By Paul Salfen KEVIN COSTNER PRESENTS: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS - (Disney/Najat Oulhaj) This Christmas, Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner and acclaimed director David L. Cunningham are stripping away centuries of cozy nativity-scene gloss to reveal the raw, radical, and deeply human story behind the birth of Jesus in the two-hour television event Kevin Costner Presents: The
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By Paul Salfen AMFM Magazine – Holiday Issue 2025 In a season that begs for stories of light breaking through darkness, one animated film is stepping forward with the kind of bold, soul-stirring ambition we haven’t seen since The Prince of Egypt swept into theaters more than 25 years ago. DAVID, the new feature-length musical
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The trailer for ALLBLK’s new original series G.R.I.T.S. dropped and, within hours, Memphis was trending nationwide. Not the postcard version of Beale Street and barbecue, but the real one—where grief and hustle share the same block, where the roller rink is church on Friday nights, and where three young women are fighting like hell to
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By Paul Salfen for AMFM Magazine This holiday season, get ready for the ultimate feel-good movie that proves sometimes the best relationship advice comes from a four-legged friend. MERV, the new romantic comedy starring Zooey Deschanel, Charlie Cox, and an unbelievably charismatic rescue terrier mix named Gus* (playing the titular Merv), is exactly the warm
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By Paul Salfen When Ryan Colt Levy steps into a recording booth as Denji, the chainsaw-wielding, devil-hunting protagonist of Chainsaw Man, something electric happens. The raw, unfiltered energy that once powered stages with his band Braeves now fuels one of the most beloved characters in modern anime. In this candid conversation with AMFM Magazine, the
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By Paul Salfen AMFM Magazine When Kristen Stewart called, neither Thora Birch nor Jim Belushi needed to read the script. They simply said yes. That alone tells you everything about the gravitational pull of The Chronology of Water, Stewart’s long-gestating, emotionally volcanic feature directorial debut adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch’s shattering 2011 memoir. Imogen Poots delivers
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This is Paul Salfen with your KLAK Movie Minute. On Netflix now is In Your Dreams, a delightful animated flick that reminds you of those classic cartoon favorites in spirit. This one follows two brothers that go into their fantastical and sometimes bizarre dreams to visit the Sandman in hopes of granting their dream of a
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By Paul Salfen for AMFM Magazine It’s been twenty years since Jon Heder exploded onto screens as the ultimate awkward icon Napoleon Dynamite, complete with moon boots, tater tots, and that now-legendary dance. Two decades later, Heder is back doing what he does best: playing lovable, mullet-sporting oddballs who somehow save the day. His latest
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