Here are today's dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
Is Dark Knight tragedy a cultural turning point? The
Aurora massacre has focused the spotlight on Hollywood's role in fostering real-life violence. Even industry icons like
Peter Bogdanovich and
Harvey Weinstein...
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Here's today's dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
For Greater Glory and The Way score ALMA nominations. The National Council of La Raza has announced this year's American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Award nominees and two faith film are prominently represented.
For Greater Glory, the historical action epic Mexico’s Cristero War for religious freedom, is this year's most-nominated film with five nominations – including...
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Here's today's dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
Anyone who watches Fox News knows the face of Father Jonathan Morris, the Catholic priest and author (
The Promise: God's Purpose and Plan for When Life Hurts and newest book is
God Wants You Happy: From Self-Help to God's...Read the full post here »
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Here's today's dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
Last weekend was a big one for faith-based films -- both of which received a lot of attention from this blog. Here are the results:
For Greater Glory, the epic story of a fight for religious liberty in 1920's-era Mexico, pulled in an impressive $1.8 million on only 757 screens. That was good enough to crack the box office top ten -- if barely. The movie (starring Andy Garcia) came in...
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Here are today's dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
1.
For Greater Glory:
Epic and timely.
Synopsis: In the late 1920's, a ragtag group of Mexicans take up resist their government's crackdown on religious liberty -- a crackdown, in this instance, directed at the Catholic Church.
Enrique Gorostieta Velarde (Andy Garcia), a retired general...
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Yesterday, this space featured an interview with Eduardo Verástegui (
Bella) in which he spoke about his riveting supporting role as
Anacleto González Flores in the historical epic
For Greater Glory which opens in U.S. theaters next Friday (June 1). The story, as noted, chronicles the events of Mexico’s
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Here's today's dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
It's ironic that For Greater Glory, a film about Mexico's little-discussed Cristero War, an early 20th century uprising against government intrusion on religious liberty, is set to open in the U.S. next Friday (June 1). Coming less than two weeks after Read the full post here »
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Here are today's dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
1. A long way from Little House on the Prairie. NBC is set to be the first of the broadcast networks release it fall schedule next week but already the peacock has announced some early pickups that include:
1600 Penn - A single-camera starring Bill Pullman as U.S. President Dale Gilchrist who also presides over a dysfunctional family. (Please spare us a lot of inane, supposedly...Read the full post here »
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Here are today's dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
1. Positive Vibes. Grammy-nominated musician John Tesh continues to build his radio portfolio. The host of the successful syndicated radio program Intelligence for Life is in the process of launching a new new online Christian radio station called K Tesh Los Angeles. Though in Southern California, the new venture will be available to listeners from across the USA and around the...Read the full post here »
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Here's today's dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.
Daily Show's below-the-belt shot at Christianity. From The Hollywood Reporter: Some conservatives are crying hypocrisy...over a segment on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart where the host flashed a picture of a naked woman with a tiny Christmas Nativity scene covering her genitals. The episode has...Read the full post here »
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