An unemployed New Yorker travels home to his small Southern town to collect an inheritance but finds himself falling for a gospel singer, devising a plan to create a choir to make some extra cash. Cuba Gooding Jr. stars alongside Beyonce and Mike Epps. Filming took place at Columbus' RiverCenter for Performing Arts was used in the final scene. Filmed In: Atlanta, Columbus, … [Read more...] about Film Friday: The Fighting Temptations
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Film Friday: Madea’s Family Reunion
In just one installment of the popular Tyler Perry series, an outspoken grandmother plans her family reunion as she tries to solve her family's personal dramas. The director and writer stars alongside Blair Underwood and Lynn Whitfield. Almost all of his television shows and movies are filmed and take place in the city of Atlanta. The same house on Avon Avenue was used as … [Read more...] about Film Friday: Madea’s Family Reunion
Film Friday: American Ultra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLGFwkRx2HA Billing itself as Pineapple Express meets The Bourne Identity, American Ultra reunites past co-stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. A stoner and government agent is deemed a liability and targeted for assassination. Topher Grace and Connie Britton also star. It was filmed mostly in New Orleans, but also throughout … [Read more...] about Film Friday: American Ultra
Film Friday: Vacation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cNmMLq9ZrQ In the follow-up to the classic film National Lampoon's Vacation, Rusty Griswold takes his family on a road trip to the infamous Wally World. It stars Christina Applegate, Ed Helms, Chevy Chase, Leslie Mann and Chris Hemsworth. Specific scenes were filmed at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, Twelve Oaks Bed and Breakfast in … [Read more...] about Film Friday: Vacation
Film Friday: Selma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6t7vVTxaic Based on the life of Martin Luther King Jr., Selma describes the period when the civil rights activist sought to gain equal voting rights for African Americans. It stars David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Giovanni Ribisi and Oprah Winfrey. Specific scenes were filmed at the places they occurred in real life, such as Edmund Pettus Bridge … [Read more...] about Film Friday: Selma
