Are you looking for wholesome, well acted, brilliantly filmed, lovely to listen to and watch movie viewing, then look no further! Weekly costume drama spotlights are the thing, my friends. This week, featured a slew of up and coming movies. See them highlighted here. And take a step back in time with me, why not?

Ever since the events of Genesis 3, we've hungered to return home. It's the impulse that sent explorers out to the ends of the earth. It's what Ponce de Leon looked for in Florida, what Cortez searched for amongst the Aztecs, and what sent Cheng Ho out from China into the Indian Ocean. It's called Paradise. Paradise is the backdrop for the Oscar-nominated movie The Descendants, a drama starring George Clooney that recently won the Golden Globe for best picture. It's a strangely gentle and beautiful story of tragedy, set amidst the dreamy backdrop of Hawaii.

All three Planet of the Apes films present a dystopian future in which our worst apprehensions are realized. That’s an eschatology, and a dark one. The same point could be made with virtually every film and art genre. In the background or in the foreground, there’s a purpose, a goal, that’s either hopeful or tragic. Even in the realm of romantic dramas, there’s either a utopian goal (the “happily ever after”) or a dystopian end (the tragedy of love lost). But, whatever the genre, we have to live in light of the future.

Sam Worthington does a frighteningly good job dangling high above New York but the story behind 'Man on a Ledge' falls strangely flat.

Stop, look, and listen. That could be the motto for Christianity Today's list of the Most Redeeming Films of 2011. A number of them, including No. 1 Of Gods and Men, are slower-moving, contemplative movies, films that ask you to put the popcorn aside, pay close attention, engage your heart, soul, and mind, and invest in the movie. brain and your heart, and engage. In other words, everything Transformers 3 would never ask you to do.

Hollywood celebrated a foreign invasion at Sunday's Golden Globes, as films and television shows with a distinctly international pedigree collected many of the evening's prizes. "The Artist," French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius's ode to silent movies, was the night's top honoree, winning three awards.

Assembled from spare parts of "Footloose" and "Sister Act," the serviceable gospel contraption "Joyful Noise" takes place in an economically hard-hit Georgia town, where the multiracial members of the Divinity Church Choir raise voices and spirits under the direction of their beloved choirmaster, played by Kris Kristofferson.

Writer Chris Monks of the popular blog Christian centered blog PULP TRUTH has published his first book. Essays of how scenes from movies and his own life experiences fuse to create a memoir of sorts meant to inspire and challenge. He seeks to show others where to find God in their life and on today's and yesterday's movies.

An eclectic mixture of feature films was selected Sunday for the American Film Institute's AFI Awards 2011, the organization's almanac that records the year's outstanding achievements in film, TV and other forms of the moving arts.

The party won't stop for Tom Cruise over New Year's, as the actor's latest "Mission: Impossible" sequel is expected to be the No. 1 film at the box office for the second consecutive weekend. "Ghost Protocol," the fourth installment in Paramount Pictures' action franchise, collected an impressive $44.1 million over the four-day Christmas holiday and should gross a similar figure again this long weekend.