Here’s a way to do some good with all the time you spend fiddling on your phone.
LUV4wrd, recently launched by Atlanta native Bridgette Morris in partnership with chief operating officer Christopher Iansiti, is a free app that links users to a charity. The inaugural sponsor is Flip Burger Boutique and the first recipient is Mercy Care, which operates clinics and homeless outreach initiatives including its Street Medicine program.
LUV4wrd users can help Flip help Mercy clients with a few keystrokes. Download the app and post something you “luv” using the hashtag #LUV4HomelessATL. Each post boosts Flip’s donation, translating to warm coats, gloves, socks and hats provided to people in need. The campaign runs through mid-January.
"Our goal is to get at least 7,000 LUV4wrd posts, which equals $3,500 towards keeping our homeless men, women and children warmer this winter," said Bonnie Hardage, president of Mercy Care Foundation. "We want to reach 7,000 LUV4wrd posts because it's estimated that at any one time there are 7,000 homeless people on the streets in Atlanta."
For more information see homelessatl.luv4wrd.com.
Atlanta movies make worst-of lists
The Arnold Schwarzenegger cop movie "Sabotage," the Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore romantic comedy "Blended," the "Endless Love" remake and the Kevin Hart-Ice Cube buddy comedy "Ride Along," all filmed in Atlanta, all made the list of "Worst Movies of 2014″ according to Rotten Tomatoes rankings. Sophomoric "Blended" definitely belongs on any worst-of list and "Sabotage" was notable mainly for the innards it splashed all over the place. "Endless Love" was mostly just, eh. But we didn't hate "Ride Along" and neither did moviegoers: "Ride Along 2″ is in the works.
A Rolling Stone reader poll picking the worst movies of the year selected Atlanta-made “Mockingjay part 1″ and “Dumb and Dumber To.” It seems “Mockingjay,” which we’d argue doesn’t deserve this dubious honor, didn’t live up to the hype and felt stretched out and unsatisfying. The book series ends with “Mockingjay” but the movie series splits the finale into two films, a la “Harry Potter” or “Twilight.”
USA Today added “Need for Speed” to its worst-of list. A good call, since this movie mostly featured cars racing around putting innocent lives in danger. That was after the fatal wreck that resulted from an idiotic illegal street race.
But enough negative talk. The best made-in-Georgia movies we saw this year include "The Good Lie," about the Lost Boys of Sudan, and the moody Tommy Lee Jones-Hilary Swank western "The Homesman" (which filmed for only a few days in Lumpkin but we're claiming it anyway). "Selma," which has picked up a slew of Golden Globe nominations and will most certainly add some Oscar nods, is one Atlanta's going to be proud to claim.
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