Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. More data from Movieguide proving the box office power of positive entertainment. 1. In 2012 six Movieguide Award-winning films cracked the box office top ten. They included The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Skyfall, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Madagascar…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A Common Purpose. For the second consecutive year, Variety (in coordination with the P.R. firm Rogers & Cowan) held a day-long gathering of distributors, producers, writers, directors, actors and others who are the faces behind the current boom in uplifting entertainment — which, BTW,…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Variety Family Entertainment & Faith-Based Summit. The big event, in association with Rogers & Cowan, is being held tomorrow (June 21) at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills. I’m on the way out the door right now and will report all about it next week. …

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Cultural turning point. Man of Steel soared at the box office over the weekend — pulling in an astounding (and record-breaking) $125 million in North America. The super feat was at least partially as a result of a deliberate marketing decision to highlight the…

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