfriends consistently lacking in other qualities that would make them ideal mates. When he bumps into self-help guru Tony Robbins (playing himself), the motivational entrepreneur is intrigued by Hal’s predicament and hypnotizes him so that he’ll only see the inner beauty of women. Hal is quickly smitten with Rosemary Shanahan (Gwyneth Paltrow), a blonde Peace Corps volunteer who’s tenderhearted, funny, and intelligent. She is also gorgeous and meets Hal’s basic criteria of outer perfection, but what he doesn’t realize is that Robbins’ spell is working and he cannot see that Rosemary actually weights 300 pounds. When Mauricio is finally able to snap Hal out of his charmed state, Hal’s in love with the inwardly perfect woman and must overcome his obsession with beauty.

Introducing This Month’s Movie: Shallow Hal – 11/24/2019

November 3, 2019 By Jay McCormick

Come join us on November 24th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT in the Awakening Together Sanctuary for a discussion of this month’s movie, Shallow Hal.

This month’s movie discussion group will be facilitated by Ron Raitz.

Join us for the discussion of this movie starring Jack Black as Hal Larsen, a shallow man rapidly approaching middle age whose superficiality can be attributed to his father’s deathbed admonition to only date young, beautiful women. Hal and his best friend, Mauricio (Jason Alexander), have taken the advice to heart, but Hal finds all of his physically impressive girlfriends consistently lacking in other qualities that would make them ideal mates. When he bumps into self-help guru Tony Robbins (playing himself), the motivational entrepreneur is intrigued by Hal’s predicament and hypnotizes him so that he’ll only see the inner beauty of women. Hal is quickly smitten with Rosemary Shanahan (Gwyneth Paltrow), a blonde Peace Corps volunteer who’s tenderhearted, funny, and intelligent. She is also gorgeous and meets Hal’s basic criteria of outer perfection, but what he doesn’t realize is that Robbins’ spell is working and he cannot see that Rosemary actually weights 300 pounds. When Mauricio is finally able to snap Hal out of his charmed state, Hal’s in love with the inwardly perfect woman and must overcome his obsession with beauty.

Release date: 2001, Running time: 1hr 54 minutes

Play sheet for the movie will be available soon, look for the announcement!

10/27/2019 ~ Movie Watchers Discussion Group: Click

October 27, 2019 By Dawn Fernandez

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Rev. Jay McCormick led this group discussion about this month’s movie called Click. This comedy film starring Adam Sandler, as Michael Newman, who seems to have it all! However his wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), is increasingly frustrated by the amount of time he has to spend at work. Michael cannot find time to be at home until he meets an eccentric inventor (Christopher Walken) who gives him a universal remote that controls time. At first, he happily skips the boring times until he realizes the remote is in control of his life, and he learns the valuable lesson of cherishing ALL of the precious moments with his family.

Click HERE to open the play sheet for the movie Click.

Introducing This Month’s Movie: Click- 10/27/2019

September 27, 2019 By Dawn Fernandez

Come join us on October 27th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT in the Awakening Together Sanctuary for a discussion of the movie Click.

Join us for this comedy film starring Adam Sandler, as Michael Newman, who seems to have it all! However his wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), is increasingly frustrated by the amount of time he has to spend at work. Michael cannot find time to be at home until he meets an eccentric inventor (Christopher Walken) who gives him a universal remote that controls time. At first, he happily skips the boring times until he realizes the remote is in control of his life, and he learns the valuable lesson of cherishing ALL of the precious moments with his family.

Release date: 2006, Running time: 1 hr. 57 minutes

There will be a new, more general play sheet from this month forward. This will allow each person to really be able to share their own insights! Also, there is a new movie group TEAM consisting of Jay McCormick, Ron Raitz, and George Maddox. Each member of the team will co-facilitate the discussion at different times for each month.

Click HERE to open this month’s play sheet for the movie Click.

9/22/2019 ~ Movie Watchers Discussion Group: Next

September 22, 2019 By Dawn Fernandez

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Revs. Regina Dawn Akers & Jay McCormick led this group discussion about this month’s movie, Next. Regina shared how this movie assisted her as she struggled to overcome ego conditioning and live from the heart instead.

This sci-fi action thriller that stars Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, and Peter Falk. This insightful movie tells us the story of Cris Johnson, a small-time magician based in Las Vegas, who has limited precognition; his ability allows him to see into the very immediate future. His gift makes him a target not only of a highly motivated and heavily armed group of terrorists, but also wanted by the FBI to help them fight those same terrorists.

There was no play sheet for this movie.